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  • Passenger plane with Indians aboard detained on suspicion of human trafficking

    Date: 2023-12-25 18:15:40 GMT - France - World - SN:49 - ID:10506597

    PARIS, Dec 25 (MENA) - A plane that had been detained since Thursday at Vatry airport on suspicion of human trafficking, took off Monday evening. The flight was from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua with 303 Indian passengers on board. ....

  • Jordanian foreign ministry welcomes road map among Yemeni parties to support peace

    Date: 2023-12-25 16:55:58 GMT - Jordan - World - SN:42 - ID:10506572

    AMMAN, Dec 25 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the announcement by the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, that an agreement had been reached between the Yemeni ....

  • 1 killed, 3 injured in Colorado mall shooting

    Date: 2023-12-25 15:42:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:10506463

    COLORADO, Dec 25 (MENA) - One person was killed and three more were injured in a shooting at a mall in Colorado, the Hill quoted the police as saying. The Colorado Springs Police Department said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that a ....

  • Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine climbs to 353,950

    Date: 2023-12-25 11:24:01 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:10505727

    KYIV, Dec 25 (MENA) - Since February 24, 2022, Russia’s manpower losses in Ukraine have amounted to 353,950, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying Monday. Also, Ukraine’s forces have destroyed 5,877 Russian ....

  • Pope: At Christmas, we are close to brothers and sisters suffering from war

    Date: 2023-12-24 15:47:22 GMT - Italy - World - SN:43 - ID:10505139

    ROME, Dec 24 (MENA) - Pope Francis expresses his closeness to victims of war, and urges the faithful to avoid consumerism at Christmas, and to celebrate the birth of Jesus without waste, by sharing what we have with those in need, ANSA MED ....

  • Pentagon says chemical tanker struck by Iranian drone in Indian Ocean

    Date: 2023-12-24 10:18:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:10504541

    WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - A chemical tanker operating in the Indian Ocean was struck by an Iranian attack drone Saturday, a US Department of Defense official said, the seventh Iranian attack on commercial shipping since 2021, CNN reported. "The ....

  • Ukraine: Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine reaches up to over 353,000

    Date: 2023-12-24 09:13:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:10504502

    KIEC, Dec 24 (MENA) - Ukraine’s Defense Forces have eliminated 353,190 Russian soldiers, from February 24, 2022 to December 24, 2023, including 800 over the past day alone, Ukrinform reported Sunday quoting the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed ....

  • AP: Strong earthquake in NW China causes economic losses worth millions

    Date: 2023-12-24 08:43:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:10504471

    WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, and killed at least 148 people, has caused economic losses estimated to be worth tens of millions in the agricultural and fisheries industries, Chinese state ....

  • US 'deeply concerned' over fate of jailed Putin foe Navalny

    Date: 2023-12-24 06:19:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:10504315

    WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The United States on Saturday voiced deepening concern over the fate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has not been heard from since early December. "We are deeply concerned about the ....

  • Economic issues top mind for US voters ahead of presidential election - Washington Post

    Date: 2023-12-23 22:33:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:10504223

    WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (MENA) – The US presidential election is less than a year away, and economic issues are once again top of mind for voters around the country, the Washington Post said in a commentary on Saturday. “Despite the economy’s rapid ....

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