Hurricane Lala pulls away from Hawaii’s Big Island
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Russia, Ukraine trade massive strikes
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CAPTURED IRANIANS / Iran disputes Qatar, Kuwait accounts
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Belgium’s record wildfire nears Germany
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SAIL FOR EUROPE / Chinese ship halves travel time via Arctic
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MIGRANT CRISIS / Morocco arrests 111 headed for Spain’s Ceuta
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GAZA PLAN / Egypt spy chief, Hamas hold talks
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INDONESIAN QUAKE / Thousands await aid as death toll rises to 48
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Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing, capturing US soldiers
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke of loss of her husband in unusually personal Christmas message
Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas Day message shared the pain she felt after the death of her husband as she encouraged people everywhere to celebrate with friends and family, despite the grief caused by the ongoing pandemic.
25 December 2021
Insulting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ‘violation of religious freedom’: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that insulting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) does not count as an expression of artistic freedom but is a “violation of religious freedom”, according to Russian news agency TASS.
25 December 2021
16 migrants dead in Greece shipwreck, 3rd maritime disaster in a week
At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country's coastguard said.
25 December 2021
US became ‘arrogant’ after fall of Soviet Union: Gorbachev
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday said that Washington grew “arrogant and self-confident” after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the expansion of the Nato military alliance.
24 December 2021
Poland says Germany wants to turn EU into ‘Fourth Reich’
The head of Poland’s ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski yesterday said that Germany was trying to turn the European Union into a federal “German Fourth Reich”.
24 December 2021
Russia fines Google $98m over banned content
A Moscow court slapped Google with an unprecedented hefty fine of nearly $100 million yesterday as Russia ramps up its pressure on foreign tech giants.
24 December 2021
Two killed in Russia hospital fire
Two patients died yesterday after a fire broke out in an intensive care unit of an infectious diseases hospital, typically used to treat Covid patients, in Astrakhan in southern Russia.
24 December 2021
Intel apologizes over letter addressing US sanctions on Xinjiang
Intel found itself on the back foot in Washington and Beijing on Thursday after issuing a public apology over a letter to its suppliers referencing US sanctions targeting human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.
24 December 2021
West condemns ‘deployment’ of Russian mercenaries in Mali
More than a dozen Western powers on Thursday expressed anger that Russian mercenaries working for the controversial Wagner group have started to deploy in Mali, accusing Moscow of providing material backing for the fighters.
24 December 2021
Putin hails multiple launch test of hypersonic missile
President Vladimir Putin yesterday said the Russian military successfully fired a simultaneous salvo of its Zircon hypersonic missiles, calling it “a big event” for the country.
24 December 2021
Canada meets 2021 immigration target
Canada met its target of granting 401,000 foreigners permanent residency in 2021 by focusing its efforts on temporary residents already in the country,
24 December 2021
Iran nuclear talks to resume next week: EU
Talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume next Monday, the EU diplomat chairing the negotiations said on Thursday, urging a “picking up of the
24 December 2021
CAPITOL RIOT PROBE: Trump asks US SC to block release of White House records
Former President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to block the release of White House records sought by the House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
24 December 2021
Assange lawyers launch appeal against extradition
Lawyers for Julian Assange have launched an appeal before Britain’s Supreme Court against a High Court ruling that he may be extradited to the United States, the WikiLeaks founder’s fiancee said Thursday.
24 December 2021
Inaction may kill thousands
Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has pledged to work with international partners to help avert in Afghanistan what she called “the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our time”.
24 December 2021
Putin sees ‘positive’ US reaction
President Vladimir Putin said that Washington’s willingness to discuss Russia’s security proposals to curb Nato’s eastward expansion was “positive”, as fears mount in the West over a major military escalation in Ukraine.
24 December 2021
This day in history
William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest of England.
24 December 2021
World welcomes Christmas amid pandemic blues
Omicron’s rise has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa’s arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.
24 December 2021
US Navy seizes guns it says heading from Iran to Yemen
The US Navy has seized 1,400 AK-47 rifles and ammunition from a fishing boat it claimed was smuggling weapons from Iran to Huthi rebels in war-torn Yemen.
23 December 2021
Iran nuclear talks to resume next week: EU chair
Talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume next Monday, the EU diplomat chairing the negotiations said yesterday, urging a “picking up of the pace”.
23 December 2021