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11-12-2025 DAMASCUS: Syrians have taken to the streets to celebrate the first anniversary of the removal of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad amid renewed optimism that conditions will continue to improve as the country recovers from the effects of nearly 14 years of war. Fireworks rang out, and flags dotted cities …

10-12-2025 NEW YORK: The United Nations has launched its 2026 appeal for aid by asking for just half the amount it says it needs, despite humanitarian needs globally being at an all-time high. The international institution appealed for $23bn on Monday, while acknowledging that, due to a plunge in donor …

10-12-2025 ABUJA: About 100 children who were abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria last month have been freed, authorities say. Niger state’s police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, and Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, who is in charge of the school as the local leader of the Catholic community, both …

10-12-2025 WEST BANK: For two years during the Gaza war, all public celebrations for Christmas were cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank where Christians believe Jesus was born but after the recent ceasefire, the holy city decided that this year the festivities would return as symbolized by the …

10-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Amnesty International has said India’s review of a telecom industry proposal to mandate always-on satellite location tracking on phones for better lawful surveillance was “deeply concerning” and puts data of human rights defenders at risk. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has long …

10-12-2025 BEIJING: China’s annual trade surplus in goods has topped $1 trillion for the first time, with plunging exports to the United States amid a tariff war more than compensated for by shipments to other markets, new data shows. Figures released by China’s General Administration of Customs on Monday showed …

10-12-2025 KHARTOUM: A prominent Sudanese doctor’s group has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raping at least 19 women as they fled the city of el-Fasher in Darfur. The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Sunday that it documented the rapes among women who had fled …

10-12-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Residents on both sides of Thailand’s and Cambodia’s border evacuated in droves on Monday as fresh clashes erupted, killing at least five people. Both sides have each accused the other of starting the violence, which is the most serious confrontation between the two countries since they …

Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad (PMI): Hyderabad, December’9: The city of Hyderabad — the blessed “Shehar-e-Wilayat-e-Ali (a.s.) aur Aza-e-Husain (a.s.)” was enveloped in a profound shadow of grief today, as the news of the “sanihah-e-irtihal” of the renowned Zakir-e-Ahlul Bayt (a.s.)”, “Maulana Abu’l Qasim Abidi Saheb Qibla”, spread like a wave …

09-12-2025 SYDNEY: Australia activated disaster relief for residents impacted by wildfires that have burnt properties, infrastructure and thousands of hectares of bushland in the country’s most populous state. The Albanese and Minns Governments have activated disaster assistance to communities in 6 Local Government Areas (LGAs) following a number of bushfires …