Sharjah: A 17-year-old Indian expat student in the UAE who died of cardiac arrest in Sharjah on Thursday was a physically active football player and talented artist with no known underlying medical conditions, her devastated family has revealed. Aisha Mariam collapsed in the washroom of her Sharjah»»»

Two fatal house fires were recorded in Bulgaria over the past day, claiming the lives of two women and injuring four other people, according to information published by the General Directorate of Fire Safety and Population Protection. The first deadly incident occurred on December 26 at 10:52 a.m.,»»»

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Sharjah: A 17-year-old Indian expat student in the UAE who died of cardiac arrest in Sharjah on Thursday was a physically active football player and talented artist with no known underlying medical conditions, her devastated family has revealed. Aisha Mariam collapsed in the washroom of her Sharjah»»»

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded in Kyrgyzstan. The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences reported. According to the institute, the tremors occurred on December 26 at 10:17 p.m. The epicenter was located within the country—5 kilometers northwest of the village of Egin-Z»»»

German football portal Transfermarkt has published a ranking of clubs in the Kyrgyzstan Football Championship for the 2025 season based on total squad value. According to the data, Muras United from the city of Manas tops the list with a squad value of €4.16 million. Second place goes to 2025 Kyrgy»»»

Dubai: An Arab man has been ordered to pay Dh40,000 in compensation to a colleague after being convicted of insulting and threatening him via WhatsApp. The dispute began as a personal disagreement between two former friends, which escalated into abusive language and threats exchanged through the me»»»

Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fish from the day’s catch. Unlike a few years ago when he would have mostly caught local staples as sea bream, red mulle»»»

A winter storm packing a frosty mix of snow and ice bore down on the US Northeast early on Saturday, disrupting post-holiday weekend airline traffic and prompting officials in New York and New Jersey to issue weather emergency declarations. The National Weather Service posted ice storm and winter s»»»

Dubai Police arrested 90 people and confiscated their e-bikes after they were seen committing several violations on the Kite Beach sport tracks. The authority explained over an X post that the stunts they were pulling were dangerous not only for the riders but also for the people around them. It af»»»

On St. Stephen’s Day, observed on the third day of Christmas, the Orthodox Church commemorates the first Christian martyr, closing the traditional cycle of year-end Christian celebrations. The name Stephen means “wreath” or “crown” and remains one of the most widespread names in Bulgaria. The feast»»»

Tunis, Dec. 27 (TAP)- The weather on Saturday is sometimes densely cloudy with rain storms in the northeast and partly cloudy elsewhere with local hailstorms, the National Institut of Meteorology said. The wind is blowing north in the north and the...»»»

Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil will lead a liturgy at the Bulgarian St Stephen Church in Istanbul's Fener neighborhood on the feast day of St Stephen, December 27. The Patriarch begins day three of his first peaceful visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul at the invi»»»

A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season. The Gunma prefectural highway police said Saturday that the pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway started with a collision between two»»»

Türkiye held a military funeral ceremony Saturday morning for five Libyan officers, including western Libya’s military chief, who died in a plane crash earlier this week. The private jet with Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, four other military officers and three crew members crashed on Tuesday a»»»

Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of armed combat along their border over competing claims to territory. It took effect at noon local time. In addition to ending fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violation»»»

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following weeks of deadly clashes along their shared border, raising hopes of a gradual easing of tensions and the return of displaced civilians, KIRIPOST reports. »»»

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following weeks of deadly clashes along their shared border, raising hopes of a gradual easing of tensions and the return of displaced civilians, KIRIPOST reports. »»»

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BEIJING: Chinese lawmakers on Saturday voted to adopt a revision to the Civil Aviation Law. The revised law, which was passed at a session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, will take effect on July 1, 2026. Comprising 16 chapters, the revised law further enriches and improves va»»»

Dubai: A devastating family crime has shaken the Syrian city of Hama, where a couple and their three children were found dead inside their home in Al Bayad neighbourhood on Friday morning, according to local authorities. Preliminary investigations indicate that the father, aged 42, shot and killed »»»

Dubai: This weekend, the UAE overhauled its visa system to attract talent and boost investment, while Christmas and New Year work arrangements gave residents clarity. Globally, former Nickelodeon star Tylor Chase was spotted homeless in California, and Saudi Arabia approved a high-speed train to Qa»»»

China on Saturday passed revisions to a key piece of legislation aimed at strengthening Beijing's ability to wage trade war, curb outbound shipments from strategic minerals, and further open its $19 trillion economy. The latest revision to the Foreign Trade Law, approved by China's top legislative »»»

Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones early Saturday morning, wounding at least 11 people a day before talks between Ukraine and the US, local authorities said. Explosions boomed across the capital for hours as ballistic missiles and drones hit the city. The attack began in the»»»

On Dec. 27, 2013, a car bomb in Beirut killed seven people, including Mohamad Chatah, Lebanon's former ambassador to the United States. 1 of 5 | Officials gather at the site of an explosion in downtown Beirut that killed seven people, including former Lebanese Minister Mohamad Chatah, on December 2»»»

A couple from a village in Kanpur, known to drink alcohol together and then get into an argument, found themselves getting more violent than ever before, last week. The woman, reported Times of India, slashed at her husband 26 times with an axe. She was apprehended on Friday morning. Police said th»»»

