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Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9: Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted on Friday, spewing thick ash as high as 3,500 meters into the...
Japan PM Kishida to replace top spokesman Matsuno...
Tokyo [Japan], December 9: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in response to allegations of slush funds within the ruling...
Bangladesh gets female firefighters for first time
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 9: For the first time in the history of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD), 15...
Baghdad vows response to rocket attack on US...
Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 9: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad S. Al-Sudani on Friday instructed security agencies to capture and prosecute...
Putin says he will run for re-election in...
Moscow [Russia], December 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday that he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing the...
Israeli tank fire kills Reuters journalist in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], December 9: Human rights groups call for war crimes investigation after Israeli tank fired at journalists in Lebanon.
US blocks UN Security Council demand for humanitarian...
Washington [US], December 9: The United States on Friday vetoed a proposed United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate...
Gaza fighting intensifies
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 9: The United States kept up pressure on Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians...
Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates 7th Sharjah Desert Theatre...
Sharjah [UAE], December 9: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,...
President of UAE receives President of Belarus
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Aleksandr Lukashenko President of...
Indonesia proposes free entry visas for travellers from...
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9: The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has proposed issuing free entry visas to travellers...
Dubai Global Framework a strong push to reduce...
Dubai [UAE], December 9: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed that the "Dubai Global Framework" for sustainable aviation fuel,...
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war
Baku [Azerbaijan], December 9: Armenia and Azerbaijan pledged to exchange prisoners of war and expressed their "intention to normalise ties...
Russia sets March 17 election date with Putin...
Moscow [Russia], December 8: Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has officially scheduled the country's next presidential election...
Turkish, Greek leaders ink friendship declaration in rare...
Istanbul [Turkey], December 8: Greek and Turkish leaders on Thursday struck an upbeat tone at a rare meeting in Athens,...
280 staff members killed in Gaza since war...
Ramallah [Palestine], December 8: A total of 280 staff members have been killed in Gaza since the war there began...
Jordan carries out airdrop of medical supplies to...
Cairo [Egypt], December 8: Jordan's air force said on Thursday it had dropped urgent medical supplies to a Jordanian field...
UN's Guterres invokes Article 99 over 'urgent' Gaza...
New York [US], December 8: In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres has urged the UN Security Council to...
NASA celebrates 25 years of International Space Station
New York [US], December 8: The US space agency NASA celebrated the 25th anniversary of the start of work on...
Displacement, death and hunger as Israel's war on...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 8: Fighting has escalated in Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis as Israeli air strikes rain...
The situation in Gaza worsened and Mr. Guterres'...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 8: The Israeli army is besieging the Hamas leader's hideout in the Gaza Strip, while UN...
Russia - Saudi Arabia strengthen cooperation on oil...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 8: Reuters reported on December 7 that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
South Korea sold 129 infantry fighting vehicles to...
Seoul [South Korea], December 8: The infantry fighting vehicles will be manufactured in the Australian state of Victoria by Hanwha...
Mr. Hunter Biden faces additional criminal charges
Washington [US], December 8: On December 7, the US Department of Justice issued new criminal charges against Mr. Hunter Biden,...
Armenia and Azerbaijan aim to normalize relations
Yerevan [Armenia], December 8: On December 7, Armenia and Azerbaijan issued a joint statement that the European Union considered an...
Mr. Trump returned to court, criticized the 'unfair'...
Washington [US], December 8: Former US President Donald Trump returns to civil court in New York to be tried on...
Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist...
London [UK], December 8: Six former London police officers were given suspended prison sentences for sharing offensive and racist messages...