Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR
Bonn [Germany], December 30: The number of refugees worldwide has exceeded 122 million in 2024, surpassing last year's figures, according to the United Nations High...
Remote airstrip used in spycraft cocaine smuggling plot
Sydney [Australia], December 30: Two men are accused of trafficking 200kg of cocaine into Australia in a clandestine plot involving a small aircraft, a remote...
Financial help on its way as bushfires hit livelihoods
Sydney [Australia], December 30: Bushfire-hit workers and sole traders can apply for income support as the prime minister visits the area where a massive blaze...
Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100
New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage...
School chaplain killed in shark attack on Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Sydney [Australia], December 30: A 40-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on the edge of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, local police...
Polls close in Chad's contentious election
N'Djamena [Chad], December 30: Polls have closed in Chad's first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards...
Georgia's new president sworn in amid political crisis, protests
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 30: Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday, despite weeks of protests...
Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning in southern Brazilian state
Brasília [Brazil], December 30: Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake in a...
Jeju Air boss says crash not down to maintenance issues
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: The crash was not due to "any maintenance issues", the head of Jeju Air's management team said.
Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts evacuation
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], December 30: The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a hospital in the eastern part...
Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza; fifth such fatality this...
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia in six days in the...
Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental organizations
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: The Afghan Ministry of Economy on Sunday reiterated its call for all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country to cease employing...
What's a bird strike in aviation?
London [UK], December 30: A bird strike is a collision between a plane in flight and a bird. They are very common - in the...
179 people dead as plane crashes in South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: Rescuers suspect 179 people died when a plane veered off a South Korean airport runway and caught fire, local media...
Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash
Moscow [Russia], December 30: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the recent Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash...
French officials say three people dead in Channel as migrant crossings continue
London [UK], December 30: At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities have confirmed.
S Korea's Yoon again ignores summons to appear
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row failed to heed a summons...
Pakistan Defence Minister slams Imran Khan, questions his loyalty for seeking help...
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lashed out at former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of seeking foreign intervention from the...
Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday that it struck "several points" inside neighbouring Pakistan.
South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol's...
North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine front lines, White House...
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of...
German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections
Berlin [Germany], December 29: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the...
Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he's always...
New York [US], December 29: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over...
Man dies after bitten by shark while fishing
Ǫueensland [Australia], December 29: A man has died after he was attacked by a shark while fishing with his family.
At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: At least 28 people died on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and crashed at South Korea's Muan...
Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 29: Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a political showdown as the new...
India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in state funeral
New Delhi [India], December 29: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country's economic reform program, was cremated...