International news from Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
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Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges
A man suspected of driving a car into a German Christmas market in an attack that killed at least five people and injured scores of others faces charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday, after the man was remanded in custody.
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Four killed in helicopter crash at Turkish hospital
Four people were killed in southwest Turkey on Sunday when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed into the ground.
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Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, eight of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said, as the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a hospital in the north.
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Five SDF fighters killed in strikes by Turkish-backed forces
The US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said five of its fighters had been killed on Saturday in attacks by Turkish-backed forces on the city of Manbij in northern Syria.
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US conducts airstrikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa
The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
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Dubai's RTA opens key Hessa Street to Al Khail Road bridgeDubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), on Sunday, opened a key two-lane bridge spanning 1,000 metres to enhance traffic flow from Hessa Street to Al Khail Road.
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Sharjah announces New Year holidayThe Sharjah Department of Human Resources announced on Sunday there will be a holiday on Wednesday, 1st January 2025, to celebrate the New Year.
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H.H. Sheikh Hamdan vows to provide prosthetic limbs for Gaza childHis Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, has pledged to provide prosthetic limbs for 7-year-old Mohammad Saeed Shaaban, who lost his legs and right hand in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza.
