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Latvia delivers 21 armoured vehicles to aid Ukraine's defence against Russia

Latvia delivers 21 armoured vehicles to aid Ukraine's...

Riga [Latvia], November 7: Latvia is bolstering Ukraine's defensive efforts against Russia's ongoing invasion with an additional 21 armoured transport...

French auditors' report tells Louvre museum to spend more on security

French auditors' report tells Louvre museum to spend...

Paris [France], November 7: The Louvre should make more efficient use of its funds to improve security and renovate the...

'Not hell but an inferno': Freed Palestinian detainee describes Israeli prison

'Not hell but an inferno': Freed Palestinian detainee...

Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Five freed Palestinian detainees arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza's Deir el-Balah on Thursday after...

Seven Italian climbers missing in Nepal as storms, avalanches leave 9 dead

Seven Italian climbers missing in Nepal as storms,...

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 7: Seven Italian climbers are missing in Nepal's Himalayan mountains after heavy snowstorms and avalanches have killed...

Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam after killing 142 in Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam after killing...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 7: Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in central Vietnam with strong winds and heavy rain, after killing...

Sudanese prime minister calls for RSF to be labelled 'terrorist' group

Sudanese prime minister calls for RSF to be...

Khartoum [Sudan], November 7: Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris has called for the international community to designate the Rapid Support...

Cameroon's Biya, world's oldest ruler at 92, sworn in for eighth term

Cameroon's Biya, world's oldest ruler at 92, sworn...

Yaounde [Cameroon], November 7: Cameroon's longtime leader, Paul Biya, has been sworn in for a new seven-year term following his...

Taiwan says senior Fijian UN diplomat visited, despite Fiji's formal ties with China

Taiwan says senior Fijian UN diplomat visited, despite...

Taiwan, November 7: Taiwan said it welcomed a senior Fijian diplomat this week who met with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim,...

Iraqi PM announces halt to oil derivative imports

Iraqi PM announces halt to oil derivative imports

Baghdad [Iraq], November 6: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Wednesday said the country had halted the import of...

Bangladesh Army announces post-general election return to barracks

Bangladesh Army announces post-general election return to barracks

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 6: The Bangladesh Army said Wednesday that it will go back to its barracks after the country's...

Sri Lanka begins pilot operations for large vessels at Colombo's East Container Terminal

Sri Lanka begins pilot operations for large vessels...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 6: Sri Lanka has begun pilot operations to handle large vessels at the state-owned Colombo East...

Polish president reiterates opposition to EU migration policy

Polish president reiterates opposition to EU migration policy

Warsaw [Poland], November 6: Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Wednesday reiterated Poland's opposition to the European Union's (EU) migration policy...

EU Council agrees position on amendment to European climate law

EU Council agrees position on amendment to European...

Brussels [Belgium], November 6: The Council of the European Union (EU) announced on Wednesday that member states had reached an...

Rising violence against civilians in Sudan's El Fasher alarms UN humanitarians

Rising violence against civilians in Sudan's El Fasher...

New York [US], November 6: UN humanitarians said Wednesday that they are deeply alarmed over the reported increase in atrocities...

Death toll rises to 27 with nearly 1,000 injured in northern Afghanistan earthquake

Death toll rises to 27 with nearly 1,000...

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 6: The total death toll in the powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan on Monday night has...

US may ask UN to mandate international force in Gaza for two years, document shows

US may ask UN to mandate international force...

New York [US], November 6: The United States has drafted a United Nations resolution that approves a two-year mandate for...

Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term

Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump...

New York [US], November 6: Democrats swept a trio of races on Tuesday in the first major elections since Donald...

Putin orders proposals on possible Russian nuclear test

Putin orders proposals on possible Russian nuclear test

Moscow [Russia], November 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his top officials on Wednesday to draft proposals for a possible...

Japan deploys troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks

Japan deploys troops to combat deadly wave of...

Tokyo [Japan], November 6: Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local...

Crash investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane crash that killed at least 9

Crash investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane...

Washington [US], November 6: Federal safety investigators have located the "black boxes" from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane...

In Chicago immigration crackdown, agents raid daycare, senior living center

In Chicago immigration crackdown, agents raid daycare, senior...

Chicago [US], November 6: A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was...

Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll rises to 91 in Philippines; 430,000 displaced

Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll rises to 91 in...

Manila [Philippines], November 6: The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has risen to 91, with 75 missing...

Gaza stabilisation force must have full legitimacy: UN chief

Gaza stabilisation force must have full legitimacy: UN...

Doha [Qatar] / Gaza [Palestine], November 6: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any stabilisation force in Gaza...

Iran releases two French nationals imprisoned for three years

Iran releases two French nationals imprisoned for three...

Tehran [Iran], November 6: Iran has released two French nationals imprisoned for more than three years on spying charges their...

9 dead after cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

9 dead after cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

Washington [US], November 6: The death toll from the crash of a UPS cargo aircraft in the US state of...

Zohran Mamdani elected as NYC mayor in historic win

Zohran Mamdani elected as NYC mayor in historic...

New York [US], November 6: Zohran Mamdani has won the race to lead the largest city in the United States,...

Moscow weighs nuclear tests as Putin orders feasibility review

Moscow weighs nuclear tests as Putin orders feasibility...

Moscow [Russia], November 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his government to assess the feasibility of possible nuclear weapons...