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Five charged in Argentina for death of One...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 31: Five people have been charged in Argentina in connection with the death of One Direction...
Charges brought against 13 in Serbia roof collapse
Zagreb [Croatia], December 31: The Serbian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against 13 people over last month's fatal...
Chinese teen sentenced to life in prison for...
Beijing [China], December 31: A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a 13-year-old to life imprisonment after founding him guilty of...
EU vows counter measures against Russian 'shadow fleet'
Brussels [Belgium], December 31: The European Union on Monday warned about Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" and vowed to take stronger...
WHO chief demands Israel to release Gaza hospital...
Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on...
UAE plane crash kills 2
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: A light aircraft belonging to Jazirah Aviation Club crashed into the sea off the coast...
Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR
Bonn [Germany], December 30: The number of refugees worldwide has exceeded 122 million in 2024, surpassing last year's figures, according...
Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100
New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad...
Jeju Air boss says crash not down to...
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: The crash was not due to "any maintenance issues", the head of Jeju Air's management...
Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts...
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], December 30: The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a...
Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza;...
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia...
Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental...
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: The Afghan Ministry of Economy on Sunday reiterated its call for all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in...
What's a bird strike in aviation?
London [UK], December 30: A bird strike is a collision between a plane in flight and a bird. They are...
179 people dead as plane crashes in South...
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: Rescuers suspect 179 people died when a plane veered off a South Korean airport runway...
Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing...
Moscow [Russia], December 30: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the...
French officials say three people dead in Channel...
London [UK], December 30: At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities...
S Korea's Yoon again ignores summons to appear
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row...
Pakistan Defence Minister slams Imran Khan, questions his...
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lashed out at former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of...
Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday that it struck "several points" inside neighbouring Pakistan.
South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday, less than two weeks after...
North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine...
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against...
German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap...
Berlin [Germany], December 29: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections...
Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa...
New York [US], December 29: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk...
At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: At least 28 people died on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and...
Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 29: Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a...
India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in...
New Delhi [India], December 29: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country's...
China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower...
Beijing [China], December 29: China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns...






