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G7 seeks UN mandate to enforce Gaza peace plan

G7 seeks UN mandate to enforce Gaza peace...

Gaza City [Gaza], November 13: The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized democracies is pushing for a UN Security Council...

42 presumed dead after shipwreck near Libya: UN

42 presumed dead after shipwreck near Libya: UN

Tripoli [Libya], November 13: Forty-two migrants, including 29 from Sudan, eight from Somalia, three from Cameroon and two from Nigeria,...

Military aircraft crash killed all 20 on board: Turkiye

Military aircraft crash killed all 20 on board:...

Istanbul [Turkey], November 13: All 20 crew members on board a Turkish military aircraft were killed when it crashed in...

BBC 'defrauded the public' with editing of speech: Trump

BBC 'defrauded the public' with editing of speech:...

London [UK], November 13: US President Donald Trump said the BBC "defrauded the public" and that he had an "obligation"...

Irish media regulator opens investigation into Musk's X

Irish media regulator opens investigation into Musk's X

Dublin [Ireland], November 13: Ireland's media regulator began an investigation into social media platform X on Wednesday over concerns it...

US shutdown: House considers bill to restart services, pay workers

US shutdown: House considers bill to restart services,...

Washington DC [US], November 13: The House of Representatives will try to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history...

Libya, Oman discuss strengthening energy, investment cooperation

Libya, Oman discuss strengthening energy, investment cooperation

Tripoli [Libya], November 12: Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister of Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), met here with...

World Bank, Tunisia sign 430-mln-USD energy transition deal

World Bank, Tunisia sign 430-mln-USD energy transition deal

Tunis [Tunisia], November 12: The World Bank said Tuesday that it has signed a 430-million-U.S. dollar financing agreement with Tunisia...

African nations pledge to boost local manufacturing of medical products

African nations pledge to boost local manufacturing of...

Mombasa [Kenya], November 12: African nations on Tuesday agreed to strengthen collaboration in medical product research, development, and regulation to...

South Africa starts clinical trial for first locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine

South Africa starts clinical trial for first locally...

Johannesburg, November 12: South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Tuesday launched the country's first clinical trial for an oral...

Syria joins US-led coalition against Islamic State

Syria joins US-led coalition against Islamic State

Damascus [Syria], November 12: Syria has joined the US-led coalition against the extremist militia organization Islamic State.

US extends easing of sanctions on Syria as Al Sharaa meets Trump

US extends easing of sanctions on Syria as...

Washington DC [US], November 12: Syria's interim President Ahmed Al Sharaa, a former Islamist rebel commander, met US President Donald...

Prosecutors seek over 2,300-year prison term for Istanbul mayor

Prosecutors seek over 2,300-year prison term for Istanbul...

Istanbul [Turkey], November 12: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a prison sentence of up to 2,352 years for Istanbul Mayor...

Tanzania frees opposition leaders

Tanzania frees opposition leaders

Dodoma [Tanzania], November 12: Police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders detained following the deadly protests that followed...

Gaza struggles to identify bodies returned under truce

Gaza struggles to identify bodies returned under truce

Gaza City [Gaza], November 12: As the remains of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardments or those who died in Israeli...

Iraqis hold little hope for change as polls close

Iraqis hold little hope for change as polls...

Baghdad [Iraq], November 12: Polls have closed in Iraq for parliamentary elections marked by apathy and scepticism despite close geopolitical...

UN reports slower Gaza vaccination campaign

UN reports slower Gaza vaccination campaign

Gaza City [Gaza], November 12: A major campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against preventable diseases such as polio and...

New Irish president vows 'all voices' will be heard

New Irish president vows 'all voices' will be...

London [UK], November 12: The new president of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, said on Tuesday she will ensure "all voices are...

Former Finnish president says Europeans should talk to Putin

Former Finnish president says Europeans should talk to...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 12: Finland's former president, a politician who led his country into NATO, said the Europeans should follow...

Polish president joins right-wing march

Polish president joins right-wing march

Warsaw [Poland], November 12: Polish President Karol Nawrocki joined a traditional march of right-wing forces in Warsaw on Independence Day...

Buses and trains see resurgence amid US air travel chaos

Buses and trains see resurgence amid US air...

Washington DC [US], November 12: Americans are increasingly booking buses and trains to their Thanksgiving destinations this year while some...

BBC's outgoing boss rallies staff in face of leadership crisis and Trump legal threat

BBC's outgoing boss rallies staff in face of...

Washington DC [US], November 12: The outgoing boss of Britain's BBC sought to rally his journalists on Wednesday, saying that...

Deal to end US shutdown would also allow some Republican senators to seek $500,000 for January 6 probe

Deal to end US shutdown would also allow...

Washington DC [US], November 12: Legislation moving through Congress that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history would...

Taiwan evacuates 3,000 as Typhoon Fung-wong approaches

Taiwan evacuates 3,000 as Typhoon Fung-wong approaches

Taipei City [Taiwan], November 12: Taiwan evacuated more than 3,000 people on Tuesday, issuing a land warning for the arrival...

COP30 highlights growing need of countries for resilience to storms, flood and fires

COP30 highlights growing need of countries for resilience...

Manila [Philippines], November 12: With typhoons tearing across Southeast Asia this week while areas of Jamaica and Brazil are still...

US House returns to Washington for vote to end government shutdown

US House returns to Washington for vote to...

Washington DC [US], November 12: Members of the House of Representatives headed back to Washington on Tuesday, after a 53-day...

6 killed in U.S. military strikes on 2 boats in eastern Pacific

6 killed in U.S. military strikes on 2...

Olympia [Washington], November 11: The U.S. military launched two strikes targeting two boats allegedly transporting narcotics in international waters in...