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Paris, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): Ukraine claims that Russia is preparing a fresh offensive against Kyiv early next year, but analysts doubt that Moscow can regenerate its battered forces for such a major operation is so short a timeframe. Speaking to The Economist magazine this week, […]

Berlin, Dec 15 (AFP/APP): Disgraced former tennis superstar Boris Becker was due back in Germany on Thursday after being deported following his release from a British prison where he served a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, his lawyer said. The 55-year-old German six-time Grand […]

Aqibya, Lebanon, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):An Irish soldier of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon near the Israeli border was killed and three wounded after their convoy came under fire, Irish officials said Thursday. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was “deeply shocked and […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 14 (AFP/APP): Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces. “Sixty-four soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who fought in […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (APP):The United Nations Tuesday called for easing of tensions along the Sino-Indian disputed Himalayan border, after India claimed its troops clashed with Chinese troops last week. “We call for de-escalation to ensure that the tensions along the border in that area […]

Lima, Dec 12 (AFP/APP): Hundreds of protesters on Monday used burning tires, wood and rocks to block the airport runway in Peru’s second-largest city, Arequipa, demonstrating against the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo. Protesters have demanded fresh elections and the resignation of new President […]

London, Dec 10 (AFP/APP):One person was killed and several others were missing after a “devastating” explosion Saturday at a block of flats in Jersey’s capital St Helier, police on the Channel island said. A fire was put out but emergency services are still conducting “significant […]

RIYADH, Dec 9 (SPA/APP):King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain expressed deepest thanks and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for inviting him to attend the GCC Summit, the Riyadh Gulf-China Summit […]

Ramallah, Dec 8 (Online): The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in northern West Bank, as tensions continue to escalate across the occupied territories. Citing witnesses, Palestine’s official news agency reported that […]

Frankfurt, Germany, Dec 8 (AFP/APP): A German prince, known for his desire to revive the country’s monarchy and rejected by his own family as a “mad old man”, has emerged as a central figure in an alleged coup plot. Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss, descendant of […]