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Western coalition agrees on binding security guarantees for Ukraine

Western coalition agrees on binding security guarantees for...

Paris [France], January 7: A coalition of about 30 Western and European countries agreed Tuesday at a meeting in Paris...

Freezing conditions across Europe shut down transport, close schools

Freezing conditions across Europe shut down transport, close...

Berlin [Germany], January 7: Snow and freezing conditions have shut down rail and air travel, led to long motorway tailbacks...

Seven European leaders reject President Trump's Greenland takeover threat

Seven European leaders reject President Trump's Greenland takeover...

Copenhagen [Denmark], January 7: Seven European leaders expressed solidarity with Greenland on Tuesday after renewed threats by President Donald Trump...

No fire safety checks for five years at Swiss bar where 40 died, says mayor

No fire safety checks for five years at...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 7: No fire safety checks had been carried out for five years at the bar where a...

Iran's new Defence Council warns of possible pre-emptive military strike on Israel

Iran's new Defence Council warns of possible pre-emptive...

Tehran [Iran], January 7: Iran's leaders warned of a possible pre-emptive military strike on Israel in a statement from the...

Flash floods kill 16 people, force hundreds of residents to flee in remote Indonesia islands

Flash floods kill 16 people, force hundreds of...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 7: Flash floods swept through Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, killing at least 16 people and forcing hundreds...

Yemeni separatists to attend Saudi talks after losing key southern military sites

Yemeni separatists to attend Saudi talks after losing...

Sanaa [Yemen], January 7: Yemeni government troops backed by Saudi Arabia have completed the handover of all military sites in...

Heavy clashes in Syria's Aleppo kill civilians and spark panic

Heavy clashes in Syria's Aleppo kill civilians and...

Damascus [Syria], January 7: Deadly clashes broke out on Tuesday between Kurdish fighters and government forces in the northern city...

Thailand urges Cambodia to honour ceasefire

Thailand urges Cambodia to honour ceasefire

Bangkok [Thailand], January 7: Thailand on Tuesday called on its neighbour Cambodia to comply with a recently agreed ceasefire after...

Egypt to export gas, petroleum products to Syria

Egypt to export gas, petroleum products to Syria

Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Egypt will export natural gas and petroleum products to Syria under two memoranda of understanding (MoU)...

UN chief deeply concerned over 'possible intensification of instability' in Venezuela

UN chief deeply concerned over 'possible intensification of...

New York [US], January 6: Invoking the bedrock principle prohibiting the use of force against the territory and independence of...

81 candidates, including four women, vie for Iraqi presidency

81 candidates, including four women, vie for Iraqi...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 6: A total of 81 people, including four women, have submitted applications to run for the post...

One person killed, nine others injured in Pakistan blast

One person killed, nine others injured in Pakistan...

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 6: Pakistan police announced today that at least one person was killed and nine others, including two...

Bangladesh records 503 deaths in 547 road accidents in December 2025: Report

Bangladesh records 503 deaths in 547 road accidents...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 6: At least 503 people were killed and 1,186 sustained injuries in 547 road accidents reported across...

"40 killed in US strike": Venezuelan Official

"40 killed in US strike": Venezuelan Official

Caracas [Venezuela], January 6: At least 40 people, including military personnel and civilians, were killed in a US strike on...

Numerous teenagers among the dead identified in Swiss bar blaze

Numerous teenagers among the dead identified in Swiss...

Bern [Switzerland], January 6: All 40 people who died in the New Year's Eve bar fire in Switzerland have been...

Who is 'tsarina' Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of Venezuela?

Who is 'tsarina' Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president...

Caracas [Venezuela], January 6: Delcy Rodriguez, declared the interim president of Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro's capture by U.S. forces, is...

US says it is not at war with Venezuela despite strikes

US says it is not at war with...

New York [US], January 6: The United States says it is at war - but not with Venezuela.

Denmark, Greenlanders jittery over Trump threat

Denmark, Greenlanders jittery over Trump threat

Copenhagen [Denmark], January 6: Concern about Greenland is growing in Denmark following renewed comments by President Donald Trump about the...

Maduros plead not guilty

Maduros plead not guilty

New York [US], January 6: Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by special forces and transported to the United...

All injured survivors from Swiss New Year's fire disaster identified

All injured survivors from Swiss New Year's fire...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 6: Swiss authorities have now identified all the injured survivors of the New Year's Eve fire disaster...

Snow, ice cause chaos in Europe as millions return to work

Snow, ice cause chaos in Europe as millions...

London [UK], January 6: Snow, rain and freezing temperatures brought chaotic conditions to many European countries on Monday as people...

S Korea's president meets China's Xi as he seeks to reset ties

S Korea's president meets China's Xi as he...

Seoul [South Korea], January 6: South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung is meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he seeks...

Envoy hails 'historic' launch of Palestinian embassy in London

Envoy hails 'historic' launch of Palestinian embassy in...

London [UK], January 6: The inauguration of a Palestinian embassy in London is "proof" that the Palestinian identity "cannot be...

N Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites geopolitical crisis

N Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites...

Seoul [South Korea], January 6: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test flights of hypersonic missiles, underscoring...

Syrian delegation meets Israelis amid sovereignty breaches

Syrian delegation meets Israelis amid sovereignty breaches

Paris [France], January 6: A Syrian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al Shaibani and General Intelligence Director-General Hussein...

Iranian judiciary vows no concessions

Iranian judiciary vows no concessions

Tehran [Iran], January 6: Iran's judiciary on Monday announced a crackdown on protesters that have been on the streets of...