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Thailand's new prime minister takes office
Bangkok [Thailand], September 8: Anutin Charnvirakul officially took office as Thailand's prime minister after King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed his appointment...

English Channel crossings pass 30,000 arrivals in record...
London [UK], September 8: The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has topped 30,000...

Bomb threats against home of Ireland's deputy PM
Dublin [Ireland], September 8: Multiple bomb threats have been made in relation to the home of Irish Deputy Premier Simon...

Russia hits main govt building in Kiev
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], September 8: Ukraine's main government building in Kiev has been hit for the first time...

UK police arrest 900 protesters at pro-Palestine Action...
London [UK], September 8: Authorities in London have arrested nearly 900 people during a protest in support of the banned...

Guyana's President Ali vows 'shared prosperity' after winning...
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], September 8: Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has promised "to lead Guyana into a future of...

Trump hints at Chicago military action
Chicago [US], September 8: US President Donald Trump sparked a political firestorm on Saturday by hinting at a possible military...

IAEA chief warns of a world with 25...
Rome [Italy], September 8: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned of a world with up to...

Gaza war film wins 2nd prize at Venice...
Gaza [Palestine], September 8: A harrowing docudrama about Israel's killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl during its ongoing war on...

Houthis claim responsibility for drone attack on Israeli...
Sanaa [Yemen], September 8: Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for a drone strike against Israel's Ramon Airport near the...

Palestinian inmates must receive more food: Israeli court
Gaza [Palestine], September 8: Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that Palestinian prisoners need to be supplied with sufficient food, ordering...

Japanese PM Ishiba resigns after less than a...
Tokyo [Japan], September 8: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on Sunday evening after less than a year...

Supermarket rooftop collapsed in Germany, 2 severely injured
Berlin [Germany], September 7: The roof of a supermarket collapsed Saturday evening in Lauchringen in Germany's federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg....

Urgent: Car hits pedestrians in France's Manche, at...
Paris [France], September 7: A car struck pedestrians Saturday afternoon in Pirou, France's Manche department, killing one person and injuring...

MoECC removes cabins for environmental violations
Doha [Qatar], September 7: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has carried out a campaign to remove a...

Macron to give speech as Germany marks reunification
Mainz [Germany], September 7: French President Emmanuel Macron is to join celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of Germany's unification in...

Drones attack Kiev as Ukraine reports new Russian...
Kiev [Ukraine], September 7: Ukrainian air defence systems were repelling swarms of Russian drones over Kiev late on Saturday, as...

Police make mass arrests at Palestine Action rally...
London [UK], September 7: London police have arrested at least 150 protesters during violent clashes at a rally calling on...

Germany sends 1,000 military vehicles to Lithuania for...
Riga [Latvia], September 7: More than 1,000 German military vehicles have arrived in Lithuania for a major exercise on NATO's...

Thousands pay respect to fashion icon Armani in...
Rome [Italy], September 7: Thousands of people streamed to the Teatro Armani in Milan on Saturday, where Giorgio Armani's coffin...

Minister rules out early British election amid government...
London [UK], September 7: A senior British minister on Saturday denied the government is in crisis after Angela Rayner's resignation...

US weighs strikes inside Venezuela
Washington DC [US], September 7: United States President Donald Trump had ordered the deployment of F-35 stealth fighter jets to...

Israeli army strikes more high-rises in Gaza City
Gaza City [Gaza], September 7: The Israeli army has bombed another high-rise in Gaza City after telling Palestinian residents to...

Lebanon's cabinet welcomes army plan to disarm Hezbollah,...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 7: Lebanon's army has presented a plan to the government's cabinet to disarm Hezbollah, saying the military...

Anger as Trump calls detained S Korea workers...
Seoul [South Korea], September 7: South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has ordered all-out efforts to respond to the arrests of...

Thailand's PM-elect Anutin names veterans to cabinet
Thailand [Bangkok], September 7: Thailand's Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul has named a former finance ministry official, a top oil and...

Tunisia flotilla eager to join Global Sumud mission...
Gaza City [Gaza], September 7: At 61 Station Street, downtown Tunis, volunteers are busy receiving and documenting donations for the...