Australia rebuffs U.S. request for warship in Red Sea

Dec 21, 2023

Canberra [Australia], December 21: The Australian government has announced that it will not send a warship to the Red Sea but will deploy additional troops...

Behind the 'revolution' led by Myanmar's ethnic minority fighters

Dec 21, 2023

Namhsan [Myanmar], December 21: Pickup trucks carrying ethnic minority fighters rolled into a town in Myanmar's northeastern Shan state recently cleared of junta troops...

Survivors of China's deadliest quake brave freezing cold

Dec 21, 2023

Jishishan [China], December 21: Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on Wednesday, too scared to return...

Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas

Dec 21, 2023

Cairo [Egypt], December 21: The U.S. said "very serious" negotiations were taking place on a new Gaza ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages, but...

Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive

Dec 21, 2023

Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's new government took a public news channel off the air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore...

Macron defends new French migration law despite political tensions

Dec 21, 2023

Paris [France], December 21: French President Emmanuel Macron defended a bill to toughen immigration laws despite an embarrassing parliamentary vote that put his ruling alliance...

Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim

Dec 21, 2023

Washington [US], December 21: Former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim...

Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run in election against Russia's Putin

Dec 21, 2023

Moscow [Russia], December 21: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova put her name forward on Wednesday to stand in a Russian presidential election in March that...

Biden attacks Trump's anti-immigrant 'blood' comments in Wisconsin visit

Dec 21, 2023

Washington [US], December 21: U.S. President Joe Biden criticized presidential opponent Donald Trump's recent anti-immigrant comments as he visited a Black-owned business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...