December2024

Christmas Wednesday was observed by Christians worldwide, although the atmosphere was soured by wars, a huge Russian attack on Ukraine on Christmas morning, and an aircraft crash in Kazakhstan. Pope Francis was also anticipated to plead...

On Tuesday, protesters in Panama set fire to a picture of US President-elect Donald Trump after he threatened to demand that Washington regain control of the nation’s interoceanic canal. Outside the US embassy, dozens of protesters...

The presence of North Korean soldiers alongside Russian troops in the Russian region of Kursk has not yet had a major impact on the course of the fighting, a Ukrainian military intelligence official told AFP on...

Syria’s new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country’s rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry. Absent from the meeting were representatives of the US-backed, Kurdish-led forces...

Pope Francis presided over mass in the Vatican on Tuesday as Christians assembled at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem to commemorate a somber Christmas marred by conflict. For the second...

A chairlift in the French Alps fell down Tuesday, forcing some 240 skiers to be flown to safety, according to officials. At the well-known Superdevoluy resort in the southern French Alps, the skiers were helicoptered out...

According to state media, Iran’s highest internet security council decided Tuesday to relax a ban on the widely used messaging program WhatsApp, which has been restricted for more than two years. “The ban on WhatsApp and...

A Swiss Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing the night before because of smoke in the cockpit and cabin, and two crew members were still in the hospital on Tuesday, according to the airline....

Taiwan said on Wednesday that the merger would seriously hurt market competition and rejected the ride-hailing behemoth Uber’s offer to purchase Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda on the island. By the first half of 2025, the US ride-hailing...

The gross foreign exchange reserves of Bangladesh have surpassed US$24 billion. The most recent data indicates that foreign exchange reserves total $24.8 billion USD. However, the reserve is more over $20 billion based on the IMF’s...