Italy's lower house approves 28-bln-euro 2024 budget
Rome [Italy], December 30: Italy's lower house passed the new budget law on Friday, providing a definitive green light to a package worth some 28...
Tunisia extends state of emergency for another month
Tunis [Tunisia], December 30: Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended the state of emergency across the country for an additional month, according to the official...
Poliovirus detected from parts of Pakistan: health ministry
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Polioviruses have been detected in the environmental samples from four districts in Pakistan, according to the country's Ministry of National Health...
1,432 Bangladeshis killed in work-related incidents in 2023
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 30: A total of 1,432 workers were killed in Bangladesh due to different occupational accidents in 2023, said a local development organization.
Biden urges Congress to take urgent action on security aid to Ukraine
Washington [US], December 30: US President Joe Biden reiterated the call for the Congress to pass "without any further delay" a bill on funding vital...
Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot
Washington [US], December 30: Maine disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar...
Russia's biggest air attack of war kills 31 in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], December 30: Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine, killing 31 civilians, wounding more than 160 others and hitting...
South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 30: South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in...
Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after nearly 200 killed in...
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly...
Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen says AI created fake cases in court filing
New York [US], December 30: Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former fixer and lawyer, said in court papers unsealed on Friday that he mistakenly gave his...
Mexico, US agree to cooperate on border amid migrant surge
Matamoros [Mexico], December 30: Mexico and the United States have agreed to strengthen efforts to regulate migration, officials said on Thursday.
Germany: Flooded safari park relocates smaller animals
Lower Saxony [Germany], December 30: Large portions of the premises of the Serengeti Park zoo and outdoor leisure park in northern Germany were totally submerged...
Sudan: RSF leader visits Ethiopia in rare public trip abroad
Khartoum [Sudan], December 30: Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has arrived in Ethiopia on the second stop of his...
Arab Strategy Forum commences on 3rd January in Dubai
Dubai [UAE], December 30: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, the...
ERC participates in Zayed Charity Marathon in Egypt, contributes to alleviating suffering...
Cairo [Egypt], December 30: A delegation of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority visited, in Egypt, 'Al Nas' Hospital, the largest free-of-charge hospital for the treatment...
UAE authorities extradite the accused Gergely Franc to Belgium
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: Today, on December 29th 2023, the UAE authorities have extradited Gergely Franc, an Albanian national, charged with premeditated murder, to...
Zambia heightens measures to contain cholera outbreak
Lusaka [Zambia], December 29: Zambian health authorities on Thursday announced that measures have been heightened to contain the outbreak of cholera which has now...
Venezuela launches military operation against "threat" from Britain
Caracas [Venenzuela], December 29: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered a "joint military action" by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) in eastern Venezuela...
Egypt seals 29 oil, gas deals in 2023: ministry
Cairo [Egypt], December 29: The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on Thursday that 29 agreements with a total investment of about 1.2...
Pakistan's anti-narcotics force seizes over 2,000 kg of drugs
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan seized over 2,000 kg of narcotics in five separate operations across the country over...
Israeli army raids Ramallah, occupied West Bank cities
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29: Israeli forces have launched their most intense raids yet on cities in the occupied West Bank as they pressed on...
'Every day a struggle for survival:' 40% of Gazans at risk of...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29: As hostilities between Israel and Hamas show no sign of abating, 40 percent of the civilian population in the Gaza...
Egypt makes proposal to halt Gaza war, but is yet to receive...
Cairo [Egypt], December 29: Egypt has proposed a plan to halt the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza but has not yet received any...
Ten dead, over 60 injured in Turkey traffic accident
Ankara [Turkey], December 29: At least 10 people were killed and 61 injured after a multiple-vehicle collision in northern Turkey on Thursday, state media reported.
German sea rescue groups save some 200 migrants
Rome [Italy], December 29: Sea rescuers from German aid organizations have taken more than 200 migrants on board their ships in the central Mediterranean in...
China advocates solving Red Sea tensions through dialogue
Beijing [China], December 29: Beijing advocates solving pressing regional problems, including the current tensions in the Red Sea, through dialogue and political consultations, Chinese Defense...
S Korea's Yoon orders army to retaliate in case enemy attacks
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the armed forces during his visit to a front-line army unit on Thursday to...