World

US needs Greenland for national security: Trump

US needs Greenland for national security: Trump

Washington DC [US], December 24: President Donald Trump on Monday insisted that the United States needs the self-ruling Danish territory...

Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape

Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape

Washington DC [US], December 24: Broadcaster, comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with two further offences including one...

Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight

Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight

Moscow [Russia], December 24: Russia carried out a "massive" overnight attack on several Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said,...

Greta Thunberg arrested at London pro-Palestinian protest

Greta Thunberg arrested at London pro-Palestinian protest

London [UK], December 24: Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested at a London protest in support of pro-Palestinian protesters...

NATO chief warns Europe's security depends on Ukraine's strength

NATO chief warns Europe's security depends on Ukraine's...

Brussels [Belgium], December 24: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is urging continued support for Ukraine as 2025 comes to a...

Terrorism ruled out after driver hits pedestrians in Germany

Terrorism ruled out after driver hits pedestrians in...

Giessen [Germany], December 24: Investigators believe a driver involved in an incident in central Germany in which several pedestrians were...

Injured police officer wakes from coma after Bondi terror attack

Injured police officer wakes from coma after Bondi...

London [UK], December 24: A police officer injured in the Bondi terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia has...

More tensions as M23 fights on in DRC despite deal

More tensions as M23 fights on in DRC...

Doha [Qatar], December 24: When Qatar helped secure a peace deal to end ongoing conflict between the M23 rebel group...

Contact lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief near Ankara

Contact lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief...

Istanbul [Turkiye], December 24: Radio contact has been lost with a jet carrying Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali...

Violence up in Myanmar ahead of military-controlled elections

Violence up in Myanmar ahead of military-controlled elections

Geneva [Switzerland], December 24: Violence is on the rise in war-torn Myanmar ahead of planned "military-controlled" elections in the country...

Yemen's govt, Houthis agree to exchange 2,900 prisoners

Yemen's govt, Houthis agree to exchange 2,900 prisoners

Sana'a [Yemen], December 24: Yemen's government and their rivals, the Houthis, have reached a prisoner swap agreement which will see...

Gaza patients facing death as Israel blocks medical supplies

Gaza patients facing death as Israel blocks medical...

Gaza [Palestine], December 24: Gaza's health system is on the brink of an unprecedented collapse, with thousands of patients facing...

Israel's Katz raises prospect of northern Gaza settlements

Israel's Katz raises prospect of northern Gaza settlements

Jerusalem [Israel], December 24: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has spoken of establishing settlements in northern Gaza, contradicting a peace...

Malay court denies former PM Najib Razak house arrest

Malay court denies former PM Najib Razak house...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 23: A court in Malaysia has dismissed former Prime Minister Najib Razak's bid to serve the...

France to build new aircraft carrier: Macron

France to build new aircraft carrier: Macron

Paris [France], December 23: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said that France planned to build a new aircraft carrier.

Nigeria: Remaining 130 abducted schoolchildren released

Nigeria: Remaining 130 abducted schoolchildren released

Papiri [Nigeria], December 23: Another 130 children abducted in November in a raid on a school in Niger state in...

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela: Reports

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela: Reports

Washington DC [US], December 23: The United States is pursuing an oil tanker in waters near Venezuela, according to multiple...

Japan to restart world's largest nuclear power plant

Japan to restart world's largest nuclear power plant

Niigata [Japan], December 23: Japan is a step closer to restarting the world's largest nuclear power plant for the first...

Bondi shooters threw unexploded pipe bombs at crowd: Police

Bondi shooters threw unexploded pipe bombs at crowd:...

Sydney [Australia], December 23: Newly released court documents have revealed a mass of new information about the Australian police investigation...

Thailand, Cambodia to discuss truce amid fierce fighting

Thailand, Cambodia to discuss truce amid fierce fighting

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 23: Defence officials from Thailand and Cambodia agreed to meet on Wednesday to revive a collapsed...

Ukraine calls Miami meetings "productive, constructive", discusses development of 20-point plan with US

Ukraine calls Miami meetings "productive, constructive", discusses development...

Florida [US], December 23: Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, termed the Ukrainian delegation's...

UAE Deputy PM meets Elon Musk, discusses technological transformations

UAE Deputy PM meets Elon Musk, discusses technological...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister...

Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over disappearance of murdered boys

Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over...

Quito [Ecuador], December 23: An Ecuadorean court has sentenced 11 of 17 soldiers to more than 34 years in prison...

Russian, Venezuelan FMs voice concern over U.S. actions in Caribbean

Russian, Venezuelan FMs voice concern over U.S. actions...

Moscow [Russia], December 23: Russian and Venezuelan foreign ministers on Monday voiced grave concern over "increasing escalatory actions" by Washington...

Greece backs two-state solution as Palestinian president seeks int'l pressure on Israel

Greece backs two-state solution as Palestinian president seeks...

Ramallah [Palestine], December 23: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday urged the international community to pressure Israel to halt actions...

Explosion at French laboratory near Lyon injures at least 4

Explosion at French laboratory near Lyon injures at...

Paris [France], December 23: An explosion at a laboratory in eastern France on Monday injured at least four people, three...

US to announce start of phase 2 of Gaza deal in new year: Fidan

US to announce start of phase 2 of...

Gaza City [Gaza], December 23: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday he expects US President Donald Trump to...