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Bangladesh enters new era of transportation with Chinese-bulit 1st underwater tunnel

Bangladesh enters new era of transportation with Chinese-bulit...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 29: A Chinese-built underwater tunnel, the first in Bangladesh and South Asia, was inaugurated on Saturday as...

Japan marks 1,000th organ donation by brain-dead donors

Japan marks 1,000th organ donation by brain-dead donors

Tokyo [Japan], October 29: Japan has logged the 1,000th case of organ donations from brain-dead people, 26 years after the...

At least 5 dead as migrant boat capsizes just off Sicilian coast

At least 5 dead as migrant boat capsizes...

Rome [Italy], October 29: A boat with migrants on board capsized off the coast of Sicily on Saturday, with the...

Germany supplies powerful IRIS-T air defence system to Ukraine

Germany supplies powerful IRIS-T air defence system to...

Berlin [Germany], October 29: Germany has supplied a third powerful IRIS-T air defence system to Ukraine as the country braces...

100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters in London demand ceasefire

100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters in London demand ceasefire

London [UK], October 29: A man was arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill as at least 100,000 pro-Palestinian...

At least 32 dead, 14 missing after ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan

At least 32 dead, 14 missing after ArcelorMittal...

Astana [Kazakhstan], October 29: At least 32 people have died and 14 remain missing after a mine fire in Kazakhstan,...

Hundreds of thousands rally across cities to support Palestinians

Hundreds of thousands rally across cities to support...

Gaza [Palestine], October 29: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallied in cities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia on...

Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for PM to resign

Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 29: One police officer was killed in Bangladesh and over 100 people injured during an opposition party...

Israel launches Gaza war's second phase with ground operation, Netanyahu says

Israel launches Gaza war's second phase with ground...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 29: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israeli forces had unleashed the second...

Mexico hurricane death toll hits 39; president slams critics

Mexico hurricane death toll hits 39; president slams...

Mexico City [Mexico], October 29: The death toll from a devastating hurricane this week in the Mexican beach resort of...

UAE condemns Israeli ground operations in Gaza

UAE condemns Israeli ground operations in Gaza

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 29: The UAE has condemned the ground operations by Israel in the occupied Gaza Strip, and...

EU calls for pauses in Gaza bombing to allow humanitarian aid access

EU calls for pauses in Gaza bombing to...

Brussels [Belgium], October 28: European leaders on Friday called for "pauses for humanitarian needs" to allow aid into Gaza through...

Dutch FvD leader halts election campaign after umbrella attack

Dutch FvD leader halts election campaign after umbrella...

The Hague [Netherlands], October 28: Dutch politician Thierry Baudet, leader of the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party, has temporarily halted...

Zimbabwe extends use of foreign currency until 2030

Zimbabwe extends use of foreign currency until 2030

Harare [Zimbabwe], October 28: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the use of foreign currency in settling domestic transactions and...

Biden meets Chinese FM in Washington

Biden meets Chinese FM in Washington

Washington [US], October 28: U.S. President Joe Biden met here Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Death toll in Kabul's blast rises to 4

Death toll in Kabul's blast rises to 4

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 28: Four people were killed and seven others were injured as a blast hit the Police District...

Indonesian court sentences 8 to death for drug smuggling

Indonesian court sentences 8 to death for drug...

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 28: The Serang District Court in Indonesia on Friday sentenced eight to death for smuggling 319 kg...

Cambodian gov't approves 9.4 bln USD for 2024 gov't spending

Cambodian gov't approves 9.4 bln USD for 2024...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], October 28: The Cambodian government has approved the draft budget of 38,829 billion riels (about 9.4 billion...

Aussie police seize 117 kg of prohibited drugs in Sydney

Aussie police seize 117 kg of prohibited drugs...

Sydney [Australia], October 28: Two men have been charged in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) following a...

5.7-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands - GFZ

5.7-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands - GFZ

Honiara [Solomon Islands], October 28: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Solomon Islands at 0531 GMT on Saturday,...

US 'assault rifle' ban unlikely after Maine shooting, despite Congressman's shift

US 'assault rifle' ban unlikely after Maine shooting,...

Washington [US], October 28: The latest mass shooting in the United States, which killed 18 people in Maine, prompted U.S....

Canada to ramp up verification of student admissions to curb immigration fraud

Canada to ramp up verification of student admissions...

Ottawa [Canada], October 28: Canada will step up the verification of university acceptance letters as it seeks to prevent immigration...

Rishi Sunak says AI has threats and risks - but outlines its potential

Rishi Sunak says AI has threats and risks...

London [UK], October 28: Artificial intelligence could help make it easier to build chemical and biological weapons, Prime Minister Rishi...

Medical team and aid trucks enter Gaza via Rafah crossing

Medical team and aid trucks enter Gaza via...

Gaza [Palestine], October 28: A medical team and 10 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Friday via the Rafah...

Hamas vows 'full force' after Israel steps up Gaza ground operations

Hamas vows 'full force' after Israel steps up...

Gaza [Palestine], October 28: Hamas said on Saturday its militants in Gaza were ready to confront Israeli attacks with "full...

Iraqi cleric al-Sadr demands closure of U.S. embassy over Israel ties

Iraqi cleric al-Sadr demands closure of U.S. embassy...

Baghdad [Iraq], October 28: Iraq's Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government and lawmakers on Friday to close...

Lewiston massacre suspect found dead, apparently of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Lewiston massacre suspect found dead, apparently of self-inflicted...

Washington [US], October 28: The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston,...