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5.3-magnitude quake hits 199 km W of Abepura,...
Beijing [China], November 17: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 199 km W of Abepura, Indonesia at 03:02:21...

SpaceX gets OK to try 2nd launch of...
Orlando [Florida], November 17: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave SpaceX the OK to go on its second attempt...

Police officer killed in South Australia shooting
Canberra [Australia], November 17: A police officer was dead and another injured following a shooting at a rural property in...

Biden to Netanyahu: 'Occupying' Gaza would be a...
Washington [US], November 17: US President Joe Biden has said he had made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

At least 25 dead after fire in Chinese...
Beijing [China], November 17: Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that at least 25 people have died in a fire in...

US, China to resume military-to-military communication: Biden
San Francisco [US], November 17: The US and China will resume military-to-military communication after a long period of radio silence,...

Major rebellion within Britain's opposition over Gaza ceasefire...
London [UK], November 17: UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer has lost eight frontbenchers after he suffered a major rebellion...

Spain's socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez gains four...
Madrid [Spain], November 17: The Spanish parliament narrowly voted on Thursday to confirm socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in office...

Al Shaqab Arabian horse show kicks off today
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 17: The Al Shaqab International Arabian Horse Show will kick off on Friday under the patronage...

Customs find cannabis inside gaming device
Washington [US], November 17: The Air Cargo Customs Administration has thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotic cannabis hidden inside a...

Economic growth goes hand in hand with social...
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), November 17: In the program to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2023 Summit Week and...

Biden removes sanctions from Chinese institute in push...
Washington [US], November 17: The Biden administration removed the Chinese Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science from a...

For the first time, US prisoners graduate from...
Washington [US], November 17: Northwestern University's Prison Education Program welcomed its inaugural graduating class of incarcerated students, marking the first...

Hamas tunnel found at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 17: Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital,...

TikTok to prohibit videos promoting bin Laden's 'Letter...
Washington [US], November 17: TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden's 2002 letter detailing the former al Qaeda...

France calls West Bank Israeli settler violence 'policy...
Paris [France], November 17: France condemned violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling it a "policy of...

Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned...
Washington [US], November 17: U.S. President Joe Biden said he had not changed his view that Chinese President Xi Jinping...

China: Fire at coal mine company kills dozens
Beijing [China], November 17: A fire at a coal company's office in China's northern Shanxi province on Thursday killed at...

Germany: Rail strike ends after 20 hours
Berlin [Germany], November 17: Germany's GDL train drivers union on Thursday ended a 20-hour strike.

Gold falls as U.S. dollar rises
Chicago [US], November 16: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as...

U.S.-China climate statement sends powerful message of cooperation:...
San Francisco [US], November 16: U.S.-China climate change agreement sends powerful message of cooperation on the existential challenge of our...

7 terrorists killed in clash with security forces...
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 16: Seven terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,...

5.7-magnitude quake hits 96 km NW of Manado,...
Beijing [China], November 16: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 96 km NW of Manado, Indonesia at 2326...

Japan logs 4.38-bln-USD trade deficit in October
Tokyo [Japan], November 16: Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 662.5 billion yen (4.38 billion U.S. dollars) in October,...

Greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels: WMO
Geneva [Switzerland], November 16: The most important climate-damaging greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), reached a concentration of 50% above pre-industrial...

UK SC rules govt's Rwanda asylum policy is...
London [UK], November 16: The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major...

'Terror' amid Israel's raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: Israel's army raids Gaza's largest hospital, visiting violence and humiliation on patients, staff and displaced...