India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin retires from international cricket
Record year for coal use in 2024: IEA bur-sbk/giv
Rain-hit third Test between Australia and India ends in draw
Giannis stars as Bucks beat Thunder to win NBA Cup
Japanese start-up says space rocket launch attempt fails
Japan says release of anti-whaling activist Watson 'regrettable'
UN Council calls for 'inclusive and Syrian-led' political process after Assad fall: statement
Nissan shares up 19% on Honda merger reports
Honda says Nissan merger among possibilities but 'nothing decided'
14 confirmed dead in Vanuatu earthquake: government
Trading suspended for Nissan shares after merger report: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Australia says flying in rescue teams to quake-hit Vanuatu
'Several hundred' N.Korea casualties in Russia's Kursk region on Ukraine border: US official
Suspect in US health insurance CEO slaying charged with murder as 'act of terrorism': authorities
Syria Kurdish leader proposes 'demilitarised zone' in northern town
Syria ex-rebel military chief calls for end to 'terrorist' label
Syria ex-rebel military chief calls for solution to Israeli strikes, 'incursion'
Syria ex-rebel military chief says new authorities to control Kurdish-held areas
Syria ex-rebel military chief says to dissolve armed wing
US says feels 'cautious optimism' on reaching Gaza ceasefire
US says truce extended between pro-Turkish fighters, Syrian Kurds at flashpoint Manbij
Russia claims Kyiv allies are 'accomplices' in Moscow assassination
Kremlin critic Kara-Murza denies his mother was poisoned in Germany
Filipina inmate on Indonesia death row flies home: officials
Israel and Saudi Arabia reach normalization breakthrough, clearing path for hostage deal (Haaretz)
US was 'not aware' of nor supported killing of Russian chemical weapons chief: US official
German police say investigating suspected poison attack on Russian-German woman
UN migration agency chief says some religious minorities fleeing Syria
UN migration chief tells AFP 'not advising' large-scale returns to Syria now
Tusk says Ukraine has 'no reason to yield' to Russia in any talks
Zelensky calls on allies to 'urgently strengthen Ukraine' on battlefield
UN envoy to Syria warns 'conflict has not ended yet'
Netanyahu holds security briefing at edge of annexed Golan
Bolivia's Morales says victim of 'brutal judicial war' after arrest warrant
Injuries reported as an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in the town of Majdal Zoun in the Tyre district (NNA)
Filipina on Indonesia death row handed over to Philippine officials: AFP
Hamas says Gaza truce talks in Doha 'serious and positive'
French PM warns Mayotte death toll 'could rise'
Ukraine says detained agents tracking F-16 jets for Russia
Ukraine says Russia launched 'intensive offensive' in Kursk with N Korean troops
UK court sentences father, stepmother to life jail for murdering daughter
France urges Syrian post-Assad authorities to 'continue fight' against IS
Ireland fines Meta 251 mn euros ($263 mn) over Facebook hacks
Coral reefs 'may disappear' in 10-50 years: UN experts
Unsustainable farming driving nature loss, climate change, pollution: UN
Tackling climate, nature separately risks worsening crises: UN
No security, safety risk from reported drone sightings: US agencies
Spain central bank raises 2024 growth forecast despite floods imm/fg
Anti-whaling activist Watson tells AFP his detention put spotlight on Japan's 'illegal whaling'
UK says 'not going to mourn' death of Russian army chemicals general
Anti-whaling activist Watson released from Greenland detention: police
EU announces extra one billion euros in refugee funding for Turkey
'We cannot allow an IS resurgence in Syria': EU chief
EU must 'step up direct engagement' with Syria leaders: Von der Leyen
Red Cross fears more than 200 volunteers missing in France's cyclone-hit Mayotte
UN says one million Syrians may return in first half of 2025
EU launches probe into TikTok over Romania vote 'interference'
EU 'ready to reopen' embassy in Damascus: Kallas
Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Watson to Japan: lawyer
FA notifies Chelsea's Mykhailo Mudryk of 'adverse finding' in urine sample: club
Gaza Health ministry says war death toll at 45,059
Cyclone Chido killed at least 34 people in Mozambique: disaster centre
Italy ready to engage with Syria, urges 'maximum caution': PM
Russian army claims another village in east Ukraine: agencies
After meeting Syria's new leaders, UN says 'ambitious' aid to country possible
French flag flies at Syria embassy for first time since 2012: AFP
France to impose nighttime curfew on cyclone-hit Mayotte from Tuesday: ministry
Envoy says France to stand 'with Syrians' during transition
Ukraine claims killing of Russian military official in Moscow: security source
German delegation to hold talks in Damascus Tuesday: foreign ministry
Beijing blasts EU sanctions for 'smearing' Chinese firms
Spanish actor Marisa Paredes dies at 78: cinema academy
French diplomatic delegation arrives in Damascus: AFP
China says spying claims involving UK's Prince Andrew 'preposterous'
All staff in quake-hit US embassy in Vanuatu 'safe and accounted for': US statement
Iran says awaiting 'necessary conditions' to reopen Syria embassy
Senior Russian military official killed in Moscow blast: investigative committee
New Zealand mission suffers 'significant damage' in Vanuatu quake: foreign minister
S. Korean president's defence team denies insurrection charges: Yonhap
US says closes Vanuatu embassy after 'considerable damage' from quake
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17/12 22:50 US Sees 'Cautious Optimism' on Reaching Gaza Ceasefire
17/12 21:55 Syria Ex-Rebel Military Chief Says to Dissolve Armed Wing
17/12 19:40 Netanyahu Holds Security Briefing Atop Strategic Syrian Peak
17/12 19:40 Berri and Carret Discuss Post-War Reconstruction