Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100
New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage...
School chaplain killed in shark attack on Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Sydney [Australia], December 30: A 40-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on the edge of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, local police...
Polls close in Chad's contentious election
N'Djamena [Chad], December 30: Polls have closed in Chad's first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards...
Georgia's new president sworn in amid political crisis, protests
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 30: Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday, despite weeks of protests...
Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning in southern Brazilian state
Brasília [Brazil], December 30: Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake in a...
Jeju Air boss says crash not down to maintenance issues
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: The crash was not due to "any maintenance issues", the head of Jeju Air's management team said.
Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts evacuation
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], December 30: The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a hospital in the eastern part...
Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza; fifth such fatality this...
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia in six days in the...
Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental organizations
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: The Afghan Ministry of Economy on Sunday reiterated its call for all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country to cease employing...
What's a bird strike in aviation?
London [UK], December 30: A bird strike is a collision between a plane in flight and a bird. They are very common - in the...
179 people dead as plane crashes in South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: Rescuers suspect 179 people died when a plane veered off a South Korean airport runway and caught fire, local media...
Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash
Moscow [Russia], December 30: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the recent Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash...
French officials say three people dead in Channel as migrant crossings continue
London [UK], December 30: At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities have confirmed.
S Korea's Yoon again ignores summons to appear
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row failed to heed a summons...
Pakistan Defence Minister slams Imran Khan, questions his loyalty for seeking help...
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lashed out at former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of seeking foreign intervention from the...
Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday that it struck "several points" inside neighbouring Pakistan.
South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol's...
North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine front lines, White House...
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of...
German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections
Berlin [Germany], December 29: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the...
Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he's always...
New York [US], December 29: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over...
Man dies after bitten by shark while fishing
Ǫueensland [Australia], December 29: A man has died after he was attacked by a shark while fishing with his family.
At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: At least 28 people died on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and crashed at South Korea's Muan...
Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 29: Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a political showdown as the new...
India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in state funeral
New Delhi [India], December 29: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country's economic reform program, was cremated...
China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet
Beijing [China], December 29: China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns about displacement of communities in...
Israel detains north Gaza hospital director as WHO condemns raids
Gaza [Palestine], December 29: Israel's army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, as the World Health Organization...
PM Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine, Russia talks
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 29: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in...