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Afghan bread, the humble centrepiece of every meal 23 Dec 2024 - 09:59 am

Kabul: Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning...

Bangladesh receives $900mn World Bank financing to improve climate resilience 23 Dec 2024 - 12:00 am

Dhaka: The Bangladeshi government and the World Bank have signed two financing agreements totaling 900 million US dollars to help the country achieve...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait discuss enhancing security cooperation 22 Dec 2024 - 11:15 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz and Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and...

Death toll from Israeli genocide in Gaza rises to 45,259 civilians 22 Dec 2024 - 10:40 pm

Gaza: A total of 45,259 civilians in the Gaza Strip have been reported martyrs to the Palestinian cause since the start of the...

Rome's Trevi Fountain reopens to limited crowds 22 Dec 2024 - 09:52 pm

Rome: Rome's famous Trevi Fountain reopened on Sunday following a three-month clean-up, but visitors will for now be limited to 400 to avoid...

Spanish royals make surprise visit to flood disaster town 22 Dec 2024 - 09:01 pm

Madrid: Spain's King Felipe VI and his family on Sunday carried out a surprise visit to one of the towns worst hit by...

One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad 22 Dec 2024 - 07:39 pm

Port of Spain: An oil rig sank in the waters off Trinidad Sunday, leaving one worker missing, the company and oil workers union...

2 US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:24 pm

Washington: Two US Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea early Sunday in "an apparent case of friendly fire," the US...

Thousands protest in Serbian capital over fatal train station accident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:08 pm

Belgrade: Thousands protested Sunday in Serbia's capital Belgrade to demand that leaders take responsibility for the collapse of a train station roof that...

Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 41 22 Dec 2024 - 07:00 pm

Sao Paulo: Authorities on Sunday raised to 41 the death toll in a weekend bus crash in southeastern Brazil that President Luiz Inacio...

Sanctions on Syria 'must be lifted as soon as possible': Türkiye FM 22 Dec 2024 - 06:57 pm

Damascus: International sanctions on Damascus must be lifted "as soon as possible" to allow Syria to get back on its feet and refugees...

High winds hit UK Christmas travel plans 22 Dec 2024 - 06:34 pm

London: Christmas travellers in the UK faced festive misery on Sunday as high winds forced London's Heathrow Airport to cancel 100 flights. "Due...

At least nine dead in Brazil plane crash: authorities 22 Dec 2024 - 06:28 pm

Sao Paulo: At least nine people died on Sunday when a small plane crashed in the tourist city of Gramado, in the southern...

France awaits appointment of new government 22 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm

Paris: France awaited the appointment of a new government to lead the country out of its political crisis, with President Emmanuel Macron expected...

Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with U.S. 22 Dec 2024 - 04:58 pm

Moscow: Russia has not lost the desire to improve its relations with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview...

Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu 22 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm

Sydney: A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days...

Germany pledges security inquest after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 04:35 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government on Sunday pledged to investigate whether security services could have prevented the Christmas market car-ramming attack that...