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Hamas deputy chief killed in Beirut; Gaza deaths...
Beirut [Lebanon], January 3: The Zionist entity's war against Palestinian militants reached into the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, where...
Turkey detains 34 for spying for Zionist entity
Istanbul [Turkey], January 3: Turkey announced on Tuesday it had detained 34 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on...
South Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck
Seoul [South Korea], January 3: South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a...
Thailand, China to waive visas for each other's...
Bangkok [Thailand], January 3: Thailand and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other's citizens from March, Thai Prime...
Harvard President Gay resigns after rocky testimony, plagiarism...
New York [US], January 3: Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her position, ending a six-month tenure...
Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in new...
Moscow [Russia], January 3: Russia pounded Ukraine's two biggest cities in a new wave of heavy air strikes, killing at...
China breaks heat records in 2023 as sweltering...
Beijing [China], January 3: The heat in China was relenting in 2023 with temperature records broken from Beijing to Shanghai,...
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy...
Tokyo [Japan], January 3: A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 48 people dead and damaging...
Close shave for 379 passengers and crew of...
Tokyo [Japan], January 3: All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane miraculously escaped from a fire...
Dragon Oil commences production of crude oil from...
Dubai [UAE], January 3: Dragon Oil, wholly owned by the Dubai Government, began the New Year by commencing the production...
AD Ports Group announces Noatum's acquisition of APM...
Madrid [Spain], January 3: AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), one of the world's premier facilitators of logistics, industry, and trade,...
Iran says it reserves right to respond to...
Tehran [Iran], January 2: Iran said on Monday it would reserve the right to respond to the recent assassination of...
Israel shells Syrian sites after militants attack Golan...
Damascus [Syria], January 2: Militants in Syria fired projectiles at Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday, prompting...
Putin says shelling of Belgorod is "terrorist act"
Moscow [Russia], January 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod...
S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital...
Seoul [South Korea], January 2: Lee Jae-myung, chief of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a hospital...
Poland's president accuses govt of breaking law
Warsaw [Poland], January 2: In his New Year's address, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned the new government against violating the...
UK 'considering air strikes' to stop Red Sea...
London [UK], January 2: Britain is reportedly considering air strikes on Houthis after the US said its navy sank three...
Hamas fires rockets towards Israel on New Year's...
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 2: The armed branch of the Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said it launched rocket attacks on...
Russian women demand return of their men from...
Moscow [Russia], January 2: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilization drive in...
Xi, Biden exchange congratulations on 45 years of...
Beijing [China], January 2: China's President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulations with U.S. President Joe Biden on the 45th anniversary of...
Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as...
Jerusalem [Israel], January 2: Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas.
US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment
Washington [US], January 2: The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the U.S. Navy said,...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia is suffering major losses
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 2: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published that the notion that Russia was winning...
Pope denounces continuing crackdown on Church in Nicaragua
Vatican City [Italy], January 2: Pope Francis on Monday denounced a growing crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua by...
In 2024, Germany's foreign policy will work in...
Berlin [Germany], January 2: In early December, the Association for the German Language chose the term Krisenmodus, or "crisis mode,"...
Over 57,000 new investors flocked to Dubai Financial...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 2: Brokerage firms at the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) opened 57,054 new investor accounts in 2023,...
Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate
Cairo [Egypt], January 1: The Egyptian naval forces received on Sunday a new German-made MEKO-A200 frigate at a base in...