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Earthquake death toll in China's Qinghai rises to 32

Earthquake death toll in China's Qinghai rises to...

Xining [China], December 25: The death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China on Dec. 18 has risen...

Israel steps up attack in Gaza, US calls for caution

Israel steps up attack in Gaza, US calls...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 25: US President Joe Biden had a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in...

Britain is about to send naval ships to Guyana; Venezuela spoke up

Britain is about to send naval ships to...

London [UK], December 25: The announcement of the mobilization of naval vessels was made by the UK in the context...

Fire on a Russian nuclear icebreaker

Fire on a Russian nuclear icebreaker

Moscow [Russia], December 25: A fire broke out on a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker in the northwestern region of the country.

Beijing breaks a seven-decade cold-weather record

Beijing breaks a seven-decade cold-weather record

Beijing [China], December 25: China's capital Beijing has broken its record for hours of sub-zero temperatures in December dating back...

Pope laments war in Holy Land on solemn Christmas Eve

Pope laments war in Holy Land on solemn...

Vatican City [Italy], December 25: Pope Francis lamented war in the land of the birth of Jesus on Sunday, where...

Israel bombs northern Gaza; Palestinians say 166 killed in 24 hours

Israel bombs northern Gaza; Palestinians say 166 killed...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 25: Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, with fighting throughout Sunday...

16 dead in central Nicaragua traffic accident

16 dead in central Nicaragua traffic accident

Managua [Nicaragua], December 24: At least 16 people were killed and 26 others injured in a traffic accident in the...

Pakistan's anti-terrorism police kill 2 terrorists

Pakistan's anti-terrorism police kill 2 terrorists

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24: Two terrorists, including a most wanted militant, were killed during an operation in Pakistan's eastern Punjab...

12 killed, several injured from steel factory explosion in Indonesia

12 killed, several injured from steel factory explosion...

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 24: Twelve people were killed and several others wounded as an explosion happened at a steel...

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin demand end to the war

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin demand end to the...

Berlin [Germany], December 24: A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin calling for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip...

Ukrainian military reports warding off Russian attacks on Avdiivka

Ukrainian military reports warding off Russian attacks on...

Kiev [Ukraine], December 24: The Ukrainian military has warded off renewed Russian attacks on the eastern town of Avdiivka in...

Czech Republic holds day of mourning for shooting victims

Czech Republic holds day of mourning for shooting...

Prague [Czech Republic], December 24: The Czech Republic observed a minute's silence at midday (11:00 GMT) on Saturday to commemorate...

Iranian officer says other sea routes could be blocked

Iranian officer says other sea routes could be...

Tehran [Iran], December 24: A senior Iranian officer warned on Saturday that international sea routes other than the Red Sea...

UN head pays tribute to staff killed in Gaza

UN head pays tribute to staff killed in...

New York [US], December 24: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has paid tribute to the United Nations staff killed in...

UN resolution on Gaza aid 'woefully insufficient', 'nearly meaningless'

UN resolution on Gaza aid 'woefully insufficient', 'nearly...

New York [US], December 24: The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on more aid for Gaza after several...

UN resolution on Gaza aid overdue, inadequate, says top Arab diplomat

UN resolution on Gaza aid overdue, inadequate, says...

New York [US], December 24: The head of the Cairo-based Arab League, Ahmed Abul Gheit, on Saturday criticized as overdue...

Yemen's warring sides agree on steps to end years-long war, UN says

Yemen's warring sides agree on steps to end...

Cairo [Egypt], December 24: Yemen's warring sides have reached a commitment to steps aimed to end a years-long conflict in...

SpaceX launch sends up booster flying for record 19th time

SpaceX launch sends up booster flying for record...

Washington [US], December 24: SpaceX sent up another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral early Saturday with a first-stage booster flying...

Freighter loses more than 40 containers off Danish coast

Freighter loses more than 40 containers off Danish...

Copehangon [Denmark], December 24: A cargo ship has lost more than 40 containers off the Danish coast as the North...

Tanker hit off India coast by drone from Iran, says US

Tanker hit off India coast by drone from...

Washington [US], December 24: A chemical tanker was hit by a drone launched from Iran in the Indian Ocean on...

Plane grounded in France over human trafficking fears

Plane grounded in France over human trafficking fears

Paris [France], December 24: A plane carrying 303 Indian passengers has been grounded at an airport in north-eastern France on...

Pentagon says Iranian drone 'attack' hit chemical tanker near India

Pentagon says Iranian drone 'attack' hit chemical tanker...

Washington [US], December 24: A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian ocean early on Saturday,...

Security hiked at Cologne Cathedral for Christmas amid attack threat

Security hiked at Cologne Cathedral for Christmas amid...

Berlin [Germany], December 24: German police said on Saturday they were heightening security at Cologne Cathedral following indications of an...

Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days

Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth...

Washington [US], December 24: A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days -...

Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin

Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin

Moscow [Russia], December 24: A former TV journalist who announced she would challenge President Putin in Russia's spring election has...

Yekaterina Duntsova barred from running against Putin in election

Yekaterina Duntsova barred from running against Putin in...

Moscow [Russia], December 24: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova was disqualified as a candidate for Russia's next presidential election, preventing...