Bulgaria’s switch to the euro on January 1, 2026 will require a large-scale technical adjustment of banking systems, leading to temporary disruptions in card payments, ATM services and digital banking around the turn of the year, according to information published by commercial banks and summarized»»»

A Balykchy resident has been arrested for distributing extremist materials on social media. The press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of Issyk-Kul region reported. According to the press service, while monitoring social media, law enforcement officers discovered a Facebook account use»»»

Beirut: Lebanon's cabinet approved a draft law that would regulate the return of bank losses. Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said in a statement that depositors who had less than $100,000 shall get all their money back over four years. He noted that this segment represents 85% of all deposito»»»

The leader of the Trades Union Congress has called for "the closest possible economic and political relationship with the European Union". The UK's most senior trade unionist, Paul Nowak, told the BBC that he believed this would be "essential" to boost economic growth and warned that faith in mains»»»

Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend, but Russia accused the Ukrainian president and his EU backers Friday of seeking to "torpedo" a US-brokered plan to stop the fighting. Sunday's meeting to discuss new peace proposals comes as Trump intensifies efforts »»»

Open-air music evenings continue on Ala-Too square, offering a true gift for residents and guests of the capital, the Bishkek City Hall reported. This time, starting at 7:00 p.m. today, December 27, live music lovers can expect performances by the pop-folk ensemble Door, the Russian song and dance »»»

A waste-to-energy plant has officially been opened in Bishkek. The City Hall reported. The facility was built in the northern part of the capital. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация от НОВОСТИ КЫРГЫЗСТАНА (@24_kg) «President Sadyr Japarov attended the opening ceremony. He noted that s»»»

A source from the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the talks with the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) over their integration into state institutions “have not yielded tangible results.” Discussions about merging the northeastern institutions into the state remain “hypothetical sta»»»

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic has approved a protocol on the application of Article 6 of the agreement on the Russian—Kyrgyz Development Fund. The relevant resolution was adopted as part of the completion of domestic state procedures. The document concerns a protocol between the C»»»

Drinking water supply has been stopped today, December 27, from 9 a.m. till midnight to residential buildings, schools, preschool, healthcare, and other social and industrial facilities. The Bishkek City Hall reported. The outage area includes the southern part of Archa-Beshik residential area, Sem»»»

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It was a foul smell that drew the crowds to the dusty car parked near Alipiri, Tirupati on Friday. They were stunned when they saw a decomposing body in the vehicle and called the police to investigate, reported Times of India. Tirupati West police identified the body as belonging to a professor fr»»»

Condemnations poured in across the Arab world and international community of the terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Syria’s Homs city on Friday. An explosion killed at least eight worshippers with the extremist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claiming responsibility. In a statement on Telegram,»»»

The State Agency for Physical Culture and Sports of Kyrgyzstan will name the best athletes and coaches of 2025. The agency reported. According to it, the winners will be announced on December 28 at the Olympic Ball. The best will be named in several categories across Olympic, non-Olympic, and natio»»»

The Ice Hockey World Junior Championship will be held in Kyrgyzstan. The Ice Hockey Federation of Kyrgyzstan reported. The Division III Group B tournament, featuring national youth teams made up of players under 20 years old, will take place at Bishkek Arena from January 18 to January 24, 2026. The»»»

South Korea on Friday announced plans to end foreign adoptions over a five-year period, aiming for zero by 2029, as UN investigators raise “serious concern” over decades of abuses. Many adoptees were sent abroad with falsified records or suffered mistreatment, and critics say Seoul has failed to pr»»»

Israeli occupation forces committed ten new violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip since early Friday, local sources reported, further destabilizing the tenuous pause in the genocidal war. The violations included targeted demolitions and aerial attacks across the territory. In Gaza»»»

The discovery of the bodies of four mountain climbers beneath an avalanche in the Vardousia Mountains in Fokida on Friday brought a tragic end to a long and complex search and rescue operation that began after their disappearance on Christmas Day. The four climbers – three men and one woman – had s»»»

Jakarta: A Spanish family of four is missing after a tourist boat sank in Indonesia, state news agency Antara reported Saturday. The vessel was carrying 11 people when it sank in the Padar Island Strait near the popular destination of Labuan Bajo on Friday night, Antara said. Seven people including»»»

Kyiv, Ukraine: Several powerful explosions rocked Kyiv on Saturday as authorities warned that the Ukrainian capital was under threat of missile attack. "Explosions in the capital. Air defense forces are operating. Stay in shelters!" Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Ukraine's air forc»»»

Dubai: A Dubai civil court has ordered four men convicted of storming a home and assaulting its occupant to jointly pay Dh400,000 in compensation to the victim, in addition to legal interest, court fees and expenses. According to court records, the defendants went to the victim’s residence late at »»»

Damascus, Dec. 27 (SANA) Chargé d’Affaires of the European Union mission to Syria, Michael Unmacht, condemned the terrorist bombing that struck a mosque in the city of Homs on Friday. “Targeting civilians and places of worship is a disturbing and unacceptable act,” Unmacht twitted on X Saturday, ex»»»

Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadegh said on Friday that the armed Iraqi factions that proposed limiting the possession of arms to the state have reached a point where they can take decisions by themselves, denying that they are Tehran’s “proxies.” Speaking to Dijlah television, he»»»

FRANCE 24 heads north to the kingdom of Denmark. The Scandinavian country has been in the spotlight this year, holding the rotating presidency of the European Council from July to December and pushing forward its priorities such as migration and the energy transition – topics that we dive»»»