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Angola, Namibia to take back UK's illegal migrants after visa threat

Angola, Namibia to take back UK's illegal migrants...

London [UK], December 29: Two African countries have agreed to step up efforts to take back their citizens deported from...

Dozens of people detained in Paris after fireworks set off near Eiffel Tower

Dozens of people detained in Paris after fireworks...

Paris [France], December 29: Dozens of people have been detained after setting off smoke bombs and fireworks in central Paris,...

Brazil court orders house arrest for 10 Bolsonaro accomplices

Brazil court orders house arrest for 10 Bolsonaro...

Asuncion [Paraguay], December 29: Brazil's top court has issued house arrest orders for 10 people who were convicted and sentenced...

Trump touts 'productive' call with Putin ahead of Zelensky talks

Trump touts 'productive' call with Putin ahead of...

Washington [US], December 29: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had a "very productive" phone call with Russian...

Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries

Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps...

Stockholm [Sweden], December 29: Three people have died in Sweden after a powerful winter storm swept across Nordic countries, causing...

Zelensky says Russian attacks show Putin avoids peace

Zelensky says Russian attacks show Putin avoids peace

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow's huge aerial assault on Kyiv and the surrounding region proved...

Mount Etna emits light ash, sporadic explosions in Sicily

Mount Etna emits light ash, sporadic explosions in...

Rome [Italy], December 28: Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily witnessed renewed volcanic activity yesterday, marked by the...

UN welcomes Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire

UN welcomes Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire

Bangkok [Thailand], December 28: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed a deal declared by Thailand and Cambodia to put an...

Russia extends ban on petrol, diesel exports until February 2026

Russia extends ban on petrol, diesel exports until...

Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russia has extended a temporary ban on the export of motor petrol, diesel fuel and other...

Greek Coast Guard rescues 840 migrants south of Crete over five days

Greek Coast Guard rescues 840 migrants south of...

Athens [Greece], December 28: The Greek Coast Guard has rescued 840 migrants over the past five days in waters south...

New York to require social media platforms to display mental health labels

New York to require social media platforms to...

Albany [New York], December 28: The state of New York will require social media platforms with infinite scrolling, autoplay and...

Teenagers in UK offered military gap years to boost country's defence

Teenagers in UK offered military gap years to...

London [UK], December 28: Teenagers in the United Kingdom are set to be offered paid gap years with the armed...

15 dead and 19 injured as bus plunges into ravine in Guatemala

15 dead and 19 injured as bus plunges...

Guatemala City [Guatemala], December 28: At least 15 people have been killed and 19 injured after a passenger bus plunged...

Russia hammers Ukraine's capital ahead of Trump-Zelensky meeting

Russia hammers Ukraine's capital ahead of Trump-Zelensky meeting

Kiev [Ukraine], December 28: Russia has carried out drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's capital Kiev on the eve of...

Hundreds of flights cancelled as winter storm hits north-eastern US

Hundreds of flights cancelled as winter storm hits...

New York [US], December 28: Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Saturday in New York and across the north-eastern United...

Four mountaineers killed in avalanche in central Greece

Four mountaineers killed in avalanche in central Greece

Athens [Greece], December 28: Four climbers have died after being caught in an avalanche in central Greece, rescue services said...

Poland closes two airports due to heavy Russian air strikes on Ukraine

Poland closes two airports due to heavy Russian...

Warsaw [Poland], December 28: Poland closed two airports overnight for safety reasons due to heavy Russian air strikes on Ukraine,...

Magnitude-7.0 quake hits off Taiwan's coast; no major damage reported

Magnitude-7.0 quake hits off Taiwan's coast; no major...

Taipei [Taiwan], December 28: A magnitude-7.0 earthquake jolted Taiwan late Saturday and was felt by residents across the whole island,...

Two dead, 26 injured in 50-vehicle pile-up on central Japan highway

Two dead, 26 injured in 50-vehicle pile-up on...

Tokyo [Japan], December 28: A pile-up involving at least 50 vehicles on a highway in central Japan has left two...

Somalia demands Israel withdraw Somaliland recognition

Somalia demands Israel withdraw Somaliland recognition

Mogadishu [Somalia], December 28: Somalia has demanded Israel reverse its recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland, condemning the move...

Libya holds funeral for senior military officials killed in Turkiye crash

Libya holds funeral for senior military officials killed...

Tripoli [Libya], December 28: Libya has held a military funeral for senior military officers, including army chief of staff Mohammed...

Israeli forces take over homes, impose curfew on West Bank's Qabatiya

Israeli forces take over homes, impose curfew on...

West Bank [Israel], December 28: Israeli forces have carried out mass arrests and forced dozens of families from their homes...

Four Spanish tourists missing after vessel sinks off Indonesian island

Four Spanish tourists missing after vessel sinks off...

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 28: A wooden tourist boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Komodo National Park, leaving four Spanish...

Kim praises North Korea-Russia ties in New Year message

Kim praises North Korea-Russia ties in New Year...

Seoul [South Korea], December 28: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday praised his country's ties with Russia, saying they...

Thailand, Cambodia agree to immediate ceasefire

Thailand, Cambodia agree to immediate ceasefire

Bangkok [Thailand], December 28: Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following weeks of border clashes, with the...

Ghana vows to reform gold purchase program in 2026

Ghana vows to reform gold purchase program in...

Accra [Ghana], December 27: Ghana's central bank has pledged to reform the country's domestic gold purchase program (DGPP) to boost...

Britain to analyze black box from Libyan jet crash after Germany declines: statement

Britain to analyze black box from Libyan jet...

Tripoli [Libya], December 27: Britain will conduct the technical analysis of the flight recorders from a jet carrying senior Libyan...