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Air France and Airbus back on trial over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris crash

Air France and Airbus back on trial over...

Paris [France], September 30: More than 16 years after the crash of an Air France jet between Rio de Janeiro...

Putin aims to draft 135,000 men for military service in autumn campaign

Putin aims to draft 135,000 men for military...

Moscow [Russia], September 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering the conscription of 135,000 men for military...

Israel bombs residential towers, hospitals amid Gaza onslaught

Israel bombs residential towers, hospitals amid Gaza onslaught

Gaza City [Gaza], September 30: Israel has been pounding Gaza's largest medical complex, levelling whole blocks and sending terrified patients...

Nationwide fibre optic internet disruption reported in Afghanistan

Nationwide fibre optic internet disruption reported in Afghanistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], September 30: Afghanistan's fibre optic internet has been shut down across the country, local media reported on Monday,...

Iran takes first steps to exit Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Iran takes first steps to exit Nuclear Non-Proliferation...

Tehran [Iran], September 30: The Iranian parliament is preparing legislation that could see the country withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation...

Storm Bualoi kills at least 12 in Vietnam

Storm Bualoi kills at least 12 in Vietnam

Hanoi [Vietnam], September 30: Tropical Storm Bualoi has killed at least 12 people in Vietnam and left 17 fishermen missing,...

Senegal reports 7 deaths in Rift Valley fever outbreak

Senegal reports 7 deaths in Rift Valley fever...

Dakar [Senegal], September 29: Senegal's Health Minister Ibrahima Sy said Sunday that a recent outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF)...

Libya's eastern-based parliament reaffirms support for Sudan

Libya's eastern-based parliament reaffirms support for Sudan

Tripoli [Libya], September 29: Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives, the parliament, on Sunday reaffirmed continued support for Sudan amid ongoing...

95 dead from hunger, disease in W. Sudan's refugee camp during past 40 days: volunteers

95 dead from hunger, disease in W. Sudan's...

Khartoum [Sudan], September 29: At least 95 people have died from hunger and disease over the past 40 days in...

Urgent: Multiple people injured in U.S. Michigan church shooting

Urgent: Multiple people injured in U.S. Michigan church...

New York [US], September 29: Multiple people were injured in a shooting at a church in Grand Blanc, U.S. Michigan...

World Insights: Suspension and return of a talk show sparks debate on free speech in U.S.

World Insights: Suspension and return of a talk...

Olympia [Washington], September 29: The suspension and subsequent return of a late-night talk show of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) have...

Car-ramming attack kills Israeli soldier in West Bank: sources

Car-ramming attack kills Israeli soldier in West Bank:...

Ramallah [Palestine], September 29: An Israeli soldier was killed in a car-ramming attack east of the West Bank city of...

Yemeni forces attack al-Qaeda strongholds in southern province

Yemeni forces attack al-Qaeda strongholds in southern province

Aden [Yemen], September 29: Yemeni pro-government forces launched a large-scale operation on Sunday against hideouts of al-Qaeda's Yemen branch in...

Iran's top security official meets Hezbollah leader, vows support

Iran's top security official meets Hezbollah leader, vows...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 29: Iran stands ready to support Lebanon at all levels, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National...

Israeli warplanes strike Hezbollah targets in S. Lebanon

Israeli warplanes strike Hezbollah targets in S. Lebanon

Jerusalem [Israel], September 29: Israeli warplanes struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Israeli military and Lebanese sources...

Iraq's crude oil exports generate over 7 bln USD in August

Iraq's crude oil exports generate over 7 bln...

Baghdad [Iraq], September 29: Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) announced Sunday that the country's crude oil exports generated revenue...

US Defence Secretary summons 800 generals, admirals to unprecedented Virginia meeting

US Defence Secretary summons 800 generals, admirals to...

Washington [US], September 29: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's last-minute order summoning hundreds of generals and admirals to a...

Ebola outbreak kills 42 in DR Congo as UN calls for global vigilance

Ebola outbreak kills 42 in DR Congo as...

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], September 29: The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province in the central Democratic Republic of...

Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages in Gaza City

Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages...

New York [US], September 29: U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to finalise a Gaza peace plan proposal in a meeting...

Trump says he will tell US military leaders "we love them"

Trump says he will tell US military leaders...

New York [US], September 29: President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would tell a gathering of U.S. generals...

Jimmy Kimmel returns from suspension, late-night show reaches ratings high

Jimmy Kimmel returns from suspension, late-night show reaches...

New York [US], September 29: Millions of people tuned in to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday to watch the host's...

One dead, 9 injured in shooting at Michigan church

One dead, 9 injured in shooting at Michigan...

New York [US], September 29: One person has been killed and nine injured in a shooting at a church belonging...

Drones spotted once more at Danish military sites ahead of EU summit

Drones spotted once more at Danish military sites...

Copenhagen [Denmark], September 29: Several drones were again spotted over Danish military bases overnight, the armed forces said on Sunday,...

UN sanctions on Iran snap back nearly a decade after nuclear deal

UN sanctions on Iran snap back nearly a...

New York [US], September 29: UN sanctions on Iran that were suspended nearly a decade ago as part of a...

Russian drone and missile attacks kill four, injure dozens in Ukraine

Russian drone and missile attacks kill four, injure...

Kiev [Ukraine], September 29: Russian drone and missile strikes have killed at least four people and injured 40 in Ukraine,...

Storm Bualoi lashes central Vietnam after killing 11 in the Philippines

Storm Bualoi lashes central Vietnam after killing 11...

Hanoi [Vietnam], September 29: After killing 11 people in the Philippines, Tropical Storm Bualoi has lashed central Vietnamese provinces, causing...

The US government is on the verge of a temporary shutdown.

The US government is on the verge of...

Washington [US], September 28: September 30 is the deadline for the US Congress to approve a new spending package to...