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As Pakistan, Afghanistan attack each other, what’s next for neighbours?
30 December 2024Islamabad, Pakistan – A sharp escalation in hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past week has resul...
How did South Korea’s Jeju Air plane crash? Here’s what we know
30 December 2024South Korea is in a state of mourning after a plane crash killed 179 people in what is now being called one of the count...
Why has Russia rejected Trump’s Ukraine truce plan?
30 December 2024Russia has trashed a plan pitched by US President-elect Donald Trump’s team to end the Russia-Ukraine war by deferring...
Sixth baby dies from severe cold in Gaza as Israel raids hospitals
30 December 2024Cold weather in Gaza has claimed the life of a baby, the sixth to die in a week, according to medical sources, as Israel...
Syria and Ukraine seek ‘strategic partnerships’ as senior officials meet
30 December 2024Syria’s de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and other officials have held talks with Ukraine’s foreign minister in o...
How the world voted in 2024
30 December 2024A significant number of countries brought back incumbent leaders, of whom some, like South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa an...
China court hands schoolboy a life sentence for murder
30 December 2024News|Crime A court in northern China has handed lengthy prison terms to two teenagers for murdering their classmate with...
Serbia charges 13, including ex-minister, in train station roof collapse
30 December 2024News|Crime Serbian prosecutors have charged 13 people, including a former transport minister, over the fatal collapse of...
Three foreigners die in Bangkok hotel fire, authorities say
30 December 2024News|Tourism Three foreigners have died in a hotel fire in a popular tourist area of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, accor...
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,040
30 December 2024News|Russia-Ukraine war Here is the situation on Monday, December 30: Fighting: Ukraine’s Air Force reported on Monday...
