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FAA bars US airlines from Haiti after gunfire hits three planes

FAA bars US airlines from Haiti after gunfire...

New York [US], November 13: The Federal Aviation Administration said it will bar U.S. airlines from operating in Haiti for...

Jailed Belarusian dissident Kalesnikava permitted visit

Jailed Belarusian dissident Kalesnikava permitted visit

Minsk [Belarus], November 13: Jailed Belarusian dissident Maria Kalesnikava, a key figure in the opposition movement to President Alexander Lukashenko,...

Israeli strikes pound Lebanon

Israeli strikes pound Lebanon

Jerusalem [Israel], November 13: The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes.

COP29 host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas

COP29 host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas

Baku [Azerbaijan], November 13: The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year's UN climate summit, has lashed out at Western...

Pay or face disaster: UN Chief

Pay or face disaster: UN Chief

Geneva [Switzerland], November 13: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay...

New UK target for 81% emissions cut by 2035

New UK target for 81% emissions cut by...

London [UK], November 13: The UK Prime Minister says Britain will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035.

Netanyahu approved pager attacks against Hezbollah

Netanyahu approved pager attacks against Hezbollah

Jerusalem [Israel], November 13: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved pager attacks that dealt a deadly blow to the Iran-backed...

Trump taps Stefanik to be UN Ambassador

Trump taps Stefanik to be UN Ambassador

New York [US], November 13: Donald Trump has chosen Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as U.S. ambassador to the...

15 inmates killed in Ecuador prison fight

15 inmates killed in Ecuador prison fight

Quito [Ecuador], November 13: At least 15 inmates have been killed and 14 more injured in a fight at a...

Moldova formally protests alleged Russian election meddling

Moldova formally protests alleged Russian election meddling

Chisinau [Moldova], November 13: Moldova has handed a note of protest to the Russian ambassador to Chisinau over alleged interference...

Drone attack causes fire in fuel depot in Russia border

Drone attack causes fire in fuel depot in...

Moscow [Russia]/Kiev [Ukraine], November 13: A fire broke out in a fuel depot in Stary Oskol, a city in the...

President-elect Trump lining up Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem for top jobs

President-elect Trump lining up Marco Rubio and Kristi...

Washington [US], November 13: Two Florida lawmakers known for their tough stances towards China are in the running for senior...

Germany set for early elections on Feb 23 after coalition falls

Germany set for early elections on Feb 23...

Berlin [Germany], November 13: Germany is set to head to the polls on February 23 following the collapse of Chancellor...

Opposition alliance wins all 60 seats as Mauritius govt suffers electoral wipeout

Opposition alliance wins all 60 seats as Mauritius...

Port Louis [Mauritius], November 13: The opposition Alliance of Change in Mauritius has won all 60 seats up for grabs...

At least 35 killed after car ploughs into crowd in China

At least 35 killed after car ploughs into...

Beijing [China], November 13: At least 35 people have been killed and 43 more injured after a man drove into...

North Korea signs off on military cooperation treaty with Russia

North Korea signs off on military cooperation treaty...

Seoul [South Korea], November 13: North Korea has signed off a treaty with Russia calling for a "comprehensive strategic partnership,"...

New Zealand government apologizes to survivors of abuse in state care

New Zealand government apologizes to survivors of abuse...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 13: The New Zealand government on Tuesday formally apologized to those who were abused in the...

Pakistan introduces new smog measures

Pakistan introduces new smog measures

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 13: Pakistani has introduced new measures to control toxic smog after a United Nations' warning that more...

Spain faces more rain as search continues for 23 missing after floods

Spain faces more rain as search continues for...

Madrid [Spain], November 13: Spain's national weather service issued renewed storm warnings for much of the country for Tuesday to...

Anti-corruption rally held against Serbian govt after accident

Anti-corruption rally held against Serbian govt after accident

Belgrade [Serbia], November 13: Thousands of people took to the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday evening, media...

International Criminal Court prosecutor under investigation

International Criminal Court prosecutor under investigation

Hague [Netherlands], November 12: ICC National Council of State Parties chair Paivi Kaukoranta said an external investigation into Mr Khan...

Global Summit of Religious Leaders concludes in Baku

Global Summit of Religious Leaders concludes in Baku

Baku [Azerbaijan], November 12: The Global Summit of Religious Leaders concluded today as part of the 29th session of the...

Scientists uncover a misunderstanding about Uranus

Scientists uncover a misunderstanding about Uranus

New York [US], November 12: In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the...

Finland dismisses 'Finlandisation' model for Ukraine

Finland dismisses 'Finlandisation' model for Ukraine

Helsinki [Finland], November 12: Forcing neutrality onto Ukraine will not bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis with Russia,...

Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote

Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote

Tokyo [Japan], November 12: Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader.

Church of England leader Welby urged to quit over abuse

Church of England leader Welby urged to quit...

London [UK], November 12: Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, faced mounting...

North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

Pyongyang [North Korea], November 12: North Korea has ratified a mutual defence treaty with Russia signed by the two countries'...