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Sudan's Burhan warns against signs of split in ex-ruling party

Sudan's Burhan warns against signs of split in...

Khartoum [Sudan], November 20: Armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan criticised factional strife within its former ruling party as risky...

Reputed head of crime family campaigns for seat in Irish parliament

Reputed head of crime family campaigns for seat...

Dublin [Ireland], November 20: Gerard Hutch, named in a court case last year as head of a well-known crime family...

EU nations team up to develop air defence, other weapons

EU nations team up to develop air defence,...

Brussels [Belgium], November 20: Groups of European countries agreed to work together to develop missile defence, electronic warfare and other...

French farmers continue protests as union threatens food supply

French farmers continue protests as union threatens food...

Paris [France], November 20: French farmers held a second day of protests over EU-Mercosur trade talks.

US envoy says 'opportunity' exists to reach Israel-Hezbollah deal

US envoy says 'opportunity' exists to reach Israel-Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 20: US Middle East mediator Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Tuesday in hopes of finalizing a...

Moscow says Ukraine fired six US-made long-range missiles into Russia

Moscow says Ukraine fired six US-made long-range missiles...

Moscow [Russia]/Kiev [Ukraine], November 20: Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine fired six US-made ATACMS missiles at a target in...

G20 leaders call for comprehensive ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon

G20 leaders call for comprehensive ceasefires in Gaza...

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], November 20: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have called for "comprehensive" ceasefires in...

Thousands flock to New Zealand capital in huge Maori protests

Thousands flock to New Zealand capital in huge...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 20: More than 40,000 people have protested outside New Zealand's parliament against a controversial bill seeking...

Forty-five pro-democracy activists sentenced by Hong Kong court

Forty-five pro-democracy activists sentenced by Hong Kong court

Hong Kong, November 20: A court in Hong Kong on Tuesday sentenced 45 democracy activists to prison terms of up...

Lithuanian president nominates Gintautas Paluckas as prime minister

Lithuanian president nominates Gintautas Paluckas as prime minister

Riga [Latvia], November 20: Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda nominated Gintautas Paluckas as prime minister of the Baltic EU and NATO...

Wildfires burned nearly 500,000 hectares in EU in 2023: Report

Wildfires burned nearly 500,000 hectares in EU in...

Brussels [Belgium], November 20: Last year was one of the worst years for wildfires in the European Union, according to...

Thousands protesting New Zealand's Indigenous bill set to march to parliament

Thousands protesting New Zealand's Indigenous bill set to...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 19: A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters across New Zealand has culminated in Wellington...

Biden pledges record $4 billion to World Bank for poorest countries

Biden pledges record $4 billion to World Bank...

New York [US], November 19: U.S. President Joe Biden pledged a $4 billion U.S. contribution.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits embattled frontline town

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits embattled frontline town

Kiev [Ukraine], November 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he visited the "intense" eastern frontline town of Pokrovsk, where Russia...

Poland's opposition to lose funds after electoral commission ruling

Poland's opposition to lose funds after electoral commission...

Warsaw [Poland], November 19: Poland's largest opposition party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS), is set to lose millions in...

South Korea 'strongly confident' US alliance will thrive under Trump

South Korea 'strongly confident' US alliance will thrive...

Seoul [South Korea], November 19: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said he is "strongly confident" the South Korea-U.S. alliance...

Hezbollah media head killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Hezbollah media head killed in Israeli strike on...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 19: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah confirmed its media relations chief Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli...

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough...

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 19: Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in...

Tropical Depression Sara drenches Honduras, at least one dead

Tropical Depression Sara drenches Honduras, at least one...

New York [US], November 19: Slow-moving Tropical Depression Sara unleashed major rainfall over Honduras this weekend.

Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan ceasefire move

Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan...

Geneva [Switzerland], November 19: In a move strongly condemned by the UK and US, Russia has vetoed a draft UK-backed...

Brazilian President Lula unveils anti-poverty, hunger alliance at G20

Brazilian President Lula unveils anti-poverty, hunger alliance at...

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 19: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has opened the Group of 20 Summit...

Israeli forces kill 76 people in a day in Gaza attacks

Israeli forces kill 76 people in a day...

Gaza [Palestine], November 19: Gaza's Health Ministry said Israeli attacks killed 76 Palestinians and wounded 158 in the latest 24-hour...

Australian senator Lidia Thorpe censured for heckling King Charles during visit

Australian senator Lidia Thorpe censured for heckling King...

Canberra [Australia], November 19: Australian lawmakers have voted to censure an Aboriginal senator who heckled King Charles during his visit...

US steps up Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire efforts

US steps up Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire efforts

Washington [US]/Beirut [Lebanon], November 19: Efforts for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified, with a US envoy expected...

Russian official warns of 'major escalation' over long-range missiles

Russian official warns of 'major escalation' over long-range...

Moscow [Russia], November 19: A top foreign affairs official in Russia has warned of an escalation in the Ukraine war...

Death toll rises to 15 in Serbian train station roof collapse

Death toll rises to 15 in Serbian train...

Belgrade [Serbia], November 19: A woman who was severely injured in the collapse of a train station roof in the...

Thousands protest in Slovakia against PMFico's govt

Thousands protest in Slovakia against PMFico's govt

Bratislava [Slovakia], November 19: Thousands of people in Slovakia took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the government...