DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip: Rains drenched Gaza’s tent camps and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as winter storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory, showing how two months of a ceasefire have failed to sufficiently address the spiraling humanitaria»»»

Maria Corina Machado is the lynchpin of opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime, a fearless activist with rock star appeal whose inability to attend her own Nobel prize ceremony underlined the dangers she faces. Hailed as "la libertadora," in an allusion to Venezuela's historic i»»»

SAN FRANCISCO: A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighbourhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said. Also In This Package Gas station explo»»»

Share: Elections are looming, war drums are beating and the prime minister will soon be a lame duck In his first speech after being named prime minister, Nawaf Salam promised to build a new Lebanon. He set two main goals. One was to assert the authority of the state, a polite way of saying the gove»»»

Sen. Mike Braun, R-IN, adjusts his glasses during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, in 2022. Braun, now governor of Indiana, criticized fellow Republicans for joining with Democrats Thursday to reject a measure to redraw the state's congressional lines to favor the GOP»»»

Dubai: The UAE is set for a spell of unstable weather from Friday through next week, with the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasting cloudy skies, chances of rain, and cooler nights across many parts of the country. On Friday, conditions will be fair to partly cloudy, turning increasingly»»»

MELBOURNE: Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc.’s suit filed in the High Court follows a case f»»»

​The US intensified its campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, sanctioning six additional ships and shipping companies linked to illicit oil transport just a day after seizing the tanker Skipper off Venezuela's coast, the BBC reported. ​ Seizure operation detailsUS forces»»»

Dubai: Ireland is making a strategic push to attract UAE tourists to its lesser-known rural destinations, with Tourism Ireland set to return to the UAE in January 2026 after years of absence, the country’s Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has revealed. Sign up for our daily business »»»

BANGKOK: An airstrike by Myanmar ’s military destroyed a hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel armed force, killing 34 patients and medical staff, according to a rescue worker and independent media reports Thursday. About 80 other people were injured in the attack Wednesday night on the»»»

Ukraine revealed Thursday that its long-range drones targetted a key offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea earlier this week. The previously secret mission marks a major escalation in Kyiv's campaign to disrupt Russia's energy revenues fuelling the war, CNN reported. A Security Service of Ukrain»»»

Washington: China’s booming auto sector has been cast as both an economic and national security threat, lawmakers and experts warned during a high-stakes US Congressional hearing. Chinese-made vehicles could become “computers on wheels” capable of spying on Americans, crippling transport networks, »»»

1 of 3 | Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said unvetted migrants from Afghanistan pose significant threats against the country during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Dec. 11 (U»»»

Manila: Filipinos confront a stark political paradox today: rampant corruption intertwined with entrenched political dynasties, forming a multi-headed monster that’s nearly impossible to slay. Leaders trapped in their own webThe irony stings — the very leaders from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. do»»»

Dubai: A daredevil woman has broken the internet after dangling on a sky-high swing suspended from an airship 1,000 ft above the iconic Dubai skyline, before leaping into a freefall. Meet Magali Folkner Braff, whose death-defying stunt was shared by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,»»»

Manila: A senior Philippine politician said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr could be "playing with fire" if the creation of an Independent Probe Commission (IPC) to investigate alleged large-scale corruption in government is not pushed. Former Justice Secretary and and ex-Senate president Franklin Dr»»»

Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said on Thursday he would travel to Beirut for talks after receiving a formal invitation from his Lebanese counterpart, who a day earlier had declined to visit Tehran for direct talks. On Wednesday, Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji said "current conditi»»»

The Small and Medium Enterprises Bank (SME Bank) signed 19 cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding with entities from both the public and private sectors, with a total value exceeding SAR3 billion, in support of the development finance ecosystem and the empowerment of enterprises as p»»»

Four US lawmakers on Thursday said there has been no accountability for an October 2023 attack by the Israeli military that struck a group of journalists in Lebanon, killing a Reuters correspondent and wounding others. US Senator Peter Welch from Vermont, the home state of one of the journalists wo»»»

Behind the counter of his convenience store, surrounded by rows of crisps, sandwiches and spirits, Muhammed Rabani glances at a bank of CCTV screens, anticipating a shoplifter coming at any moment. Muhammed has grown wearily used to the crime. "It's every day," he says. He estimates it is costing t»»»

Dubai: After two expensive years of borrowing, many people in the UAE are finally getting a bit of good news: the cost of loans, mortgages and credit cards is expected to drift lower in 2026. The change won’t be dramatic, but it could make everyday life slightly easier for households trying to bala»»»

Saudi Arabia has secured 62 market access deals in goods and services since joining the World Trade Organization, alongside 379 rounds of in person and virtual negotiations, and 42 laws and regulations enacted to fulfill its pre-accession commitments, the General Authority for Foreign Trade said in»»»

US nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around US allies Japan and South Korea. Japan and the US "reaffirmed their strong resolve to prevent any unil»»»

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri dismissed what he called efforts to intimidate the Lebanese and underscored the "fundamental constants” that he says anchor negotiations with Israel via the Mechanism Committee. He insisted that the May parliamentary elections will go ahead as scheduled and »»»

A former crypto entrepreneur who was behind two digital currencies that collapsed and lost an estimated $40bn ($29.9bn) has been sentenced by a New York judge to 15 years in prison for an "epic" fraud. Do Kwon, a South Korean national, was co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, which develop»»»

