Flash-flooding caused by sudden, heavy rain killed at least 21 people in the Moroccan coastal town of Safi on Sunday, local authorities said. Images on social media showed a torrent of muddy water sweeping cars and rubbish bins from the streets in Safi, which sits around 300 kilometres (186 miles) »»»

There is a disturbing contrast along South Africa's remote west coast. The 800km (500 mile)-journey north from Cape Town starts with views of outstanding natural beauty which as the long road rolls on, and the northern border approaches, dissolve into a pockmarked lunar-like landscape. And the scar»»»

Ten kilometres from Thailand's disputed border with Cambodia, farmer-turned-village security guard Narongchai Putthet stands at a roadside checkpoint, his rifle slung across his navy blue uniform. The 60-year-old is one of a small band of volunteers appointed by local authorities to protect rural T»»»

A 14-year-old girl arrived at a refugee clinic near death with an untreated infection from an alleged rape her family says was carried out by Russian fighters in Mali – a case that aid workers say exposes how sexual violence in the country’s war has remained largely hidden by fear and shame. T»»»

Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That's when giant white balloons are launched across the border, crates of cheap cigarettes dangling beneath. Over the past 10 weeks, the illicit balloon traffic has already forced Lithuania's main airport into shutdown »»»

On the edge of the sleepy town of Figueruelas, a single, vast wind turbine spins around, casting its shadow over the buildings nearby. It's a reminder of the importance of renewable electricity in this windswept area of Aragón, in north-eastern Spain, whose plains are host to many of the country's »»»

U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in November, said there will be "a lot of damage" in retribution for the attack on U.S. and Syrian security forces in Syria on Saturday. Photo by Syrian Presidency/UPI | License Photo Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A gunman who a»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The FIFA Arab Cup 2025 semi-finals are set to be thrilling affairs with three Asian sides looking to lift the coveted trophy. Standing in their way are Morocco, who are aiming to keep the trophy in Africa following the elimination of defending champions Algeria in the quar»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Duty Free (QDF) has been named the World’s Leading Airport Duty Free Operator 2025 at the World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala, held on December 6, 2025, at Exhibition World in Bahrain. This is the highest award in the category, recognising Qatar Duty Free’s outstand»»»

Throughout 2025, Msheireb Properties continued to advance its prominence in sustainable urban development, earning international recognition, record visitor engagement, and purposeful partnerships that elevated standards for the industry across the region. The numerous distinguished awards received»»»

Hanane Djoua Doha Thirty years ago, Qatar Foundation (QF) began with a belief that was audacious in its simplicity: transform one life deeply enough, and entire systems can change. Three decades on, that belief has taken a tangible form. It lives in a generation shaped not only by world-class educa»»»

With the holiday break just around the corner, 21-year-old Mia Tretta was in her dorm with a friend studying for their final exams. Just like other students at Brown University, she was distraught after receiving an active shooter alert from the university's department of public safety. But the dif»»»

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at No.10 Downing Street for a conference on peace in Ukraine in London on Dec. 8. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country m»»»

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that there will be "very serious retaliation" after two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush in Syria on Saturday.Three others were wounded in the attack, which was carried out by a single ISIS gunm»»»

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed late Saturday strong condemnation of the drone attacks on a base of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in Kadugli, Sudan.In a statement, Guterres said, "I strongly condemn the horrific drone attacks»»»

Doha, Qatar: Commercial Bank has launched Qatar’s first Metaverse-enabled Auto Marketplace on the CBQ Mobile App. Through this innovation, customers can now explore a fully interactive, virtual showroom directly from their smartphones. Using Meta Quest (Oculus) virtual reality (VR) headsets, they c»»»

Footage captured by an eyewitness shows a man grappling with an alleged gunman during the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, before wrestling the weapon off him. A bystander captured on video tackling and disarming an armed man during Sunday's deadly a»»»

Sydney: The death toll from the shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach has risen to 16, including one child, New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed to ABC. The attack, carried out by two gunmen, has drawn widespread international condemnation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese»»»

We strongly condemn the terrorist attack carried out today (14 December) during the Hanukkah celebrations in Sydney, Australia. We extend our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack and to the people of Australia, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. As Türkiye»»»

Security forces launched a major operation targeting ISIS* cells in al-Furqlus, al-Quaryatayn and the Syrian Desert (Badiya) in Homs Governorate on Sunday, local media have reported. A commander said the operation was a response to Saturday’s attack in Palmyra on a joint US-Syrian patrol, in which »»»

ABU DHABI, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) strongly condemned the "terrorist" attack that took place during a gathering in the Australian city of Sydney, resulting in the death and injury of several people.In a statement issued on Sunday, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresse»»»

A person of interest was in custody Sunday after a shooting during final exams at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, though key questions remained unanswered more than 12 hours after the attack. The attack on Saturday afternoon set off hours of chaos across the Ivy L»»»

A person of interest has been detained after a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., late Saturday afternoon. File Photo by Justine Lane/EPA-EFE Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A person of interest has been detained after a shooter opened fire on Brown University's campus Saturday, killing two pe»»»

Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists to the country. The giant alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, were reassembled in a»»»

