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Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual...

22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes
Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while...

Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week...
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President...

Trump and Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostages and Syria
Gaza City [Gaza]/Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in...

Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in...
Mamoudzou [Mayotte], December 16: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone...

Australia says remaining 'Bali Nine' members have returned...
Canberra [Australia], December 16: The remaining five members of the "Bali Nine" Australian drug ring have returned from Indonesia after...

Congo and Rwanda say peace talks in Angola...
Kigali [Rwanda], December 16: A meeting between the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo will not take place...

Macron has a new prime minister but the...
Paris [France], December 16: When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his...

Israel attacks schools and homes in Gaza, a...
Gaza border [Israel], December 15: Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several...

South Korea's President Yoon impeached over martial law...
Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's parliament on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks...

Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years
Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a...

PA forces move against Hamas in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 15: Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces moved against the Hamas movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...

Nine killed in drone attack on hospital in...
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15: At least nine people have been killed and 20 others injured following a drone strike that...

Iran jails journalist for 'hostile' US collaboration
Tehran [Iran], December 15: A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison after...

Arab FMs urge support for inclusive and 'peaceful'...
Aqaba [Jordan], December 15: Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday, called for a peaceful transition...

Steinmeier ends Africa trip as first German president...
Cape Town [South Africa], December 15: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Lesotho on Saturday for the final stop on...

Efforts to find a peaceful solution for Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: US President-elect Donald Trump's team is preparing to push for peace talks, while many others hope...

TikTok continues to be rejected in the US
Washington [US], December 15: Reuters reported on December 13 that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

Injured while on a business trip abroad, Nancy...
Washington [US], December 15: Ian Krager, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi , said the former US House Speaker is...

Trump chooses CEO of social network Truth Social...
Washington [US], December 15: On December 14, US President-elect Donald Trump selected Mr. Devin Nunes, CEO of social networking company...

ABC News apologizes, pays $15 million for defaming...
Washington [US], December 15: ABC News will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit with US President-elect Donald Trump and...

First European country to join CPTPP
Washington [US], December 15: Britain today, December 15, became the first European country to officially join the Comprehensive and Progressive...

Doctor sued for sending abortion pills to patient
Washington [US], December 15: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued New York state physician Margaret Carpenter after she prescribed...

Ukraine replaces commander as Russia advances fast in...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: Ukraine's military leadership has replaced the commander overseeing defences in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian...

Founder of fashion chain Mango dies in cave...
Spain [Barcelona], December 15: Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of high street fashion chain Mango, died in an accident on...

Three killed and dozens injured by bomb at...
Bangkok [Thailand], December 15: At least three people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosive was thrown...

Georgia's turmoil deepens as ex-footballer named president
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 15: A former Manchester City footballer has been appointed president by Georgia's disputed parliament, after 17 days...