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Military base disguised as village: IDF uncovers Hezbollah's hidden arsenal

The discoveries come amid growing friction between the IDF and the UNIFIL. In a statement on December 26, UNIFIL urged both sides to respect the ceasefire agreement and adhere to UNSC Resolution 1701

Trump sides with Musk in debate over foreign workers roiling supporters

Trump, in an interview with the New York Post on Saturday, praised the use of visas to bring skilled foreign workers to the US. The topic has become a flashpoint within his conservative base

Israel detains director of one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals

Israel's military on Saturday confirmed it detained the hospital director and called him a suspected Hamas operative while providing no evidence

Future of Ukraine-Russia gas transit deal faces critical moment of truth

Ukraine is under mounting pressure from Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and a group of central European companies to keep gas moving from its eastern border with Russia into the European Union

Putin apologises to Azerbaijani counterpart for tragic plane crash incident

The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed

China sentences man to death for driving car into crowd, killing 35 people

China has been witnessing a rise in incidents of violence targeting random members of the public - including children - in recent months as economic growth stutters

ECB likely to delay next rate cut due to recent increase in inflation

Euro zone annual inflation accelerated in November to 2.2 per cent from 2.0 per cent a month earlier and above the ECB's 2 per cent target rate

Public finances of GCC countries witness surplus in 2022, 2023: GCC-Stat

The reports issued by Credit rating agencies also signalled an improvement in the sovereign bond rating of the GCC countries in 2023

Another lottery jackpot surpasses $1 bn. Is this a new normal in US?

In October, Mega Millions said it hoped increased ticket revenue and less stratospheric odds would lead to more people winning, even as prizes grow extraordinarily high

China deploys troops to Larung Gar, intensifies repression in Tibet

The recent military buildup and impending regulations highlight an escalation in Beijing's campaign to limit religious freedom in Tibet

Singapore oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin declared bankrupt after empire crash

The name of the founder of Hin Leong Trading Pte. and his children Lim Huey Ching and Lim Chee Meng were listed as having been issued a bankruptcy order on Dec. 19, the government gazette showed

Ukrainian troops face risk of losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia

Army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has said that Ukraine launched the operation because officials thought Russia was about to launch a new attack on northeast Ukraine

Invest in US workforce first: Nikki Haley joins debate on H1B visa issue

The debate around the H1B visa controversy was sparked by Trump on Sunday when he announced he was appointing Sriram Krishnan to be a White House policy adviser on artificial intelligence

9th telecom firm hit by massive Chinese espionage campaign: White House

Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon

US plans more action against China over telecom hack and cyber threats

As the Biden administration learns about the scope and scale of the so-called Salt Typhoon breach which it attributed to China, officials are laying the blame on companies

Airstrike on insurgents mistakenly killed 10 civilians: Nigerian military

Since 2017, some 400 civilians have been killed by such accidental strikes by the military, according to the Lagos-based SBM Intelligence security firm

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen airport as jet was landing: UN official

United Nations said the injured crew member was taken to a hospital in Jordan, and Tedros was heading back to Geneva, where WHO is based

Canadian ministers meet with Trump's nominee in bid to avoid tariffs

Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian products if Canada does not stem what he calls a flow of migrants and fentanyl

US Treasury secy Janet Yellen says country could hit debt limit in mid-Jan

The department has in the past deployed what are known as extraordinary measures or accounting maneuvers to keep the government operating

Trump asks SC to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan 19