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Anti-government fighters on a street in Maaret al Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Saturday. - AFP
Oman calls for dialogue in Syria

MUSCAT/BEIRUT: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, discussed through a phone call with Bassam Sabbagh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, the developments at the Syrian arena.Sayyid Badr expressed the Sultanate of Oman’s solidarity with Syria. He said that Oman stresses the importance of the sovereignty and unity...
Palestinian children stare at a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP

Medics say two children killed in Israeli strikes
Cars are piled up following storm Bora in the area of Lalysos, on the island of Rhodes, Greece. — Reuters

Storm Bora floods Greek island
Bashar Al-Assad - Syrian President

Syrian president vows to defeat insurgents
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa give a press conference following their talks in Kyiv. — AFP

New EU chiefs visit Kyiv on first day of mandate
Latvia's soldiers, part of the Nato-led peacekeeping force KFOR, patrol near the damaged canal in northern Kosovo. — Reuters

Serbia denies behind Kosovo blast, says attack aimed at Belgrade
Britain's PM Keir Starmer speaks during a reception to mark World AIDS Day, inside 10 Downing Street, in London. — AFP

British Starmer to set out detailed policy targets
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His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik

HM visits Belgium today

The 45th GCC Summit was held on Sunday at Bayan Palace in the State of Kuwait. PHOTO BY MOHAMED AL RASHDI

GCC calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip

UAE’s embassy in Muscat marks 53RD ND

Royal Army of Oman celebrates graduation of officers

Royal Army of Oman celebrates graduation of officers

ROSO performs at UAE National Day celebration

ROSO performs at UAE National Day celebration

INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
Palestinian children stare at a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP

Medics say two children killed in Israeli strikes

CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 15 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, medics said, as Israeli forces kept up bombardments across the enclave and blew up houses on its northern edge. As fighting raged almost 14 months into the war, the...

Cars are piled up following storm Bora in the area of Lalysos, on the island of Rhodes, Greece. — Reuters
Storm Bora floods Greek island
Bashar Al-Assad - Syrian President
Syrian president vows to defeat insurgents
A wounded Palestinian girl is carried to the hospital, in the aftermath of an Israeli strike, in Gaza City. — Reuters

Israeli strikes pound more civilians in Gaza
Fighters stand next to the clock tower of Aleppo's National Library, Syria. — AFP

Syrian army confirms fighters enter Aleppo
A Palestinian woman reacts near damaged buildings after Israeli forces withdrew from a part of Nuseirat in central Gaza Strip. - Reuters

Medics say 30 dead as Israeli tanks pull back
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Americas

Carbon pollution is the main driver of increasingly dangerous climate change.

Five things to watch in 2025

Rutte discusses 'global security' with Trump

Starmer hails 'UK-China ties in Xi meeting

Watch that saved Titanic passengers sells for £1.56m

Southwest Airlines plane struck by bullet

Africa

Sudanese people who fled escalating violence rest at a camp for the displaced in the eastern city of Gedaref. — AFP

First food trucks in months reach Sudan camp

Egypt's middle class cuts costs as IMF reforms take hold

South Africa closes main border with Mozambique

Climate change is making disasters deadlier. Here’s how much

Botswana votes as president's seeks to rule

Europe

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa give a press conference following their talks in Kyiv. — AFP

New EU chiefs visit Kyiv on first day of mandate

Serbia denies behind Kosovo blast, says attack aimed at Belgrade

British Starmer to set out detailed policy targets

Georgia arrests 107 as protests continue

German's Scholz kicks off election campaign

Asia
Residents are transported on boats through flood waters after days of heavy rain in Tumpat in Malaysia's Kelantan state. — AFP

Floods displace 122,000 people in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as massive floods caused by relentless rains swept through Malaysia's northern states, disaster management officials said on...
Pakistan International Airlines

EU lifts four-year ban on Pakistan state airline

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Schools shut as heavy storm approaches Indian coast

Visitors wearing traditional hanbok dresses are seen on the grounds of Gyeongbokgung Palace amid heavy snowfall in central Seoul. — AFP

Seoul hit by record snowfall

People walk past the "Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine" in Kyiv. — AFP

Ukraine defence minister in S Korea to discuss arms

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Sanitation crisis in Gaza spreads disease

In a sprawling tent encampment in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli bombs fall close enough to hear and feel. But daily life is also a struggle against hunger, cold, and a growing sanitation crisis. A lack of sufficient...

Displaced Palestinians fill jerrycans with seawater for washing and cooking, at the beach in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 28, 2023.

Gazans flee homes as Israeli strikes resume

10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins

India launches key test for manned orbital mission
Australia
Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok apps are seen on a smartphone in front of an Australian flag, in this illustration taken November 29, 2024.

Australia barred under 16 from social media. Will It Work?

Australia has imposed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. But many...
Australia's government introduced a bill that aims to ban social media for children under 16

Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16

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Nauru: Third smallest country in the world

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An Australian woman trying to rescue her phone gets stuck between boulders

Australia to offer debt relief for climate-hit nations

Australia to offer debt relief for climate-hit nations

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