Signs for the Powerball lottery jackpot are displayed in a connivence store in New York City in 2023. Today, the game's jackpot has jumped to $1 billion after no one stepped forward with the winning ticket in Wednesday night's drawing. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Dec. 11 (UPI) »»»

Warning: This report contains details of physical and sexual abuse and discussion of suicide. Baobao's heart still races when she smells soil after morning rain. It takes her back to early military drills behind locked gates - and the constant fear that marked every one of her days at Lizheng Quali»»»

Thailand has dissolved parliament after nearly a week of fresh clashes along its border with Cambodia, with a general election to be called within 45 to 60 days. In a decree published on Friday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited the deadly border dispute among other challenges his minority g»»»

NEW YOIRK, Dec 11 (KUNA) - UN official Georgette Gagnon stressed that the situation in Afghanistan requires urgent attention and greater international support, noting that the country is still suffering from multiple crises and is under severe pressure despite the steadfastness of its people.This c»»»

Lying on your back in a big hospital scanner, as still as you can, with your arms above your head – for 45 minutes. It doesn't sound much fun. That's what patients at Royal Brompton Hospital in London had to do during certain lung scans, until the hospital installed a new device last year that cut »»»

An unusual silence in the forests of north Sumatra in Indonesia is worrying wildlife experts and conservationists. Here, in the mountainous forests of Batang Toru, is where they had always seen and heard the world's rarest ape, the Tapanuli orangutans. But ever since Cyclone Senyar devastated Sumat»»»

The serenity of a late afternoon on the Moei River that divides Thailand from Myanmar is broken by three thunderous explosions. The ethnic Karen families bathing and playing in the water make a panicked dash for the river bank, as a plume of dark smoke rises from the trees behind them. The conflict»»»

The English section of South Korea's gruelling college entrance exam, or Suneung, is notoriously difficult, with some students comparing it to deciphering an ancient script, and others calling it "insane". So intense was the criticism around this year's test that the top official in charge of admin»»»

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (KUNA) -- The United States condemned the Houthis' ongoing unlawful detention of current and former local staff of the US Mission to Yemen, and demanded their immediate unconditional release.This came in a statement by the US Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of St»»»

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that more than 2.5 million undocumented immigrants have been removed from the United States since President Donald Trump assumed office last year.In a press statement on Wednesday, the department noted that its law-»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Thursday a congratulatory cable to President of Burkina Captain Ibrahim Traore on the occasion of his country's Republic Day.In the cable, His Highness the Amir wished President Traore good health, the f»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 11 (KUNA)-- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent on Thursday a congratulatory cable to the President of Burkina Captian Ibrahim Traore on the occasion of his country's Republic Day.His Highness the Crown Prince wished President Traore good health, and»»»

BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- Eurozone finance ministers on Thursday elected Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis as President of the Eurogroup.Pierrakakis will assume office on 12 December 2025 for a two and a half year term, with the first Eurogroup meeting under his presidency»»»

ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- The Former Chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed was sentenced by a Field General Court Martial to 14 years rigorous imprisonment, said a press release on Thursday.The statement, published by Pakistan military's media wing said that th»»»

LONDON, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- More than 600 artefacts of significant cultural value have been stolen from Bristol Museum's archive in a high-value raid, BBC reported on Thursday, citing police sources.Military memorabilia, jewellery, natural history pieces and carved ivory, bronze and silver figurines w»»»

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Vinny Spera said Thursday his country was working with regional allies to facilitate a humanitarian truce in Sudan and end the conflict there."The horrific conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has cause»»»

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- The US Central Command said the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) achieved a milestone in facilitating the delivery of essential supplies to the residents of Gaza Strip."This week, the main coordination hub for Gaza assistance achieved the milestone of fa»»»

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- US President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday that the Gaza Strip "Peace Council" will be formed at the start of 2026. "We'll do it early next year, and the Board of Peace are going to...it'll be one of the most legendary boards ever," he told reporters at the Whit»»»

By Mohammad Al-Mutairi KUWAIT, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- French Minister of Foreign Trade Nicolas Forissier extolled on Thursday the launch of French Business Council, expected to play a key role in boosting trade relations between the two countries.Speaking to KUNA in a statement during his official visit »»»

The US has imposed fresh sanctions on six more ships said to be carrying Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing a tanker off the country's coast. Sanctions have also been placed on some of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's relatives and businesses associated with what Washington calls his illegiti»»»

Washington DC: A day after President Donald Trump stated that a "very large" oil tanker was seized off the coast of Venezuela by the US, the White House said that the tanker will now be taken to an American port, while the crude oil cargo will be seized only after completion of due legal procedure.»»»

Reddit has launched a challenge in Australia's highest court against the nation's landmark social media ban for children. The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a new law which began on Wednesday. The ban, which is be»»»

Jacob Lee Bard, 48, on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and assault in the first degree after Tuesday's shooting death of one Kentucky State University student and wounding of another. Photo Courtesy of the Franklin County (Ky.) Regional Jail Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The father of two Kentu»»»

Letitia James, Attorney General of New York, attends the 78th Precinct's National Night Out in Brooklyn in August in New York City. The Department of Justice sent a pair of subpoenas to New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of a probe into her civil fraud lawsuit against President Donald »»»

Healthcare subsidies for millions of Americans appear likely to expire after the Senate failed to pass competing bills, a politically fraught issue ahead of next year's midterm elections. Both Democratic and Republican plans fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance, meaning insurance premiums t»»»