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China OKs 105 online games in gesture of support after curbs trigger losses

Tencent's Counter War: Future and NetEase's Firefly Assault were among games approved

Iran's navy adds domestically manufactured cruise missiles to its arsenal

Navy chief Adm. Shahram Irani said Talaeieh has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and called it "fully smart. Irani said the cruise missile capable of changing targets during trravl

Beijing sees most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December since 1951

The city saw nine consecutive days with temperatures below minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit), the paper added

Afghan schoolgirls finishing sixth grade in tears under Taliban rule

Last week, UN special envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern that a generation of Afghan girls is falling behind with each day that passes

Pak police free 290 Baloch activists arrested while protesting killings

Their release came days after protest organisers gave authorities a deadline to release all those detained

US elections: Kennedy Jr draws Biden and Trump voters united by distrust

Lined up outside a Phoenix wedding hall tucked between a freeway, a railroad track and a U-Haul rental centre, the hundreds of people who turned out on Wednesday to hear Kennedy speak

AUS vs PAK 2nd Test preview: Will Pakistan end 15-match losing streak?

Pakistan goes into Tuesday's Boxing Day match against Australia on a 15-match test losing streak, not having won Down Under since November 1995.

Gunfire erupts at Colorado mall on Christmas Eve, 1 killed and 3 injured

One adult male was dead at the scene with a gunshot wound, and two more, each of whom had been shot at least once, were taken to hospitals in serious condition, police said

UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe acquires 25% stake in Manchester United

More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had agreed to buy a minority stake in the storied Premier League club.

FIFA threatens to suspend Brazil over CBF president's removal by court

FIFA and South American soccer body CONMEBOL also said in the letter they will form a commission to discuss the matter in Brazil on Jan 8

Russian shelling kills 4 as Ukraine prepares to observe Christmas

There are no holidays for the enemy, Andrii Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, wrote on social media, commenting on the Kherson attack

War exacts very heavy price from us, but we have no choice: Netanyahu

The war has devastated parts of Gaza, killed roughly 20,400 Palestinians and displaced almost all of the besieged territory's 2.3 million people

Tom Curran, Sixers lose appeal to have his BBL's 4-match ban over turned

English all-rounder Tom Curran's appeal to have his four-match ban overturned for intimidating an umpire during a recent Big Bash League match has been dismissed

Rishi Sunak's minister under fire for making joke about date rape drug

British Home Secretary James Cleverly was under fire Sunday for joking about date rape just hours after announcing plans to crack down on what he had dubbed a perverse offence.

Explosion at Chinese-owned Nickel plant kills at least 13, injures 46

It was the third deadly incident this year at Chinese-owned nickel smelting plants in Central Sulawesi province, which has the largest nickel reserves in Indonesia

Israel-Hamas war clouds Christmas eve celebrations in West Bank's Bethlehem

The festive lights that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists and jubilant youth marching bands that gather in the West Bank town each year

Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills 13

It was the latest of a series of deadly accidents at nickel smelting plants in Indonesia that are part of China's ambitious transnational development programme known as the Belt and Road Initiative

Strong quake in China that killed at least 148 cause losses worth millions

Officials in Gansu conducted preliminary assessments that showed the province's agricultural and fisheries industries have lost 532 million yuan (about $74.6 million), state broadcaster CCTV reported

12 Turkish soldiers killed over 2 days in clashes with Kurdish militants

In addition to the six Turkish soldiers killed on Friday, four militants were slain, authorities said

Israel strikes 2 homes, more than 90 Palestinians killed, hundreds detained

Israel declared war after Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking some 240 hostages