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Joint statement on international, regional affairs issued following 29th GCC-EU Ministerial Meeting

Joint statement on international, regional affairs issued following...

Brussels [Belgium], October 10: The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU) held their...

Outgoing French PM tasked to lead 'last-ditch' talks on ending crisis

Outgoing French PM tasked to lead 'last-ditch' talks...

Paris [France], October 10: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to hold final talks...

Czech Republic to have new prime minister, Ukraine aid likely to be gloomy

Czech Republic to have new prime minister, Ukraine...

Prague [Czech Republic], October 6: The right-wing ANO party of former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis won parliamentary elections on...

Typhoon Matmo hits China, hundreds of thousands evacuated

Typhoon Matmo hits China, hundreds of thousands evacuated

Beijing [China], October 6: Typhoon Matmo made landfall in southern China during the holiday season, causing many activities to be...

Pharaoh's tomb opens in Valley of the Kings after 20 years

Pharaoh's tomb opens in Valley of the Kings...

Cairo [Egypt], October 6: Egyptian authorities on October 4 opened the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor city, after...

Pope Leo XIV calls for help for immigrants after criticizing Trump

Pope Leo XIV calls for help for immigrants...

Vatican City, October 6: Pope Leo XIV has called on the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to care for immigrants, delivering...

Putin: Tomahawk missile aid to Ukraine will 'destroy' Russia-US relations

Putin: Tomahawk missile aid to Ukraine will 'destroy'...

Moscow [Russia], October 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that if the US provided Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine for...

Trump announces US attack on another 'drug boat' off Venezuela

Trump announces US attack on another 'drug boat'...

Washington [US], October 6: President Donald Trump said the US military has attacked another ship it said was carrying drugs...

Syria holds first elections since fall of al-Assad regime

Syria holds first elections since fall of al-Assad...

Damascus [Syria], October 6: Syria on October 5 held its first parliamentary elections since the fall of former President Bashar...

President Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon

President Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon

Washington [US], October 6: The administration of US President Donald Trump has mobilized the California National Guard to Portland, Oregon,...

The world economy is in trouble because of the US government shutdown

The world economy is in trouble because of...

Washington [US], October 6: The US government shutdown due to the failure of the Republican and Democratic parties to agree...

Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest

Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest

Kathmandu [Nepal], October 8: Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet...

Netanyahu faces far-right backlash as Trump presses to end Gaza war

Netanyahu faces far-right backlash as Trump presses to...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 6: A rift within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition is emerging as a flashpoint...

Macron loyalist picked to fix budget mess

Macron loyalist picked to fix budget mess

Paris [France], October 6: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named Roland Lescure, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, as...

France names new government amid political turmoil

France names new government amid political turmoil

Paris [France], October 6: President Emmanuel Macron's office unveiled a new cabinet to be led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu,...

Hamas readies for Gaza talks that US hopes will halt war, free hostages

Hamas readies for Gaza talks that US hopes...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 6: Hamas officials arrived in Egypt on Sunday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S....

Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going nowhere'

Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going...

Washington [US], October 6: The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations...

New French government appointed

New French government appointed

Paris [France], October 6: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu unveiled key members of his new government on Sunday.

Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago

Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago

Chicago [Illinois], October 5: U.S. Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security said,...

Malawi's Mutharika sworn in for second term as president

Malawi's Mutharika sworn in for second term as...

London [UK], October 5: Malawi's Peter Mutharika vowed to root out government corruption and rebuild an ailing economy after he...

Police scuffle with protesters outside Chicago ICE facility

Police scuffle with protesters outside Chicago ICE facility

Chicago [Illinois], October 5: Police arrested several people as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Trump asks Israel to stop bombing Gaza

Trump asks Israel to stop bombing Gaza

Gaza City [Gaza], October 5: President Donald Trump told Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release...

Church of England names first female Archbishop

Church of England names first female Archbishop

London [UK], October 5: The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the...

Thousands rally in Lisbon in support of Gaza and detained Portuguese citizens

Thousands rally in Lisbon in support of Gaza...

Lisbon [Portugal], October 5: More than 3,000 people gathered in downtown Lisbon on Saturday to show solidarity with Palestinians and...

Former PM Babis' ANO party wins Czech election

Former PM Babis' ANO party wins Czech election

Prague [Czech Election], October 5: The Czech Republic's opposition ANO party, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, has won...

Two dead, five injured after shooting in Nice

Two dead, five injured after shooting in Nice

Paris [France], October 5: Two people have been shot dead and five others injured, some seriously, in the southern French...

Dozens injured in Russian attack on Ukraine railway station

Dozens injured in Russian attack on Ukraine railway...

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 5: At least 30 people have been injured in a Russian drone strike on a railway station...