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Washington: US lawmakers raced on Friday to stave off a government shutdown set to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk...

Amman: The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed Friday the importance of the international community continuing to provide support to the United Nations...

Palermo, Italy: An Italian court on Friday acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of illegally blocking migrants on a rescue ship at sea...

Djibouti: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday its military base in Djibouti could assume a greater role, speaking after Paris was forced...

Washington: The World Bank (WB) has approved a USD 250 million grant to enhance the resilience of Morocco's agri-food system to climate change...

Damascus: A delegation of US diplomats visiting Syria had a "positive" meeting on Friday with the country's new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a Syrian...

Stockholm: Swedish police said Friday a man had been shot dead in a car park in the city of Norrkoping, with media identifying...

Frankfurt, Germany: A post from Elon Musk on his platform X that only the far-right AfD party can "save Germany" sparked accusations Friday...

Zagreb: A seven-year-old pupil was killed and several others injured in a stabbing attack at a school in the Croatian capital Zagreb on...

London: Bursting with customers one afternoon the week before Christmas, a second-hand charity shop in London's Marylebone High Street looked even busier than...

Belgrade: Serbia's government closed schools early for Christmas Friday just as teachers and pupils were set to join nationwide protests over the collapse...

Zagreb: Several pupils and a teacher were injured on Friday in a stabbing attack at a primary school in the Croatian capital Zagreb,...

Port Vila, Vanuatu: Rescuers say they have expanded a search for trapped survivors in quake-rocked Vanuatu to "numerous places of collapse" beyond the...

New York: The man accused of gunning down a US insurance executive in Manhattan -- a killing that tapped into widespread anger with...

Seoul: Investigators probing suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his foiled martial law bid on Friday ordered him to appear before...

Sydney: Sydney New Year's fireworks, one of the world's most spectacular celebrations of the calendar change, face being scrapped because of industrial action...

Kyiv, Ukraine: One person was reported killed on Friday in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where AFP staff saw...

Sydney: China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader,...