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Gaza: Abu Obaida, spokesman for Al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, said on Sunday that the movement's fighters had killed 48 Israeli soldiers and hit 35 units of Israeli military equipment over the past four days."Over the past...

Sydney: At least 23 flights in and out of Australia's Sydney Airport were cancelled on Christmas Day following heavy rain and flash flooding a day prior, local media reported on Monday.By 7 a.m. on Monday (2000 GMT Sunday), the...

Xining: The death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China on Dec. 18 has risen to 32 in Qinghai Province, while two people are still missing, according to the Qinghai emergency management department on Monday.The department said...

Gaza: The death toll of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) staff in the Gaza Strip has risen to 142, the organization said on Sunday."As of 23 December, UNRWA confirms that an...

Moscow: A fire that had erupted on Russia's nuclear-powered container ship Sevmorput was put out on Sunday, authorities said.No one was injured in the incident, which occurred in one of the cabins of the vessel and affected an area...

Jiuquan: China successfully sent four meteorological satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday.The satellites, belonging to the Tianmu-1 meteorological constellation, were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time)...

Zurich (Switzerland): FIFA made approximatively USD 2.8 billion available to the 211 FIFA Member Associations (MAs), the six confederations, and the various zonal or regional associations, and funded more than 1,600 specific projects with a long-term impact on football...

Beijing: At least 12 people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of an accident at a coal mine in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang, the CCTV broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing local authorities.The incident took...

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump is urging the US Supreme Court to reject a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith to decide quickly on his claim to presidential immunity in the 2020 election subversion case, according to a...

Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the German Ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel, over a "baseless accusation" hurled against Tehran in a German court.Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, director general for Western Europe at Iran's Foreign Ministry, also protested...