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Nations pledge funds for Gaza's $70bn reconstruction, says...
Gaza [Palestine], October 15: European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70...

Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover...
Damascus [Syria], October 15: The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one...

Israel limits Gaza aid, keeps border closed as...
Jerusalem [Israel], October 15: Israel restricted aid into Gaza and kept the enclave's border shut on Tuesday while re-emergent Hamas...

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to four years for data...
New York [US], October 15: A Massachusetts man who breached the network of education software provider PowerSchool to steal data...

French PM Lecornu suspends Macron's pension reform
Paris [France], October 15: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has postponed President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform, delaying the planned...

Racism allegations overshadow exploratory Czech coalition talks
Prague [Czech Republic], October 15: Exploratory talks on a future government in the Czech Republic are being overshadowed by serious...

Explosion at farmhouse during police raid kills three...
Rome [Italy], October 15: A large-scale operation to enforce the eviction of a farmhouse in the small northern Italian town...

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for role in Gaza...
Washington [US], October 15: Former Democratic presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton on Monday praised US President Donald Trump for...

Russia strikes Kharkiv hospital, UN convoy as Ukraine...
Moscow [Russia], October 15: Russian forces have struck a hospital and a United Nations convoy in Ukraine, officials say, in...

Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest...
Brussels [Belgium], October 15: A general strike against proposed austerity measures in Belgium has grounded flights and halted public transport...

Torrential rains collapse Venezuelan gold mine killing at...
Caracas [Venezuela], October 15: At least 14 people have died after torrential rainfall led to the collapse of a Venezuelan...

Zelensky revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Odessa mayor Trukhanov
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stripped the mayor of the port city of Odessa, Gennadiy Trukhanov,...

Prominent Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvaei dies
Tehran [Iran], October 15: The prominent and highly controversial Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai has died at the age of 84...

Iranian court hands long prison terms to 2...
Tehran [Iran], October 15: An Iranian court has sentenced two French citizens to long prison terms for alleged espionage for...

Recognising Palestinian state helped bring peace to Gaza,...
London [UK], October 15: Recognising a Palestinian state helped to bring about peace in Gaza, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer...

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians
Gaza City [Gaza], October 15: Israel has handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians as part of an agreement with...

Gaza ceasefire tested as Israeli forces kill five...
Gaza City [Gaza], October 15: At least five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza City, medical...

Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 14: Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said...

Netanyahu absent from Egypt-led Gaza conflict summit
Jerusalem [Israel], October 14: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday's summit on ending the Gaza war in...

Israel releases Palestinian prisoners under U.S brokered ceasefire
Jerusalem [Israel], October 14: Joyous Palestinians rushed to embrace prisoners freed under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement as they arrived by...

Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen...
Antananarivo [Madagascar], October 14: Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina has fled the African nation, the head of the opposition, a military...

Arab Parliament welcomes outcomes of 'Sharm El-Sheikh Peace...
Cairo [Egypt], October 14: Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yammahi, President of the Arab Parliament, welcomed the outcomes of the Sharm...

President of European Council to attend Sharm El-Sheikh...
Brussels [Belgium], October 13: The President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, will attend the "Sharm El-Sheikh Summit for Peace"...

Osaka expo draws over 25 million visitors ahead...
Osaka [Japan], October 13: The World Exposition in Osaka has attracted more than 25 million visitors, according to an estimate...

GCC Statistical Centre holds workshop on measuring tourism's...
Muscat [Oman], October 13: The regional workshop on 'Measuring the Contribution of Tourism to the Economy', hosted by the Gulf...

Kimmel says critics misrepresented remarks on Kirk's assassination
Washington DC [US], October 13: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said on Wednesday he believed his comments about the reaction to...

1 killed as Ukrainian drone attacks civilian car...
Moscow [Russia], October 13: A woman was killed after a Ukrainian drone attacked a vehicle in the Rylsky district of...