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Over 100,000 displaced due to rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka

Over 100,000 displaced due to rain-related disasters in...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 13: Over 100,000 people have been displaced in 12 districts in Sri Lanka due to rain-related...

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond dies at 69

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond dies at...

Edinburgh [Scotland], October 13: Former Scotland first minister and current Alba Party leader Alex Salmond has died aged 69.

Area larger than Belarus burned by fires in Brazil so far this year

Area larger than Belarus burned by fires in...

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], October 13: An area comparable to size of Belarus burned in Brazil between January and September...

Comet last seen by Neanderthals could be visible over the weekend

Comet last seen by Neanderthals could be visible...

London [UK], October 13: A comet that was last visible from Earth when Neanderthals were alive could be spotted with...

Russian army controls half of city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine

Russian army controls half of city of Toretsk...

Kiev [Ukraine], October 13: The Russian army has brought more than half of the long-contested city of Toretsk in eastern...

Borrell urges Israel to let UNRWA operate

Borrell urges Israel to let UNRWA operate

Brussels [Belgium], October 13: EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has called on Israel to ensure that the UN agency...

Rocket sirens wail in Israel as Hezbollah launches Yom Kippur attacks

Rocket sirens wail in Israel as Hezbollah launches...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 13: Rocket alarm sirens sounded in areas of Israel on Saturday as Hezbollah militants in Lebanon...

US imposes new sanctions on Iran for missile attack

US imposes new sanctions on Iran for missile...

Washington [US], October 13: The US government hasannounced new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's attack on Israel on...

UN warns of 'catastrophic' conflict

UN warns of 'catastrophic' conflict

Beirut [Lebanon], October 13: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned Saturday against a "catastrophic" regional conflict as Zionist entity forces battled...

Trump demonizes migrants in a dark, misleading speech

Trump demonizes migrants in a dark, misleading speech

Aurora [US], October 13: Donald Trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a country "occupied" by hordes of criminal foreigners in...

Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Trump

Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Trump

Washington [US], October 13: Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, released a letter from her doctor.

Chinese premier in Hanoi agrees to boost ties with Vietnam

Chinese premier in Hanoi agrees to boost ties...

Hanoi [Vietnam], October 13: Vietnam and China agreed on Saturday to boost defence and security cooperation, the Vietnamese government said,...

Florida residents hit by Milton and Helene vow to rebuild

Florida residents hit by Milton and Helene vow...

Florida [US], October 13: Chris Fiore was supposed to be accepting delivery of new household appliances and furniture, replacing items...

Pope urged at LGBT meeting to reverse church ban

Pope urged at LGBT meeting to reverse church...

Vatican City [Vatican], October 13: Pope Francis faced calls to overturn the Catholic Church's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender...

Sharjah Learning Disabilities Conference launches its 4th edition

Sharjah Learning Disabilities Conference launches its 4th edition

Sharjah [UAE], October 13: Sharjah Center for Learning Disabilities (SCLD) officially inaugurated on Saturday the fourth edition of its Learning...

149th IPU Assembly to focus on AI, science, technology, adopt IPU Charter on ethics of science, technology

149th IPU Assembly to focus on AI, science,...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 13: Hundreds of parliamentarians from around the world will gather in Geneva for the 149th IPU Assembly,...

WWII bomb defused in Hamburg's nightlife district

WWII bomb defused in Hamburg's nightlife district

Hamburg [Germany], October 13: Several thousand people were forced to leave their homes in Hamburg's trendy Sternschanze district after the...

Germany announces new military aid to Ukraine

Germany announces new military aid to Ukraine

Berlin [Germany], October 12: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday announced that Germany, together with Belgium, Denmark, and Norway, would...

Russia lodges protest over upcoming Japan-U.S. military drills

Russia lodges protest over upcoming Japan-U.S. military drills

Moscow [Russia], October Russia lodged a strong protest with Japan over its military drill plans with the United States near...

Tesla's robotaxi event disappoints investors: WSJ

Tesla's robotaxi event disappoints investors: WSJ

New York [US], October 12: Shares in Tesla fell roughly 8 percent in morning trading on Friday following an event...

JPMorgan Chase posts expectation-beating Q3 earnings

JPMorgan Chase posts expectation-beating Q3 earnings

New York [US], October 12: JPMorgan Chase shares jumped 4.44 percent on Friday after the bank reported third-quarter earnings that...

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran over missile attack against Israel

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran over missile attack...

Washington [US], October 12: The United States announced Friday sanctions targeting Iran's energy trade in light of the Oct. 1...

US rushes to overcome consequences of Hurricane Milton

US rushes to overcome consequences of Hurricane Milton

Washington [US], October 12: At least 16 people have died and 2.5 million people are still without power in the...

US Election: The Situation Turns in Pennsylvania

US Election: The Situation Turns in Pennsylvania

Washington [US], October 12: Pennsylvania has become a hot spot in the 2024 US presidential election, after signs that Republican...

Hurricane Milton kills 17, causes $50 billion in damage

Hurricane Milton kills 17, causes $50 billion in...

Florida [US], October 12: Hurricane Milton killed at least 17 people and caused an estimated $50 billion in damage.

Trump announces 'Operation Aurora' against immigrants

Trump announces 'Operation Aurora' against immigrants

Washington [US], October 12: Former US President Donald Trump on October 11 continued to make tough statements about his commitment...

New discovery about 100-year mystery on Mount Everest

New discovery about 100-year mystery on Mount Everest

London [UK], October 12: The remains, shoes and socks of a man who went missing while climbing Mount Everest a...