Police officers work near the scene following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday. NSW Police confirmed at least ten deaths, including one alleged shooter, following the incident. Photo by Mick Tsikas/EPA Dec. 14 (UPI) -- At least ten people were killed after two gun»»»

Last Friday (12 December), the Anti-Security Threats Agency, reported that criminal militiaman, Ahmed Omar Al-Fetouri Al-Dabashi, nicknamed “Al-Amu,” was killed during a security operation. This follows an armed attack by on one of the Anti-Security Threats Agency’s checkpoints, near the hospital i»»»

A United Airlines flight bound for Tokyo was forced to return to Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday after experiencing an engine failure shortly after takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed. United Flight 803, a Boeing 777-200 carrying 275 passengers and a tot»»»

Police in Providence said early Sunday that they had a person of interest in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded at the Rhode Island Ivy League school. Police in the United States on Sunday detained a "»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with US envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy sat down with US President Dona»»»

Hamas on Sunday confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City. The Hamas statement described Saad as the commander of its military manufacturing unit. Israel had described him as an architect of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack»»»

Australians hailed on Sunday a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman may have saved many lives during the country's worst mass shooting in years. Following the shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach, footage emerged on social media of a man grabbing one of the gunmen as he fired on civilians. The ma»»»

Dubai: As gunfire tore through a Hanukkah gathering at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, leaving 11 people dead, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner stepped forward in a moment of extraordinary courage. Ahmed Al Ahmed, a passerby at the scene, was among those who tackled and disarmed one of the attackers, police an»»»

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the terrorist attack against people celebrating the first day of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah in Sydney, the Ministry said in a position published on its website. "This brutal crime, motivated by hatred, took the lives of 12 people and»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than half of Germans believe they cannot freely express their opinion, a poll conducted by Swiss company Tenor and published by a German newspaper on Sunday revealed. Fifty-seven percent of Germans feel it is currently better to "be careful" when voicing their views, the sur»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- An Amiri decree on Sunday appointed Dr. Faisal Al-Adwani and Saadoun Bouarki as assistant undersecretaries at the Ministry of Higher Education.A separate decree named Rabab Al-Ossaimi as General Director of the Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) with the rank of undersecret»»»

The Israeli military said it targeted three members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in strikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday. The Lebanese health ministry said on Sunday that two people had been killed in separate Israeli strikes in the south of the country, which came despite a ceasefire betwee»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a joint US and Syrian patrol near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of a number of US soldiers, as well as injuries among members of the Syrian security forces. In a statement, the Minist»»»

Sydney: An attack by two gunmen on Sydney's Bondi Beach targeted a Hanukkah celebration, killing 11 people and drawing international condemnation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the shooting -- which ended with one gunmen killed and another wounded and in custody -- an act of terror, a "tar»»»

No Bulgarian citizens have been reported among the casualties in the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, Australia, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said on Facebook on Sunday. The Bulgarian Embassy in Canberra is monitoring the situation and remains in constant contact with local authorities, the Minist»»»

Syria's interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter died in what the Syrian government described as a "terror»»»

The administration of US President Donald Trump is willing to offer Kiev NATO-style and Congress-approved security guarantees if it agrees on territorial concessions to Russia, Axios reported on Saturday, citing sources. Ukraine has rejected any concessions and has called instead for a ceasefire – »»»

Belgrade, 12 December 2025 (MIA) – The gas interconnector linking Serbia and North Macedonia is slated for completion by the end of 2027, with gas delivery in early 2028, announced energy and mining ministers of both countries, Dubravka Đedović Handanović and Sanja Bozhinovska, following their meet»»»

A harrowing video showed a shocking footage of how a man saved multiple lives on Bondi Beach, as it captured raw chaos in a sun-drenched parking lot fringed by palm trees on Sunday (December 14, 2025) in Australia. Also Read: UAE condemns terrorist shooting at gathering in Sydney, AustraliaThe vide»»»

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a strong condemnation following the deadly attack on members of the Jewish community in Sydney during Hanukkah celebrations. Further reading: Shooting at Sydney Hanukkah Event Leaves at Least 10 Dead Outgoing Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev describe»»»

Bozhidar Bozhanov, deputy chair of the "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) parliamentary group and co-chair of "Yes, Bulgaria", announced that early next week his coalition will submit proposed amendments to the Electoral Code aimed at restoring machine voting, paired with control»»»

In an interview with Mandiner’s Hotel Lentulai podcast, Prime Minister Orbán delivered a stark warning: "The use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine would be an act of economic warfare." In a year marked by global turbulence, the prime minister called this potential move by Western powers "»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is monitoring the situation in Australia after a deadly shooting at a beach in Sydney, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik on Sunday. "We are monitoring the terrible news from Australia. The shooting of innocent people during a religious holid»»»

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(read 12 people died) SEC-2LD-AUSTRALIA-SHOOTING Australia updates gunfire attack death toll to 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- Australian authorities, updating casualty toll of the gunfire attack that happened at the Bondi Beach area of Sydney earlier on Sunday, said 12 people died and 29 others»»»

The Libyan Customs Authority reported last Thursday (11 December) that it had successfully thwarted two attempts to smuggle foreign currency at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport within 24 hours. In the first operation, the Investigations Unit of the Anti-Smuggling and Narcotics Department in Tripoli seized »»»