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S Korean police asked to arrest Yoon

S Korean police asked to arrest Yoon

Seoul [South Korea], January 7: South Korea's police have been asked to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap...

Seoul says Pyongyang launched ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan

Seoul says Pyongyang launched ballistic missile towards Sea...

Seoul [South Korea], January 7: North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday.

Italy reports drop in migrant arrivals via Mediterranean Sea in 2024

Italy reports drop in migrant arrivals via Mediterranean...

Rome [Italy], January 7: Significantly fewer irregular migrants arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea last year than in previous...

Tyres burst as Etihad pilot aborts Melbourne take-off at last moment

Tyres burst as Etihad pilot aborts Melbourne take-off...

Bangkok [Thailand], January 7: The pilot of a fast-moving Etihad Airways passenger jet slammed on the emergency brakes moments before...

Former French president Sarkozy on trial over Libyan campaign funding

Former French president Sarkozy on trial over Libyan...

Paris [France], January 7: The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges related to alleged Libyan funding of...

Egypt, US Foreign Ministers discuss developments in Gaza, Syria

Egypt, US Foreign Ministers discuss developments in Gaza,...

Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdel Aaty and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a...

Germany's Scholz outraged over 'indecent' Moscow visit speculation

Germany's Scholz outraged over 'indecent' Moscow visit speculation

Berlin [Germany], January 6: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply dismissed speculation by an opposition conservative politician regarding a possible...

Ukrainian forces begin new offensive in Russia's Kursk

Ukrainian forces begin new offensive in Russia's Kursk

Kiev [Ukraine], January 6: Ukrainian forces have begun a new offensive in the western Russian region of Kursk, following their...

South Korea's Yoon seeks probe into officers trying to detain him

South Korea's Yoon seeks probe into officers trying...

Beijing [China], January 6: Following the failed attempt by South Korean authorities to detain suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, he...

Russia captured 3,600sqkm of Ukraine in 2024: Reports

Russia captured 3,600sqkm of Ukraine in 2024: Reports

Moscow [Russia], January 6: Russia has captured nearly 3,600 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in the past year, media reports...

Flights, trains cancelled as snow hits UK

Flights, trains cancelled as snow hits UK

London [UK], January 6: Passengers were facing cancellations and delays after several major airports in England had to shut their...

Winter storm hammers US; over 60mn face blizzard conditions

Winter storm hammers US; over 60mn face blizzard...

Kentucky [US], January 6: A severe winter storm has hammered the United States, with meteorologists warning more than 60 million...

Seven babies dead from cold weather, lack of shelter: UNRWA

Seven babies dead from cold weather, lack of...

Gaza [Palestine], January 6: At least seven babies have died due to cold weather and a lack of shelter in...

Rwanda-backed rebel forces seize key town in DR Congo: Reports

Rwanda-backed rebel forces seize key town in DR...

Kinshasa [Congo], January 6: Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the...

Over 100 killed in battle between Syria's Kurds and Turkey allies

Over 100 killed in battle between Syria's Kurds...

Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Intense clashes between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed factions in northern Syria have killed more than 100...

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese...

Taipei City [Taiwan], January 6: Taiwan has asked South Korea for assistance investigating a Chinese-owned ship suspected of cutting a...

Israeli attacks kill 200 in three days in Gaza, overwhelming hospitals

Israeli attacks kill 200 in three days in...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 6: Israeli attacks have killed more than 200 Palestinians across Gaza over the last three days as...

10 killed, 30 injured in airstrike south of Sudanese capital

10 killed, 30 injured in airstrike south of...

Khartoum [Sudan], January 6: At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday in an airstrike that...

Tunisian passenger traffic in airports up 9.4 pct in 2024

Tunisian passenger traffic in airports up 9.4 pct...

Tunis [Tunisia], January 6: The number of passengers traveling through airports in Tunisia reached a record high of 9,646,949 in...

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill

Moscow [Russia], January 6: Russia declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014,...

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gangs

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], January 6: A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to boost a...

Rebels seize key town in eastern Congo

Rebels seize key town in eastern Congo

Kigali [Rwanda], January 6: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in Democratic...

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle with PKK

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle...

Ankara [Turkey], January 6: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Syria's new leadership is determined to root out separatists there,...

Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88

Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88

Athens [Greek], January 6: Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency...

Austria heads towards coalition talks led by far right

Austria heads towards coalition talks led by far...

Vienna [Austria], January 6: Austria headed towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form...

US President Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros and others

US President Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of...

Washington DC [US], January 5: US President Joe Biden has awarded 19 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the...

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gangs

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to...

Washington DC [US], January 5: A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to boost...