Frankfurt, Dec. 3, (dpa/GNA) – Unprecedented world cocoa prices have only slightly dented imports to Germany as the seasonal appetite for chocolate confectionery sharpens. In the first…
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Greece battered by storms in the Aegean that leave one dead
Athens, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – A storm has caused severe damage in almost all regions around the Aegean Sea, and left one dead on…
Russia intensifies strikes on Syrian rebels after advances
Cairo,Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has launched a series of airstrikes on several areas of Syria, where…
UN halts aid transport through key Gaza crossing after robberies
Vienna, Dec 1, (dpaGNA) – The Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip, the most important transit route for aid deliveries, will no…
Rights monitor says Syria’s government has lost control over Aleppo
Cairo/Beirut, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Rebel forces have taken control of Aleppo from Syrian government forces, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human…
Police in Georgia violently break up third night of demonstrations
Tbilisi, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Violent clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators, broke out overnight in Georgia for the third night in a row,…
Ukrainian president says ready to end conflict in exchange for NATO membership: media
KIEV, Dec 1, (Xinhua/GNA) — Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, voiced his readiness to end the “hot phase” of the conflict with Russia, in exchange…
Battle for Syria’s Aleppo – the city becomes a battleground again
Cairo/Beirut, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Rebel forces in Syria have seized control of most of the city Aleppo, after launching a surprise offensive against…
Russia holds talks with Turkey, Iran on surprise Syrian offensive
Moscow, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, discussed on Saturday the escalating situation in Syria with his counterparts from Iran and…
Taiwan’s leader embarks on first overseas trip including US stopovers
Taipei, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan President, Lai Ching-te, departed Taipei on Saturday for what is his first overseas trip to the allies of…
Israel strikes Hezbollah targets on Syria-Lebanon border
Cairo, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli warplanes on Saturday, hit a crossing and bridges on Syria’s border with Lebanon, according to a war monitor.…
Dozens of deaths reported in fresh Israeli attacks in Gaza
Tel Aviv, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of people have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian…
Rebels continue their advances as more people are displaced
Idlib, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Rebel fighters continued their advances for the third day on Friday towards Syrian government force posts and areas in the north-western part of…
Major strike in Italy over PM Meloni’s budget cuts
Rome, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Italian trade unions went on strike on Friday against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s budget plans, with work stoppages primarily hitting the public…
‘Long overdue’ debate on assisted dying under way in UK parliament
London, Nov. 29, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – The first assisted dying debate in the British House of Commons in almost a decade is “long overdue,” the member of parliament…
Thousands protest after Georgia’s suspension of EU accession talks
Tbilisi, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Demonstrators took to the streets on Thursday to protest a decision by the Georgian government earlier in the day to suspend accession…
Floods, landslides kill 31 people in Indonesia’s North Sumatra
Jakarta, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – A week of relentless rainfall has unleashed a series of floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving at least 31…
Irish voters head to polls in ‘too close to call’ general election
London, Nov. 29, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Voters head to the polls in Ireland on Friday morning for a general election which will set the political landscape for…
Mexico’s Sheinbaum and Trump discuss migration amid US tariff plans
Washington/Mexico City, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose high import tariffs on Mexican goods has sparked a discussion with Mexican President Claudia…
Death toll rises to 132 in Islamist rebel attack on Syrian troops
Cairo, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Syria’s armed forces said on Thursday they were continuing to fight rebels in the north-western part of the country, as a war…