UAE plane crash kills 2

Dec 30, 2024

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: A light aircraft belonging to Jazirah Aviation Club crashed into the sea off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah Emirate,...

Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR

Dec 30, 2024

Bonn [Germany], December 30: The number of refugees worldwide has exceeded 122 million in 2024, surpassing last year's figures, according to the United Nations High...

Remote airstrip used in spycraft cocaine smuggling plot

Dec 30, 2024

Sydney [Australia], December 30: Two men are accused of trafficking 200kg of cocaine into Australia in a clandestine plot involving a small aircraft, a remote...

Financial help on its way as bushfires hit livelihoods

Dec 30, 2024

Sydney [Australia], December 30: Bushfire-hit workers and sole traders can apply for income support as the prime minister visits the area where a massive blaze...

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

Dec 30, 2024

New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage...

School chaplain killed in shark attack on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Dec 30, 2024

Sydney [Australia], December 30: A 40-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on the edge of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, local police...

Polls close in Chad's contentious election

Dec 30, 2024

N'Djamena [Chad], December 30: Polls have closed in Chad's first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards...

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political crisis, protests

Dec 30, 2024

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 30: Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday, despite weeks of protests...

Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning in southern Brazilian state

Dec 30, 2024

Brasília [Brazil], December 30: Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake in a...