Sri Lanka faces challenges to achieve economic stability in 2024: president
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 1: Sri Lanka must continue to forge ahead on a demanding path with formidable challenges in 2024 to achieve economic stability,...
Singaporean PM calls for full support for new leadership in 2024
Singapore, January 1: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday called on Singaporeans to give Lawrence Wong and his team full support in 2024...
Ukraine's Kharkiv sees new attacks; death toll up in Russian city
Kiev [Ukraine], January 1: The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv again became the target of overnight Russian attacks, two days after Russia unleashed its biggest...
Israel detains Palestinians in renewed West Bank raids
Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israeli forces have arrested at least four Palestinians and wounded 17 others after conducting nightlong raids in the occupied West Bank...
Bombardment destroyed 70% of Gaza homes
Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza for nearly three months has destroyed 70 percent of the homes in the besieged Palestinian enclave,...
Eurostar resumes rail services after flood disruptions
London [UK], January 1: International rail operator Eurostar cancelled 41 trains scheduled for Saturday due to tunnel flooding in England.
Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on Belgorod
Moscow [Russia], January 1: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it said was a deadly Ukrainian...
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces surprise abdication
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 1: Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January 14 and pass the baton...
US appeals court allows California to bar guns in most public places
Washington [US], January 1: A federal appeals court on Saturday cleared the way for a California law that bans the carrying of guns in most...
Israel seeks full control of Gaza-Egypt border, Netanyahu says
Jerusalem [Israel], January 1: Israel must take full control of the Gaza Strip border corridor with Egypt to ensure a "demilitarisation" of the area, Prime...
US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi Red Sea attack
Washington [US], January 1: U.S. helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) container vessel in the Red Sea, sinking three...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan officially opens UAE desalination plants in Rafah, Egypt, to...
Rafah [Gaza Strip], January 1: In implementation to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin...
Abu Dhabi's New Year celebrations create unprecedented hospitality demand
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 1: The hospitality sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is witnessing record levels of occupancy coinciding with the capital's celebrations...
Saud bin Saqr receives Norwegian ambassador
Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], January 1: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, today received Olav Myklebust,...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan tours warehouses of Emirati relief aid directed to Gaza...
Al-Arish [Egypt], January 1: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, and the accompanying UAE delegation toured the warehouses of Emirati...
Kenya gets into 2024 with government securities' interest rates at historic high
Nairobi [Kenya], December 31: Interest rates on Kenya's government securities have closed 2023 at a historic high, putting the country in a tough position as...
Iran, Azerbaijan inaugurate new vehicular border bridge
Tehran [Iran], December 31: Iran and Azerbaijan on Saturday inaugurated a vehicular bridge across the Astarachay River, serving as a new transit passage at the...
Israel launches missile attack near Aleppo int'l airport in N. Syria
Damascus [Syria], December 31: Israel launched a missile attack near the international airport of Aleppo city in northern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian army said...
EU members agree to lift air, maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria,...
Brussels [Belgium], December 31: European Union (EU) member states reached a unanimous agreement on Saturday to eliminate air and maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria...
Sri Lanka receives highest monthly tourist arrivals in December in 4 years
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 31: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka passed 200,000 in December, the highest number for a month during the last four years,...
6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 31: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to cause a tsunami, the country's...
Albania's ex-PM Berisha placed under house arrest in corruption probe
Berlin [Germany], December 31: Albania's right-wing opposition leader, Sali Berisha, has been placed under house arrest following allegations of corruption during his time serving as...
US State Dept approves arms sale to Israel, bypassing Congress
Washington [US], December 31: The US State Department has approved the sale of further weapons to Israel worth millions of dollars, bypassing Congress.
Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip rises to 21,672
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip has reached 21,672, and the number of injured people has grown...
UN says 81 aid trucks entered Gaza, number 'inadequate'
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: Eighty-one trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings on Friday, the UN Office...
Eurostar trains cancelled due to UK tunnel floods
London [UK], December 31: British authorities announced Saturday the cancellation of Eurostar trains linking London to French, Belgian and Dutch cities after flooding in tunnels...
Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on Belgorod
Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it said was a deadly Ukrainian...