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At least 8 dead, more than 685,000 displaced in Philippines storm

At least 8 dead, more than 685,000 displaced...

Manila [Philippines], November 19: At least 8 people were killed in the Philippines due to typhoon Man-Yi, the sixth major...

EU sanctions Iran again for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles

EU sanctions Iran again for supplying Russia with...

Brussels [Belgium], November 19: EU foreign ministers have agreed to impose new sanctions on Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to...

Top EU diplomat aims to pressure Israeli govt for Gaza ceasefire

Top EU diplomat aims to pressure Israeli govt...

Brussels [Belgium]/Gaza [Palestine], November 19: Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday he wants to "put pressure on the...

Hostage relatives demonstrate at Israeli PM's home

Hostage relatives demonstrate at Israeli PM's home

Jerusalem [Israel], November 19: Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip demonstrated in front of the Jerusalem...

Sudanese army says 150 paramilitary fighters killed in W. Sudan

Sudanese army says 150 paramilitary fighters killed in...

Khartoum [Sudan], November 18: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said on Sunday that 150 fighters of the paramilitary Rapid Support...

Yemen's Houthis claim fresh drone attack on Israel

Yemen's Houthis claim fresh drone attack on Israel

Sana'a [Yemen], November 18: Yemen's Houthi group announced on Sunday it had launched a fresh drone attack on Israel.

Netanyahu aide accused of leaking classified documents to undermine hostage deal

Netanyahu aide accused of leaking classified documents to...

Jerusalem [Israel], November 18: An aide to Israel's prime minister is suspected of leaking classified documents to a European newspaper...

Türkiye blocks Israeli president's flight to COP29 in Azerbaijan

Türkiye blocks Israeli president's flight to COP29 in...

Ankara [Türkiye], November 18: Türkiye has denied Israeli President Isaac Herzog's airplane access to Turkish airspace on his way to...

Gabon approves new constitution in referendum

Gabon approves new constitution in referendum

Libreville [Gabon], November 18: Gabonese voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new constitution, authorities said Sunday.

Storm hits E. Australia, causing property damage, flights cancellation

Storm hits E. Australia, causing property damage, flights...

Sydney [Australia], November 18: A damaging storm swept across Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) Sunday night,...

China's second mass attack in a week spurs soul-searching

China's second mass attack in a week spurs...

Zhuhai [China], November 18: A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China.

Biden announces major climate initiatives, promises additional $50 million to Amazon Fund

Biden announces major climate initiatives, promises additional $50...

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], November 18: United States President Joe Biden announced major climate initiatives on Sunday in a bid...

Kim Jong-un orders 'unlimited' nuclear power boost

Kim Jong-un orders 'unlimited' nuclear power boost

Pyongyang [North Korea], November 18: The Korean Central News Agency on November 18 quoted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as...

Bangladesh deaths from dengue cross 400 as outbreak worsens

Bangladesh deaths from dengue cross 400 as outbreak...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 18: Bangladesh is battling its worst outbreak of dengue in years.

Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia

Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to...

New York [US], November 18: President Joe Biden's administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into...

Around 1,500 killed in Bangladesh protests that ousted PM Hasina

Around 1,500 killed in Bangladesh protests that ousted...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 18: About 1,500 people died in protests that brought down Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this year.

Australia to cash in on global green energy shortfalls

Australia to cash in on global green energy...

Canberra [Australia], November 18: Australia could cash in on the enormous export opportunity created by clean energy shortfalls in countries...

Chinese leader Xi tells Biden he's 'ready to work' with Trump

Chinese leader Xi tells Biden he's 'ready to...

New York [US], November 18: Chinese President Xi Jinping has held his final meeting with his outgoing counterpart in the...

Hezbollah spokesman killed

Hezbollah spokesman killed

Beirut [Lebanon], November 18: An Israeli strike targeting a building in central Beirut has killed Hezbollah's spokesman Mohammad Afif, according...

NATO allies criticize German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's telephone call with Putin

NATO allies criticize German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's telephone...

Berlin [Germany], November 18: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday came under fire from NATO allies for his phone call...

Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid in massive attacks

Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid in massive attacks

Kiev [Ukraine], November 18: There were blackouts in parts of Ukraine on Sunday after the Russian military launched a massive...

Senegal holds snap election as President Faye eyes majority

Senegal holds snap election as President Faye eyes...

Dakar [Senegal], November 18: Polls have opened in Senegal's parliamentary elections as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye aims for a resounding...

Taliban seeks international aid for Afghanistan's reconstruction

Taliban seeks international aid for Afghanistan's reconstruction

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18: A senior Taliban diplomat urged the international community to aid Afghanistan's recovery during a meeting in...

Israeli air force renews strikes on Beirut, residential areas hit

Israeli air force renews strikes on Beirut, residential...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 18: Israeli combat jets once again struck targets in Beirut, including a residential area just a few...

Afghan security forces seize 188 kg illicit drugs

Afghan security forces seize 188 kg illicit drugs

Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 17: Afghan security forces have seized 188 kg of drugs used in manufacturing heroin in southern Kandahar...

S. Korea's foreign currency deposit falls in October

S. Korea's foreign currency deposit falls in October

Seoul [South Korea], November 17: South Korea's foreign currency deposit fell for the first time in five months in October...

Allies pledge further support ahead of 1,000th day of war in Ukraine

Allies pledge further support ahead of 1,000th day...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 17: Ukraine's allies on Saturday rallied around the war-torn country, pledging further support as it approaches its...