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