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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...

Storm Amy's strong winds and heavy rain bring travel disruption to UK

Storm Amy's strong winds and heavy rain bring...

London [UK], October 5: Strong winds and heavy rain were causing further disruption as Storm Amy hit large parts of...

Munich Airport resumes flights as politicians weigh drone response

Munich Airport resumes flights as politicians weigh drone...

Munich [Germany], October 5: Munich Airport resumed its operations on Saturday morning, after drone sightings led to the suspension of...

Populist Babis wins Czech Republic's parliamentary poll

Populist Babis wins Czech Republic's parliamentary poll

Prague [Czech Republic], October 5: The right-wing billionaire populist Andrej Babis won parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, as his...

Iran carries out six more executions

Iran carries out six more executions

Tehran [Iran], October 5: Six more death sentences have been carried out in Iran in the wake of the war...

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 14 as more victims found

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to...

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 5: The death toll from the collapse of a boarding school in Indonesia's East Java province has...

Israel deports flotilla activists to Turkiye

Israel deports flotilla activists to Turkiye

Jerusalem [Israel], October 5: Israeli has deported more foreign activists from the Gaza aid flotilla that was intercepted by the...

World reacts to Hamas' response to Trump's plan to end Gaza war

World reacts to Hamas' response to Trump's plan...

Gaza City [Gaza], October 5: Global reactions to Hamas' partial acceptance of United States President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to...

Thousands call for sanctions on Israel during Dublin rally

Thousands call for sanctions on Israel during Dublin...

London [UK], October 5: Organisers said the protest marks "two years of genocide in Gaza" and called on the Irish...