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Pastor slams Western church 'silence' on Gaza

Pastor slams Western church 'silence' on Gaza

Ramallah [Palestine], January 11: For his first service of 2024, Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac read a biblical passage in which...

Ecuador orders gangs 'neutralized' after studio attack

Ecuador orders gangs 'neutralized' after studio attack

Quito [Ecuador], January 11: Ecuador's president gave orders on Tuesday to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire...

US, UK forces repel 'largest attack' by Houthis in Red Sea

US, UK forces repel 'largest attack' by Houthis...

Washington [US], January 11: U.S. and British naval forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on...

Ecuador president says country is at war as gangs hold prison staff hostage

Ecuador president says country is at war as...

Quito [Ecuador], January 11: Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday that his country was "at war" with drug gangs...

Swedish alarm after defence chiefs' war warning

Swedish alarm after defence chiefs' war warning

Stockholm [Sweden], January 11: A warning to Swedes from two top defence officials to prepare for war has prompted concern...

Clear the streets and go home: PNG's Commissioner of Police

Clear the streets and go home: PNG's Commissioner...

Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], January 11: Papua New Guinea's Commissioner of Police David Manning has reiterated his call to...

Germany: Train strike, farmer protests cause disruption

Germany: Train strike, farmer protests cause disruption

Berlin [Germany], January 11: Germany is facing potential transport chaos on Wednesday caused by a three-day nationwide strike by train...

Boeing CEO admits 'mistake,' vows 'complete transparency'

Boeing CEO admits 'mistake,' vows 'complete transparency'

Texas [US], January 11: Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun took responsibility for last week's mid-air blowout on an Alaska...

US lawmakers probe Pentagon chief's secret hospitalization

US lawmakers probe Pentagon chief's secret hospitalization

Washington [US], January 11: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's undisclosed hospitalisation and cancer diagnosis have triggered a congressional inquiry.

Egyptian Ministry of Justice launches 'remote judicial services platform' in UAE

Egyptian Ministry of Justice launches 'remote judicial services...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 11: Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice, and his Egyptian counterpart Omar...

Salah Abo Al Majd unveils game-changing sales strategies at 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai

Salah Abo Al Majd unveils game-changing sales strategies...

Dubai [UAE], January 11: Seasoned entrepreneur and internet coach, Salah Abo Al Majd was at the 1 Billion Followers Summit...

Iranian, Russian FMs discuss Red Sea situation, Gaza conflict, bilateral ties

Iranian, Russian FMs discuss Red Sea situation, Gaza...

Tehran [Iran], January 10: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday exchanged views on...

Houthis launch drone, missile attacks into southern Red Sea -- U.S. Central Command

Houthis launch drone, missile attacks into southern Red...

Washington [US], January 10: The Yemen-based Houthis launched a barrage of drone and missile attacks into the southern Red Sea...

U.S. stocks end mixed ahead of inflation data

U.S. stocks end mixed ahead of inflation data

Washington [US], January 10: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday, as investors evaluated the potential timing and magnitude of Federal...

Taiwan will always be open to interact with Beijing: Presidential candidate

Taiwan will always be open to interact with...

Beijing [China], January 10: Taiwan's door will always be open to interact with Beijing as peace is priceless and war...

126 killed in Gaza Strip: Health ministry

126 killed in Gaza Strip: Health ministry

Gaza [Palestine], January 10: The Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli forces have committed "12 massacres" throughout the Gaza Strip...

War must not reach south of Gaza Strip, warns UN organisation

War must not reach south of Gaza Strip,...

Gaza [Palestine], January 10: War must not reach the south of the Gaza Strip, a UN relief agency warned during...

Polish PM accuses president of sabotage

Polish PM accuses president of sabotage

Warsaw [Poland], January 10: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused President Andrzej Duda of obstructing the imprisonment of two...

South Korea bans trade in dog meat

South Korea bans trade in dog meat

Seoul [South Korea], January 10: South Korea's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill banning breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for...

Israeli forces say they locate large underground weapons factory in Gaza

Israeli forces say they locate large underground weapons...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 10: Israeli forces located what they said was the largest weapons production site so far found in...

Ecuador's 'most-wanted' criminal disappears from prison

Ecuador's 'most-wanted' criminal disappears from prison

Quito [Ecuador], January 10: Ecuador's "most-wanted prisoner", the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, disappeared from the jail where...

US top diplomat urges Israel to avoid harming civilians in Gaza

US top diplomat urges Israel to avoid harming...

Washington [US], January 10: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli leaders to avoid harming civilians as it presses...

Massive winter storm batters US

Massive winter storm batters US

Washington [US], January 10: A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S. on Tuesday knocked out...

Biden rejects calls for US defence secretary removal

Biden rejects calls for US defence secretary removal

Washington [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden does not plan to fire Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin after the...

Critical fuel loss derails US first moon landing in 50 years

Critical fuel loss derails US first moon landing...

Florida [US], January 10: The first US-based spacecraft to attempt a moon landing in more than half a century is...

Germany: Asylum applications rose sharply in 2023

Germany: Asylum applications rose sharply in 2023

Berlin [Germany], January 10: Altogether 352,000 people sought asylum in Germany in 2023, with some 329,000 putting in a first...

Gabriel Attal, 34, to become France's youngest prime minister in decades

Gabriel Attal, 34, to become France's youngest prime...

Paris [France], January 10: French Education Minister Gabriel Attal has been tipped by President Macron as the new prime minister...