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Zelensky discusses delivery of F-16 jets to Ukraine with Dutch PM

Zelensky discusses delivery of F-16 jets to Ukraine...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 23: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he had discussed the delivery of F-16 fighter...

Turkish parliament to discuss Sweden's NATO bid next week

Turkish parliament to discuss Sweden's NATO bid next...

Ankara [Turkey], December 23: Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Friday that it would discuss Sweden's NATO bid next...

Canada sees record-strong growth in R&D spending in 2021

Canada sees record-strong growth in R&D spending in...

Ottawa [Canada], December 23: Canada's overall research and development (R&D) expenditures in 2021 reached 46.9 billion Canadian dollars (35.4 billion...

Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs space station

Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs space station

Los Angeles [US], December 23: Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after a...

Omran Sharaf participates in UNSC Arria-formula meeting on impact of AI on hate speech, disinformation, and misinformation

Omran Sharaf participates in UNSC Arria-formula meeting on...

New York [US], December 23: At a UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on the impact of AI on hate speech,...

UAE provides 100 tonnes of food supplies through World Food Programme to support Sudanese refugees in South Sudan

UAE provides 100 tonnes of food supplies through...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: On Thursday, the UAE dispatched a plane to the Republic of South Sudan carrying 100...

UAE, Mauritius conclude Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

UAE, Mauritius conclude Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The United Arab Emirates and Mauritius have concluded the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

Manchester City crowned FIFA Club World Cup winners for first time

Manchester City crowned FIFA Club World Cup winners...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], December 23: Manchester City won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in its history,...

Mexican, U.S. presidents discuss economy, immigration by phone

Mexican, U.S. presidents discuss economy, immigration by phone

Mexico City [Mexico], December 23: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he has discussed economic and...

6 laborers killed in firing in NW Pakistan

6 laborers killed in firing in NW Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23: Six laborers were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in...

Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag design

Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag...

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], December 23: Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed...

Southeast Asia increases vigilance against Covid-19

Southeast Asia increases vigilance against Covid-19

Washington [US], December 23: Governments in Southeast Asia are stepping up response efforts as the number of Covid-19 infections increases...

The US Supreme Court refused to expedite a ruling against Mr. Trump

The US Supreme Court refused to expedite a...

Washington [US], December 23: The US Supreme Court has not provided an explanation or voting results for the decision not...

Cuba passes euthanasia law

Cuba passes euthanasia law

Havana [Cuba], December 23: Cuba has become the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to license euthanasia, after...

The US accuses Iran of being 'deeply involved' in Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea

The US accuses Iran of being 'deeply involved'...

Washington [US], December 23: The US is more harsh in accusing Iran of involvement in attacks on commercial ships in...

Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences

Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences

Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden reduced the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent...

U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel widens offensive

U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23: The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on...

US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority

US takes aim at financial institutions with new...

Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order threatening penalties for financial institutions that...

After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies

After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies

Vatican City, December 22: Pope Francis warned against inflexible ideological positions that can hinder the Church from seeing reality and...

Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world order: Kremlin

Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world...

Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro expressed common ground on establishing a...

UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting

UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting

United Nations, December 22: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was shocked and saddened by a mass shooting at a university...

Over 4.5 mln stimulant tablets seized in central Myanmar

Over 4.5 mln stimulant tablets seized in central...

Yangon [Myanmar], December 22: Myanmar authorities have seized over 4.5 million stimulant tablets, 124 kg of methamphetamine and 40.7 kg...

Japan issues alert for heavy snow

Japan issues alert for heavy snow

Tokyo [Japan], December 22: The Japanese weather agency on Friday issued a heavy snow alert for northern Japanese prefectures, as...

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy...

New York [US], December 22: Rudy Giuliani, who once worked as a personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Czech gov't declares state mourning after university shooting

Czech gov't declares state mourning after university shooting

Prague [Czech Republic], December 22: The Czech Republic on Thursday night announced a state mourning on Dec. 23 following a...

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid truce talks

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of...

France welcomes UN General Assembly's adoption of the resolution concerning the Ocean Conference

France welcomes UN General Assembly's adoption of the...

Paris [France], December 22: France welcomes the UN General Assembly's adoption on December 18 of the resolution it introduced with...