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...

Interview: Innovation-driven cooperation with China essential for European businesses, says expert

The Hague [Netherlands], December 7: China and the Netherlands should deepen collaboration on co-innovation initiatives across key industrial sectors to elevate bilateral economic ties to...

5.0-magnitude quake hits Greece - GFZ

Athens [Greece], December 7: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Greece at 2048 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences...

Georgia denies using WWI-era chemical agent on protesters last year

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 7: Georgia's State Security Service on Saturday refuted allegations that police used a World War I-era chemical agent, known as "camite," on...

Slovenia detains Croatian murder suspect near border

Ljubljana [Slovenia], December 7: Slovenian police have detained a Croatian national suspected of killing his pregnant wife and seriously injuring her sister in a shooting...

18 migrants found dead on boat drifting near Crete

Athens [Greece], December 7: Eighteen migrants were found dead on a boat drifting off the southern coast of Greece, while two survivors were rescued, Greece's...

At least 18 killed after migrant boat sinks off southern Greece

Athens [Greece], December 7: At least 18 people died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the southern coast of Crete, Greece's public broadcaster ERT...

Advanced traditional Chinese medicine program opens in Belgrade

Belgrade [Serbia], December 7: An international advanced training course in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) opened here on Saturday, marking the first time the program has...