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Man kills one police officer, wounds two others in Budapest stabbing 13 Jan 2023 - 10:24 am

BUDAPEST: A man injured three police officers in Budapest late on Thursday with a knife, one of whom died in a hospital, police...

Spain drops sedition charge against ex-Catalan leader 13 Jan 2023 - 12:15 am

Barcelona: The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont over a failed 2017 independence bid that...

Ransomware group with links in Russia behind UK Royal Mail incident -Telegraph 12 Jan 2023 - 11:43 pm

London: A cyber incident that led to severe disruption to Royal Mail's international export services was caused by Lockbit, a ransomware group that...

US government examining over 500 'UFO' reports 12 Jan 2023 - 11:34 pm

Washington: The US government is examining 510 UFO reports, over triple the number in its 2021 file, and while many were caused by...

Migrants can now use mobile app to request entry at US border 12 Jan 2023 - 11:34 pm

Washington/Mexico City: Migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border can now use a mobile app to schedule a time to approach a land...

Crisis-hit Ghana increases public servant salaries by 30% 12 Jan 2023 - 11:19 pm

ACCRA: Ghana's government and trade unions on Thursday agreed to increase all public servants' salaries by 30% for 2023, they said in a...

Peru protests continue as mourners prepare to bury dead 12 Jan 2023 - 11:07 pm

Lima: Street barricades and marches against the government continued in Peru on Thursday as mourners prepared to bury the bodies of 17 people...

Portugal approves new vetting system after string of hiring scandals 12 Jan 2023 - 11:04 pm

Lisbon: Portugal's government said on Thursday future officials would from now on have to answer a questionnaire before they are appointed to prove...

Brasilia rioters likely had inside help: Lula 12 Jan 2023 - 10:58 pm

Brasília: Brazil intensified a mop-up operation Thursday after the weekend sacking of government buildings in the capital, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da...

No reconciliation without justice: French, German FMs tell Ethiopia 12 Jan 2023 - 10:34 pm

Addis Ababa: France and Germany's foreign ministers said on Thursday said there can be no reconciliation without justice as they visited Ethiopia to...

New York nurses end strike after reaching deals on hospital staffing 12 Jan 2023 - 10:17 pm

NEW YORK: More than 7,000 nurses in New York City ended a three-day strike and returned to work on Thursday after reaching tentative...

Aid chief to ask Taliban's Kandahar leaders to scrap female worker ban 12 Jan 2023 - 10:02 pm

Kabul: The head of a major aid group that suspended work in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned female NGO workers said on Thursday...

Somali leader urges people to flush out Al-Shabaab 'bedbugs' 12 Jan 2023 - 09:52 pm

Mogadishu: Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on Thursday on ordinary people to help flush out members of the Al-Shabaab jihadist group he...

US judge orders museum not to move Van Gogh painting caught in row 12 Jan 2023 - 09:09 pm

New York: A US judge has ordered a museum to keep hold of a Vincent Van Gogh painting after a collector filed a...

CIA chief in Libya after Lockerbie suspect handover 12 Jan 2023 - 08:55 pm

Tripoli: CIA chief William Burns has met Libya's interim premier weeks after the authorities handed the United States a suspect in the 1988...

Embattled George Santos defies New York Republicans' call to step down 12 Jan 2023 - 08:39 pm

Washington: Embattled US Representative George Santos said he had no plans to heed fellow New York Republicans' calls to step down, a plea...

Improved Syria-Turkey ties should seek end to 'occupation': Assad 12 Jan 2023 - 08:08 pm

Damascus: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that a Moscow-brokered rapprochement with Turkey should aim for "the end of occupation" by Ankara...