Thirty years ago, on December 14 1995, the presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia signed the Dayton agreement. The treaty ended three years of bloodshed in what was, at the time, the largest war in Europe since 1945. This distinction is
BEIRUT, Dec 3 - Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday that a lasting peace with Israel could pave the way to normalising ties with the country and establishing economic ties but that those milestones remained far off given current tensions.
Police cautioned that the figure may not be final.
ATHENS, Dec 3 - The crew of the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which sank in the Red Sea in July after being attacked by Yemen's Houthis, have been released, an official with the ship's operator and a maritime security source told Reuters on Wednesday.
They were having afternoon tea in a nearby restaurant when their daughter alerted them to the fire.
Gold is up 50% over the last 12 months and explanations for the leap abound. Surging government debt. Sticky inflation. Weakness in the international reserve currency, AKA the dollar. At the root of all these explanations is the notion that gold is an alternative store of value
This comes after the authorities across Asia, Europe and the US targeted Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group.
Investigations continue into a fire last week at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, which killed at least 159 people.
The revision will share the exact location of stalkers if they get too close to their victim.
Dec 3 - The Romanian military blew up a maritime drone that was endangering navigation in the Black Sea, the Ministry of National Defence said on Wednesday, amid rising concerns about risks to shipping in the area linked to the war in Ukraine.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 3 - A new round of peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan has failed to produce a breakthrough to end tensions between the South Asian neighbours, although they agreed to continue their fragile ceasefire, officials from both countries said on
KABUL, Dec 3 - The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., over which an Afghan immigrant has been charged, has nothing to do with Afghanistan's people or its government, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Wednesday.
ALMATY, Dec 2 - A Reuters story about Tajikistan holding talks with Russia about helping guard its Afghan border has been withdrawn following a post-publication review showing insufficient evidence. There will be no substitute story.
The move comes as his administration is facing mounting political pressure from a corruption scandal.
MOSCOW, Dec 3 - А court in the Russian city of Voronezh on Wednesday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Gilman to another two years in prison, RIA news agency reported.
BARCELONA/MADRID, Dec 3 - Spain's Catalonia region has pledged to curb its wild boar population, including by ramping up culls, after African swine was detected in several animals outside Barcelona in the country's first outbreak since 1994.
Chen Xing is the more outgoing of the two, while Xiao Yue is described as gentle and quiet.
SYDNEY, Dec 4 - A majority of Australians, Japanese and Indians believe U.S. President Donald Trump's second term has been bad for their countries, and more Australians see the U.S. as harmful than helpful in Asia, a survey of people in the four countries reported on Thursday.
The exceptionally high tides are expected along the state’s coastline from Dec 1 to 9.
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Dec 3 - Israel and Lebanon sent new representatives to a military committee monitoring a truce between the countries, top officials from both said on Wednesday, in a move set to expand the scope of talks between the long-time foes.
BEIRUT, Dec 3 - Filipina worker Loren Capobres said the world stood still when she kissed Pope Leo's hand this week in Lebanon, but hopes his message for peace will linger after his departure, leading to better working conditions and a lasting peace in the country.
The announcement comes after authorities across Asia, Europe and the United States targeted Cambodia's Prince Holding Group and its global business network with asset seizures and freezes worth billions of dollars.
China has been seeking backup from France in its recent dispute with Japan over Taiwan’s status.
BEIJING, Dec 3 - China and Russia reached \"broad consensus\" on a range of issues during the Chinese foreign minister's trip to Moscow this week, amid a burst of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine and as Beijing seeks to rally support in a row with Tokyo.
ANKARA, Dec 3 - Turkey demanded an explanation from Iraqi Kurdish officials after former leader Masoud Barzani arrived in a mainly Kurdish Turkish border region last weekend surrounded by heavily armed and uniformed guards.
The martial law crisis was one of the worst political ones in a country seen as a democratic success story.
SEOUL, Dec 3 - More than 200 South Koreans joined a tour of the National Assembly on Wednesday to view parts of the compound associated with last year's martial law crisis, including a sports field where helicopters carrying masked soldiers landed.
Levels of cancer-causing microparticles sometimes rise to as much as 60 times the UN’s daily health limits.
HONG KONG, Dec 3 - A married couple in their 70s who lost their apartment in a deadly Hong Kong blaze recounted on Wednesday how they were having afternoon tea in a nearby restaurant when their daughter alerted them to a fire at their residential complex.
The near collapse of urban and Chinese support for DAP in Sabah signals cracks in PM Anwar's stronghold vote bank.
MAWATHURA, Sri Lanka, Dec 3 - Villagers in Sri Lanka used spades on Wednesday to clear away mud as they searched for the bodies of relatives and friends days after 13 homes were flattened by a landslide in the dead of night caused by a cyclone that killed 474 people.
More than 350 people are still missing in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah.
ANKARA, Dec 3 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed Black Sea safety on Wednesday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said, after Ankara expressed alarm at attacks on Russia-linked tankers, some claimed by Ukraine.
Monitoring data shows the city has hit the red “unhealthy” level on the IQAir Index for nine straight days.
Bullies can be ordered to pay victims a maximum award of $78,500 for damages and compensation.
The MACC has obtained consent from the public prosecutor to charge both men on Dec 4 and Dec 5.
KYIV, Dec 3 - Senior Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks in Brussels on Wednesday with European leaders' national security advisers and then visit the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
The ban was primarily introduced to stop government employees from drinking during work hours.
The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.
Experts are also urging governments to prioritise early warning systems, after flood survivors described terrifying waves of water that arrived without warning.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Dec 3 - Gaza's main gateway will open in the next few days, Israel said on Wednesday, allowing thousands of Palestinians who are in need of medical care to leave the war-ravaged enclave through Egypt.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 3 - Afghanistan's Taliban administration and Pakistan have held fresh peace talks in Saudi Arabia and agreed to maintain a ceasefire, the latest attempt to dial down tensions between the South Asian neighbours.
Teflon Vietnam. This banner normally refers to the nation’s thriving trade in polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene resins used in everything from autos to cooking utensils. These days, it describes an economy to which nothing sticks, least of all US tariffs. In the third quarter,
The court was asked to consider the lives of people who dreamed of marrying but were excluded.
The Seoul Central District Court is due to deliver its verdict on Jan 28.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec 3 - Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, terrified that getting treatment for depression would cost him his
In Indonesia, the floods have affected 3.3 million, with 576,000 evacuated.