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Harris, Trump spar over who has stamina to be president

Harris, Trump spar over who has stamina to...

Washington [US], October 19: Kamala Harris has raised questions about Donald Trump's physical stamina to serve effectively as president as...

Russia returns remains of 500 soldiers to Ukraine

Russia returns remains of 500 soldiers to Ukraine

Moscow [Russia], October 19: Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities say, in what appears...

Nepal's former home minister arrested over alleged cooperative fraud

Nepal's former home minister arrested over alleged cooperative...

Kathmandu [Nepal], October 19: Nepal's former deputy prime minister and home minister Rabi Lamichhane was arrested on Friday evening over...

Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs at ruling party HQ, crashing van at PM's office

Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs...

Tokyo [Japan], October 19: A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the...

Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership ability'

Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership...

Manila [Philippines], October 19: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on October 18 harshly attacked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying he...

Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel

Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel

Ramallah [Palestine], October 19: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel...

WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku

WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku

Baku [Azerbaijan], October 19: The WTO Secretariat, led by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will once again have a presence at the...

International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says UN-mandated commission

International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 19: All countries and international organisations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring...

Guterres submits report of investigation into death of Dag Hammarskjold in 1961

Guterres submits report of investigation into death of...

New York [US], October 19: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted an updated report to the President of the...

190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between Russia, Ukraine

190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 19: The UAE has successfully mediated a new exchange of captives between the Russian Federation...

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with Russia

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with...

New York [US], October 18: Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia.

After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles

After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles

New York [US], October 18: Joe Biden is expected to use Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to pressure...

UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans

UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 18: The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called for an investigation into reports that a large group...

Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by Pro-Trump Republicans

Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by Pro-Trump...

Georgia [US], October 18: A judge on Wednesday overturned controversial changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state...

Nebraska law allowing felons to vote upheld by state court

Nebraska law allowing felons to vote upheld by...

Nebraska [US], October 18: Nebraska's top state court upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to...

Colombian farmers embrace green pivot

Colombian farmers embrace green pivot

Bogota [Colombia], October 18: A transformation has taken root in Colombia's jungle heartland, as farmers once engaged in coca cultivation...

Jimmy Carter, 100, fulfils his wish and votes in the US election

Jimmy Carter, 100, fulfils his wish and votes...

Washington [US], October 18: Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former US president and the only one to have reached the...

Kamala Harris duels with host during conservative Fox TV interview

Kamala Harris duels with host during conservative Fox...

Washington [US], October 18: In her first TV interview with the conservative US broadcaster Fox News, US Democratic presidential candidate...

Former One Direction star Payne dies in Argentina balcony fall

Former One Direction star Payne dies in Argentina...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 18: Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel balcony in...

Boy, 8, dies in UK on rabbit shooting hunt

Boy, 8, dies in UK on rabbit shooting...

London [UK], October 18: An eight-year-old boy was killed with a shotgun during a rabbit shooting expedition in England, an...

Return of SpaceX spacecraft to Earth further delayed due to weather

Return of SpaceX spacecraft to Earth further delayed...

Washington [US], October 18: The return to Earth of crew members on board the International Space Station (ISS) since March...

Zelensky pushes for NATO membership, weapons

Zelensky pushes for NATO membership, weapons

Brussels [Belgium], October 18: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday he wants to create a "peace through threats" approach...

Number of people diagnosed with cancer in UK rises 5% in a year

Number of people diagnosed with cancer in UK...

London [UK], October 18: The number of people diagnosed with cancer in the UK has jumped 5% in a year,...

Biden to talk to Netanyahu on return of hostages, ending war

Biden to talk to Netanyahu on return of...

Washington [US], October 18: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death marks a...

Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar killed in Gaza, says Israel

Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar killed in Gaza, says...

Jerusalem [Israel], October 18: Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar, the military said on Thursday. Troops...

US defence chief urges Israel to safeguard UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

US defence chief urges Israel to safeguard UN...

Washington [US], October 18: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday called on Israel to protect UN peacekeeping troops...

Afghanistan probes report of dozens killed on border with Iran

Afghanistan probes report of dozens killed on border...

Tehran [Iran] /Islamabad [Pakistan], October 18: The Taliban government in Kabul is demanding clarification after an unconfirmed report said that...