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Europe applies new entry system, what should tourists...
Brussels [Belgium], October 9: From October 12, a number of European countries will begin applying biometric immigration procedures, replacing physical...

German cabinet passes law allowing police to shoot...
Berlin [Germany], October 9: The German cabinet on October 8 approved a law allowing police to shoot down illegal unmanned...

Amid negotiations, Israel blocks aid ship to Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 9: The Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian flotilla accused the Israeli military on October 8 of blocking...

Denmark will ban people under 15 from using...
Copenhagen [Denmark], October 9: The Guardian newspaper on October 8 quoted Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as saying that the...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors metal-organic framework structure
Stockholm [Sweden], October 9: This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three scientists for their work developing structures that have...

'Exposing' the paradox at Harvard University
Massachusetts (Boston) [US], October 9: An internal report from Harvard University (USA) has exposed a controversial form of classroom culture...

President Trump announces peace agreement in Gaza Strip
Washington [US], October 9: US President Donald Trump and others confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a phase one...

US government fires employee who hid love relationship...
Washington [US], October 9: The administration of US President Donald Trump announced on October 8 that it had fired a...

Myanmar accused of attack that killed 20 people,...
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 9: Reuters today, October 9, quoted several sources confirming that at least 20 people were killed in...

Hamas says on war anniversary it's ready to...
Gaza [Palestine], October 9: Hamas said on Tuesday it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in...

Haiti children displaced by violence nearly double in...
Port au Prince [Haiti], October 9: Spiraling violence in Haiti has displaced 680,000 children, nearly twice as many as a...

France's Macron to name new PM in next...
Paris [France], October 9: French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, the...

Brazil not planning free public transport soon
Brasilia [Brazil], October 9: Brazil's presidential chief of staff, Rui Costa, said the government has no plans to eliminate public...

Russia's Putin arrives for summit meetings in Tajikistan
Moscow [Russia], October 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan in Central Asia to attend meetings with leaders of...

Trump says he may go to the Middle...
Washington [US], October 9: President Donald Trump said he may travel to the Middle East this weekend as his negotiators...

Sharjah Media City to showcase projects at Mipcom...
Sharjah [UAE], October 9: Sharjah Media City (Shams) is preparing to participate in the international TV and entertainment content fair,...

Over $7 bn split between humanitarian response, early...
New York [US], October 9: Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, has stressed "the need to move...

UNICEF calls on Israel to ensure full protection...
New York [US], October 9: The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) described Gaza as "a hellish war that has devastated children."

Sharjah Ruler congratulates Egyptian President on election of...
Sharjah [UAE], October 9: H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has...

Thunberg fires back after Trump's 'anger management problem'...
Copenhagen [Denmark], October 8: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has traded fresh barbs with US President Donald Trump after he accused...

Switched-at-birth Austrians find biological parents after 35 years
Vienna [Austria], October 8: Two girls born prematurely in the Austrian city of Graz almost 35 years ago and inadvertently...

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to trio of...
Copenhagen [Denmark], October 8: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been won by John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John...

Trump 'signals' transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
Washington [US], October 8: Reuters reported on October 7 that US President Donald Trump said that a decision has been...

Venezuela warns of attack on US embassy
Washington [US], October 8: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on October 6 that his country had warned the United States...

Government still shut down, White House in tension...
Washington [US], October 8: Two parallel bills aimed at reopening the US government failed for the fifth time in the...

Putin says Russia controls nearly 5,000 square kilometers...
Moscow [Russia], October 8: President Vladimir Putin has announced the areas Russia has taken control of in Ukraine this year,...

Pentagon gives green light to US Navy's next...
Washington [US], October 8: After months of delay, the Pentagon will as early as this week select a contractor to...