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NATO to establish new land command in Southeastern Finland

NATO to establish new land command in Southeastern...

Helsinki [Finland], September 28: The Finish city of Mikkeli has been picked to host the Multi Corps Land Component Command...

EU foreign policy chief calls for immediate efforts towards two-state solution

EU foreign policy chief calls for immediate efforts...

Brussels [Belgium], September 28: Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell has stressed the need for immediate efforts towards...

Norway tightens rules on collective protection for Ukrainian refugees

Norway tightens rules on collective protection for Ukrainian...

Oslo [Norway], September 28: Norway will grant collective protection to fewer Ukrainians arriving from six areas deemed safe by the...

Meeting Trump, Zelensky says Ukraine counts on U.S. support no matter who wins election

Meeting Trump, Zelensky says Ukraine counts on U.S....

New York [US], September 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's request for a meeting with former U.S. President Donald Trump materialized...

Landslide in Indonesia's gold mine leaves 12 dead, 11 injured

Landslide in Indonesia's gold mine leaves 12 dead,...

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 28: As many as 12 miners were killed and 11 others injured following a landslide at...

Uzbekistan, Egypt set up joint chamber of commerce

Uzbekistan, Egypt set up joint chamber of commerce

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], September 28: Uzbekistan and Egypt agreed to establish a joint Chamber of Commerce, Uzbek media reported on Friday.

Algeria deploys medical teams amid rising diphtheria, malaria cases in south

Algeria deploys medical teams amid rising diphtheria, malaria...

Algiers [Algeria], September 28: The Algerian Health Ministry announced on Friday that it is dispatching medical teams and supplies to...

Netanyahu insists on carrying out attacks in Lebanon, threatens Iran

Netanyahu insists on carrying out attacks in Lebanon,...

United Nations, September 28: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said at the United Nations General Assembly that there...

Wild winds and rain prompt severe weather warnings

Wild winds and rain prompt severe weather warnings

Washington [US], September 28: Wild winds and heavy rain have hit the NSW north coast, triggering severe weather and flood...

US charges three Iranians with hacking Trump campaign

US charges three Iranians with hacking Trump campaign

Washington [US], September 28: The US Justice Department has unsealed criminal charges accusing three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps...

Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, target Hezbollah command

Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, target Hezbollah command

Jerusalem [Israel], September 28: The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday...

Abdullah bin Zayed meets Kosovo's Prime Minister in New York

Abdullah bin Zayed meets Kosovo's Prime Minister in...

New York [US], September 28: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

FAO marks International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

FAO marks International Day of Awareness of Food...

Rome [Italy], September 28: Reducing food loss and waste is crucial for improving food security and nutrition, promoting the efficient...

New ADB-IFFEd Partnership to unlock $500 mn in concessional education financing in Asia and Pacific

New ADB-IFFEd Partnership to unlock $500 mn in...

Manila [Philippines], September 28: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with the International Finance Facility for Education...

COP29 Presidency discusses climate change adaptation at UN headquarters

COP29 Presidency discusses climate change adaptation at UN...

New York [US], September 28: The COP29 Presidency spearheaded a high-level discussion at UN Headquarters in New York titled "The...

Over 400 relics items from South China Sea make debut in Hainan

Over 400 relics items from South China Sea...

Haikou [China], September 28: An exhibition featuring more than 400 relics items retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the...

Hurricane Helene left enormous path of destruction across Florida, killing at least 44 people

Hurricane Helene left enormous path of destruction across...

Washington [US], September 28: U.S. authorities were trying to get a handle on Hurricane Helene's extreme swath of destruction, which...

Governments earmarked almost $2 trillion in direct investment support for clean energy since 2020: IEA

Governments earmarked almost $2 trillion in direct investment...

Paris [France], September 28: Governments around the world have earmarked almost $2 trillion in direct investment support for clean energy...

Israel intercepts Houthi missile, takes down Hezbollah UAV commander

Israel intercepts Houthi missile, takes down Hezbollah UAV...

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 27: The Israeli military said on September 27 that it had intercepted a missile fired from...

AUKUS plans to equip new torpedoes for P-8 anti-submarine squadron

AUKUS plans to equip new torpedoes for P-8...

New York [US], September 27: At a meeting on September 26 in London (UK), US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, UK...

Appellate judges sceptical of New York Trump fraud case

Appellate judges sceptical of New York Trump fraud...

New York [US], September 27: Appeals court judges have signalled scepticism toward a civil fraud case brought by New York...

Giuliani disbarred over election claims

Giuliani disbarred over election claims

New York [US], September 27: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in the U.S. capital on Thursday...

Blinken meets Yunus, holds "fruitful discussions" on deepening economic-political engagements

Blinken meets Yunus, holds "fruitful discussions" on deepening...

New York [US], September 27: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in...

"Let's make UN more effective": French President voices support for permanent UNSC seat for India

"Let's make UN more effective": French President voices...

New York [US], September 27: French President Emmanuel Macron voiced France's support for India's inclusion as a permanent member of...

Sudan: Fierce clashes in Khartoum as army launches offensive

Sudan: Fierce clashes in Khartoum as army launches...

Khartoum [Sudan], September 27: The Sudanese army launched artillery and airstrikes in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday as it...

Thousands flee Lebanon to Syria amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes: UNHCR

Thousands flee Lebanon to Syria amid ongoing Israeli...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 27: Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian families fled Lebanon for Syria as Israeli airstrikes continued, said the...

Florida braces for hurricane to bring 20-foot storm surge

Florida braces for hurricane to bring 20-foot storm...

Tampa (Florida) [US], September 27: The state of Florida has issued a number of mandatory evacuation orders as Hurricane Helene...