Vietnam's real estate attracts new generation FDI
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 8: Vietnam's real estate sector continues to consolidate its position as a major magnet for foreign investors, ranking second only after processing...
Korea's exports likely to decrease this year excluding semiconductor shipments
Seoul [South Korea], December 8: Korea's exports are projected to exceed a record $700 billion in 2025, but shipments excluding semiconductors are expected to post...
Egyptologists find 225 'exceptional' figurines in pharaoh's tomb
Cairo [Egypt], December 8: A French team of excavators found hundreds of funerary figurines in a pharaoh's tomb in Tanis, Egypt, in early October, uncovering...
7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Alaska
Los Angeles [US], December 8: An earthquake measuring magnitude 7.0 struck the US state of Alaska on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Death toll rises to 627, several hundred missing after Cyclone Ditwah's fury...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 8: As Sri Lanka reels under the impact of Cyclone Ditwah, the death toll has soared to 627, with several hundred...
What Trump's immigration freeze means
Washington DC [US], December 8: United States President Donald Trump announced drastic measures against immigration in late November. All asylum procedures were suspended indefinitely "until...
Behind the scenes of Berlin's Pergamon Museum renovation
Berlin [Germany], December 8: As part of the UNESCO-listed Museum Island, the Pergamon Museum is one of Berlin's "must-see" attractions. But seeing it isn't so...
Japan says China military jet locked radar on its aircraft
Tokyo [Japan], December 8: Japan has recorded a protest with China on Sunday after Chinese fighter jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese fighter jets near...
Trump can use force "as he sees fit", Hegseth says on alleged...
Washington [US], December 8: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended recent military strikes on boats linked to alleged drug cartels, saying President...
Russian strikes kill four in Ukraine as new US policy released
Moscow [Russia], December 8: Russia on Sunday welcomed the Trump administration's new national security strateg y in comments by the Kremlin spokesman published by Russia's...
Man wounded in 2nd stabbing attack on North Carolina commuter train since...
New York [US], December 8: Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with critically injuring another person in a stabbing on a Charlotte...
US fines New York firm $7.1m for sanctions breach over Russian oligarch
New York [US], December 8: The U.S. Treasury Department imposed a $7.1 million fine on a New York-based property management firm Thursday, accusing it of...
Netanyahu: Israel and Hamas near second phase of ceasefire
Tel Aviv [Israel]/Gaza [Palestine], December 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are "very shortly expected to move into the...
Australia approves social media ban on under-16s
Sydney [Australia], December 8: Australia's world-first social media ban for teenagers is already being hailed a success - even before it fully takes effect.
Russian strike on Kharkiv dam disrupts military supply route
Kiev [Ukraine], December 8: A Russian missile strike on a dam in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region has disrupted an important supply route for Ukrainian forces,...
UK's Blair met Netanyahu and Abbas on Gaza's future: Reports
Tel Aviv [Israel]/Gaza [Palestine], December 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former British prime minister Tony Blair held unpublicized talks on the future of...
Bodies of 17 migrants, asylum seekers found in boat off Greece's Crete
Athens [Greece] December 8: The bodies of at least 17 migrants and asylum seekers have been found in a partially deflated boat off the Greek...
Coup attempt in Benin quelled, says minister
Porto-Novo [Benin], December 8: Benin's Interior Minister Alassane Seidou has said that Benin's armed forces have thwarted an attempted coup in the West African nation.
Chinese jets direct fire-control radar at aircraft: Japan
Tokyo [Japan], December 8: Japan's defence minister said Chinese fighter jets had targeted Japanese aircraft with fire-control radar in two separate incidents near the southern...
UK troops join major NATO exercise in Finland to counter Russian threat
Vuosank [Finland], December 8: British soldiers joined a major exercise on NATO's snowy border with Russia as Finnish troops prepare to defend their country if...
Iran backs SCO anti-terror cooperation: senior diplomat
Tehran [Iran], December 7: Iran supports the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) counter-terrorism plans and cooperation efforts, a senior Iranian diplomat has said.
Israeli military kills 2 Palestinians at West Bank checkpoint
Jerusalem [Israel], December 7: The Israeli military said Saturday that its troops shot and killed two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron...
Hamas says to give up weapons "if occupation ends"
Gaza City [Gaza], December 7: Head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hayya, said on Saturday that the group will give up its weapons...
Small Kuwait-built rocket explodes during launch
Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 7: The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition...
Qatari PM warns of Gaza truce collapse without swift steps toward permanent...
Gaza City [Gaza], December 7: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned on Saturday that the Gaza ceasefire has reached a "critical...
Arab League, Egypt welcome UNRWA mandate extension
Cairo [Egypt], December 7: The Arab League (AL) and Egypt welcomed on Saturday the recent UN decision to extend the mandate of the UN Relief...
Venezuelan, Turkish presidents discuss military deployment in Caribbean
Caracas [Venezuelan], December 7: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke by phone on Saturday about global geopolitics and the...