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Dec 09, 2023
Moscow [Russia], December 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday that he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s.
Israeli tank fire kills Reuters journalist in Lebanon
Gaza fighting intensifies
Youth leaders at COP28 ... strong presence to protect the planet
Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates 7th Sharjah Desert Theatre Festival
President of UAE receives President of Belarus
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Indonesia proposes free entry visas for travellers from 20 countries
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9: The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has proposed issuing free entry visas to travellers from 20 countries as an...
Dubai Global Framework a strong push to reduce carbon emissions in international aviation sector
Dubai [UAE], December 9: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed that the "Dubai Global Framework" for sustainable aviation fuel, recently announced by the International...
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war
Baku [Azerbaijan], December 9: Armenia and Azerbaijan pledged to exchange prisoners of war and expressed their "intention to normalise ties and sign a peace agreement,"...
Russia sets March 17 election date with Putin set to run again
Dec 08, 2023
Moscow [Russia], December 8: Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has officially scheduled the country's next presidential election for March 17, 2024.
Turkish, Greek leaders ink friendship declaration in rare Athens meet
Istanbul [Turkey], December 8: Greek and Turkish leaders on Thursday struck an upbeat tone at a rare meeting in Athens, stressing a commitment to resolve...
280 staff members killed in Gaza since war began: Red Crescent
Ramallah [Palestine], December 8: A total of 280 staff members have been killed in Gaza since the war there began on October 7, according to...
Jordan carries out airdrop of medical supplies to southern Gaza
Cairo [Egypt], December 8: Jordan's air force said on Thursday it had dropped urgent medical supplies to a Jordanian field hospital in southern Gaza, as...
UN's Guterres invokes Article 99 over 'urgent' Gaza situation
New York [US], December 8: In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres has urged the UN Security Council to take action to avert a...
NASA celebrates 25 years of International Space Station
New York [US], December 8: The US space agency NASA celebrated the 25th anniversary of the start of work on the International Space Station (ISS)...
Displacement, death and hunger as Israel's war on Gaza enters third month
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 8: Fighting has escalated in Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis as Israeli air strikes rain down throughout the enclave, forcing Palestinians to flee to increasingly crammed pockets of the territory's southern edge where there is no promised security, as the war enters its third month.
The situation in Gaza worsened and Mr. Guterres' rare move
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South Korea sold 129 infantry fighting vehicles to Australia
Mr. Hunter Biden faces additional criminal charges
Armenia and Azerbaijan aim to normalize relations
Mr. Trump returned to court, criticized the 'unfair' case and said he needed to lose weight
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Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist messages about Meghan
Hundreds more Palestinians killed
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