Italy to request 5th installment of EU recovery fund

Dec 20, 2023

Rome [Italy], December 20: Italy said on Tuesday it is on course to formally request the fifth installment of the European Union (EU)'s post-COVID recovery...

Australian government defends weather agency from criticism amid floods

Dec 20, 2023

Canberra [Australia], December 20: Australia's Emergency Management Minister has defended the weather service agency from criticism over its warning system in the lead-up to flooding...

UN official warns attacks likely to rise in Gaza over holiday period

Dec 20, 2023

Geneva [Switzerland], December 20: A senior United Nations (UN) official on Tuesday warned that the holiday period would likely bring an increase in attacks in...

Zelensky: "No one knows" when Russia-Ukraine conflict ends

Dec 20, 2023

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at his annual press conference on Tuesday that "no one knows" when the Russia-Ukraine conflict...

Radio sets make a comeback in war-torn Gaza

Dec 20, 2023

Gaza [Gaza Strip], December 20: Before war broke out in Gaza, Mahmud al-Daoudi could never have imagined the radio sets gathering dust in his shop...

Erdogan, Orban pledge deeper ties in Budapest

Dec 20, 2023

Budapest [Hungary], December 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would seek deeper ties with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during his...

Ukraine army short of new recruits for front

Dec 20, 2023

Bakhmut [Ukraine], December 20: After 22 months of war with a horrific human cost, the Ukrainian army is struggling to find recruits to battle Russian...

Putin says Russia is ready to talk on Ukraine

Dec 20, 2023

Moscow [Russia], December 20: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about...

Iceland volcano unlikely to impact flights; lava flows away from town

Dec 20, 2023

Reykjavík [Iceland], December 20: Lava spewing from a volcano in Iceland appeared to be flowing away from the only nearby town and the intensity of...