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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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tehran [Iran] /Islamabad [Pakistan], October 18: The Taliban government in Kabul is demanding clarification after an unconfirmed report said that...
US attacks five Houthi weapons depots
Washington [US], October 18: The United States military has bombed a series of targets in areas of Yemen controlled by...
Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced families' kills...
Gaza [Palestine], October 18: At least 28 Palestinians, including children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on yet another...
No Gaza ceasefire talks for last 3 to...
Doha [Qatar], October 17: Qatar's prime minister said on Wednesday that there had been no conversations or engagement with any...
Mexico ex-drug czar to be sentenced over bribes...
Mexico, October 17: Genaro Garcia Luna, who for several years led Mexico's fight against the country's violent drug trade, is...
US says Israel must show no Gaza 'policy...
New York [US], October 17: The United States is watching to ensure that Israel's actions on the ground show that...
NATO to make fresh push for common arms...
Brussels [Belgium], October 17: NATO will make a fresh push for common munitions standards, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said, aiming to...
Brazil will not return to daylight saving time...
BrasÃlia [Brazil], October 17: The Brazilian government has decided against returning to daylight saving time this summer, a senior official...
NATO chief reacts cautiously to Ukraine 'victory plan'
Brussels [Belgium], October 17: NATO chief Mark Rutte says a "victory plan" presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksiy is a...
Assisted dying bill would have 'clear criteria,' says...
London [UK], October 17: A potential assisted dying law for England and Wales would have "clear criteria, safeguards and protections,"...
Zelensky reveals 'victory plan' urging NATO invitation
Kiev [Ukraine], October 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday demanded an immediate invitation for his country to join NATO,...
Nigeria: 94 die after fuel tanker explosion
Lagos [Nigeria], October 17: At least 94 people have been killed following the explosion of a petrol tanker in Nigeria,...
Four killed as boat carrying migrants capsizes off...
Athens [Greece], October 17: Four migrants including two children were killed in a boat accident north-east of the Greek island...
WHO urges Israel to allow aid access to...
Geneva [Switzerland], October 17: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged Israel to grant access to northern Gaza, where...