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France faces wave of transport strikes on Christmas weekend 21 Dec 2022 - 07:00 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) visits the archaeological site of Jerash, Jordan on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Eliot BLONDET / POOL / AFP)
Guardian newspaper hit with suspected ransomware attack 21 Dec 2022 - 06:51 pm
The Guardian's headquarters in London. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Ukraine's Zelensky to meet Biden, address Congress in Washington 21 Dec 2022 - 05:47 pm
In this handout picture taken and released on December 20, 2022 by the Ukrainian Presidential press services Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) hands out the State Award to a soldier during a medal giving ceremony to Ukrainian servicemen who have been holding back a fierce and months-long Russian military campaign for the city, as part of Zelensky's visit in the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting in Russia's nearly 10-month invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Investigators to probe failed Italian Vega C rocket launch 21 Dec 2022 - 05:19 pm
A logo of Arianespace is seen at the company's booth, at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 17, 2022. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)
Germany sends first batch of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to China 21 Dec 2022 - 04:35 pm
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, September 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier)
German climate activists cut off top of Christmas tree 21 Dec 2022 - 02:21 pm
Thousands of UK ambulance staff strike as public urged to avoid risks 21 Dec 2022 - 01:59 pm
Ambulances are parked outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Niklas Halle'n / AFP)
UK orders oligarch-linked fund to sell internet firm 20 Dec 2022 - 09:32 pm
Grant Shapps walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, on October 25, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Spain to ask for more than $89bn in fresh EU funds 20 Dec 2022 - 09:02 pm
In this handout image released by La Moncloa on December 20, 2022, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives an institutional statement in Madrid. (Photo by Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP)
Norway queen says King Harald 'very well' in hospital 20 Dec 2022 - 05:34 pm
Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Germany convicts 97-year-old woman of Nazi war crimes - media 20 Dec 2022 - 12:43 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on December 6, 2022 shows defendant Irmgard F as she waits for the continuation of her trial at court in Itzehoe, northern Germany. (Photo by Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT
London Arabic bookshop to shut after 45 years 20 Dec 2022 - 10:29 am
Bookshop director Salwa Gaspard poses for pictures at Middle Eastern specialist bookshop, Al Saqi Books, in Bayswater, west London, on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Isabel Infantes / AFP)
EU countries agree gas price cap to contain energy crisis 19 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm
The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland on May 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Swedish spy sibling faces life term 19 Dec 2022 - 11:11 pm
Police officers stand outside the Stockholm District Court on November 25, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN chief believes Ukraine-Russia war 'will go on' 19 Dec 2022 - 09:34 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during the End of Year Press Conference at the UN headquarters in New York City on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Ed Jones / AFP)
Germany pauses orders of new tanks after mass breakdown 19 Dec 2022 - 07:16 pm
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht meets with Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava, Slovakia, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Belarus strongman urges unity with Moscow in 'difficult times' 19 Dec 2022 - 06:47 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands before their meeting at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus on December 19, 2022. Sputnik/Konstantin Zavrazhin/Pool via REUTERS
Sweden hits record with 60 shot dead in 2022 19 Dec 2022 - 06:22 pm
Sweden's Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson walks, after being confirmed as new prime minister, in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters

Africa

A general view of the Presidential Palace in Bissau on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Patrick MEINHARDT / AFP) Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup, president's arrest
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Peninsula Ethiopian volcano erupts after 12,000-year dormancy
Representational file photo. Death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg outbreak rises to 5

Americas

President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Pete Marovich/Getty Images/AFP Trump says to 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries'
Secret Service uniformed division officers patrol in Lafayette Square across from the White House, in Washington, DC on November 27, 2025. Two National Guard troops were shot November 26 in a FBI launches terror probe after Washington shooting
Peninsula Three people shot near White House, including two National Guardsmen: media sources
Neymar Santos SR, father of Brazilian forward Neymar Jr and owner of NR Sports, gestures to the media at the announcement of the acquisition of late Brazilian football legend Pele brand at the Pele Museum, in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 25, 2025. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP) Pele's brand acquired by family business of Neymar Jr.

Gulf

Peninsula Arab League to commemorate International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Shaikha Al Mazrou, Contingent Object, 2025. Manar Abu Dhabi 2025. Image courtesy of Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi & Public Art Abu Dhabi Finding direction: The lights of Manar Abu Dhabi
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Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed and Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan H E Nazar Agahanov during the meeting.

Qatar-Turkmenistan Joint Committee holds third session in Doha