A private bus fell into a drain near Jiwan Singh Wala village in Punjab's Bathinda district, resulting in four to five deaths and over 20 injuries. The accident occurred while the bus was traveling from Talwandi Sabo to Bathinda. Local residents and authorities promptly initiated rescue efforts, and the injured were taken to a nearby hospital.

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, born in Gah and raised in Amritsar, passed away at 92. Known for his transformative economic policies, his 1991 reforms opened India's economy to global markets. His tenure (2004-2014) included significant initiatives like MGNREGA and the Right to Information Act.

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claims he has been under house arrest, preventing him from offering prayers at Srinagar's Jamia Masjid for the fourth consecutive week. He states that authorities blocked his access and informed him verbally, while he condemns this act of authoritarianism and remains patient in his faith.

TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) has organized a comprehensive training workshop on “Adolescent Positive Parenting” in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, to ensure adolescents in vulnerable areas will benefit from supportive environment.

TEHRAN –President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the administration intends to transform the education system where no student is deprived of the right to quality education, highlighting that educational equity is not a mere slogan but a fundamental goal.

TEHRAN –Regarding the significance of conserving valuable ecosystems, a comprehensive plan to revive Gorgan Bay as well as Miankaleh Wetland, in northern Golestan province, should be implemented, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE), has said.

TEHRAN –The head of the Department of Environment (DOE) has announced the country’s readiness to cooperate with Japan in dealing with environmental challenges caused by global warming, mainly air pollution.

Earlier, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that Donald Trump had advised Vladimir Zelensky to consider negotiations with Russia to end the conflict

Mohammed Al Sudani stressed that Baghdad respects the will of the Syrian people, hoping for progress toward a comprehensive political process

Earlier, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas attributed responsibility for the Baltic Sea incidents to the tanker fleet transporting Russian oil, even before the investigation concluded

Dmitry Yadrov stressed that the plane’s commander tried to land in Grozny twice

Earlier, Bayraktar announced plans to open a gas trading center in Istanbul in 2025 with the participation of the Turkish company Botas and Russia's Gazprom as part of the international gas hub project

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk has accused Vladimir Zelensky of ruining the country with corruption Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian president has hailed former PM Manmohan Singh as “an outstanding statesman”  Read Full Article at RT.com

South Africa’s 2024 elections marked a historic turning point, with the ANC losing its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994 Read Full Article at RT.com

The government’s record new budget for the next fiscal year comes as the Defense Ministry cites “increasingly challenging” strategic threats Read Full Article at RT.com

A passenger plane that crashed near Aktau had to be diverted from Chechnya due to Ukrainian drones and thick fog, Moscow says Read Full Article at RT.com

Jens Stoltenberg has been appointed as a co-chairman of the Bilderberg Club, according to the organization’s website Read Full Article at RT.com

Le monde entier célèbre la venue de l'enfant Jésus. C'est Noël partout ailleurs. Au Gabon, à Libreville, précisément au quartier La Carrière, situé dans le deuxième arrondissement de la commune d'Owendo, les enfants ont été gratifiés des cadeaux offerts par Ritch Arnauld Mondjo Mondjo et son épouse , ce 25 décembre. Une cinquantaine d'enfants ont bénéficié des cadeaux de la part de Ritch Arnauld Mondjo Mondjo et son épouse. Le bienfaiteur qui a décidé de dessiner le sourire sur les (...) - SOCIAL / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

A female prison officer, 19, has been suspended after allegedly being filmed having sex with a 'burly, tattooed' inmate in HMP Five Wells last week. (Pictured: another prison guard Rachel Stanton) 

The footage was filmed on Christman Eve in Armagh, Northern Ireland, when the woman in the video was dropping off presents at her friend's house.

Samuel Chatto, 28, has since 2021 been seeing fellow Edinburgh University graduate Eleanor Ekserdjian, who is an accomplished painter.

The moving scene showed an emotional Mick describing Smithy as a second son to himself and wife Pam, after they struggled to conceive another child.

Addressing the nation, the King paid tribute to the medical staff who supported him and the Princess of Wales during their cancer treatment.

Hargeisa (HOL) – Somaliland and the Ethiopian government have reached an agreement to address the recent deadly conflict in the Dacawaley area of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State, which has killed nearly 50 people over the past two weeks.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the Republic of Azerbaijan Fathudin Ali Mohamed has visited the Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) of SOCAR.

Jowhar (HOL) — Hirshabelle State President Ali Abdullahi Hussein Gudlawe has called on security forces to apprehend those responsible for the brutal killing of six Somali military personnel and their driver in the El-Baraf district of the Middle Shabelle region.

Canada's new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will meet with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's aides in Florida on Friday to discuss the risks of imposing new trade tariffs, the Canadian government said.

For four-year-old Max Labelle, the Trexo Robotics exoskeleton was a game changer. It supports his torso and helps him lift his legs as he practices taking steps during physiotherapy sessions.

A Canadian trend that started in Quebec has since spread east and west, with a growing number of spas planned and opening.

Canadian Aaron Rodericks is head of trust and safety for Bluesky Social. Can he keep the rapidly growing social media platform free of trolls and misinformation, and stop foreign actors from using Bluesky to try to interfere in Canada's next election?

The Ontario Provincial Police are warning people about the rising dangers of crypto fraud. Det.-Const. John Armit from the OPP’s Anti-Rackets Branch says he wouldn't be surprised if those kinds of frauds soon outpace wire transfers as the largest money transfer method used by scammers.

According to the politician, Europe «became the primary stronghold of Russophobia globally,» undermined the Istanbul agreements, initiated the sanctions campaign, and fueled the most extreme war factions without considering the losses suffered by both sides of the conflict