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President-elect Trump lining up Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem for top jobs

President-elect Trump lining up Marco Rubio and Kristi...

Washington [US], November 13: Two Florida lawmakers known for their tough stances towards China are in the running for senior...

Germany set for early elections on Feb 23 after coalition falls

Germany set for early elections on Feb 23...

Berlin [Germany], November 13: Germany is set to head to the polls on February 23 following the collapse of Chancellor...

Opposition alliance wins all 60 seats as Mauritius govt suffers electoral wipeout

Opposition alliance wins all 60 seats as Mauritius...

Port Louis [Mauritius], November 13: The opposition Alliance of Change in Mauritius has won all 60 seats up for grabs...

At least 35 killed after car ploughs into crowd in China

At least 35 killed after car ploughs into...

Beijing [China], November 13: At least 35 people have been killed and 43 more injured after a man drove into...

North Korea signs off on military cooperation treaty with Russia

North Korea signs off on military cooperation treaty...

Seoul [South Korea], November 13: North Korea has signed off a treaty with Russia calling for a "comprehensive strategic partnership,"...

New Zealand government apologizes to survivors of abuse in state care

New Zealand government apologizes to survivors of abuse...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 13: The New Zealand government on Tuesday formally apologized to those who were abused in the...

Pakistan introduces new smog measures

Pakistan introduces new smog measures

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 13: Pakistani has introduced new measures to control toxic smog after a United Nations' warning that more...

Spain faces more rain as search continues for 23 missing after floods

Spain faces more rain as search continues for...

Madrid [Spain], November 13: Spain's national weather service issued renewed storm warnings for much of the country for Tuesday to...

Anti-corruption rally held against Serbian govt after accident

Anti-corruption rally held against Serbian govt after accident

Belgrade [Serbia], November 13: Thousands of people took to the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday evening, media...

International Criminal Court prosecutor under investigation

International Criminal Court prosecutor under investigation

Hague [Netherlands], November 12: ICC National Council of State Parties chair Paivi Kaukoranta said an external investigation into Mr Khan...

Global Summit of Religious Leaders concludes in Baku

Global Summit of Religious Leaders concludes in Baku

Baku [Azerbaijan], November 12: The Global Summit of Religious Leaders concluded today as part of the 29th session of the...

Scientists uncover a misunderstanding about Uranus

Scientists uncover a misunderstanding about Uranus

New York [US], November 12: In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the...

Finland dismisses 'Finlandisation' model for Ukraine

Finland dismisses 'Finlandisation' model for Ukraine

Helsinki [Finland], November 12: Forcing neutrality onto Ukraine will not bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis with Russia,...

Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote

Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote

Tokyo [Japan], November 12: Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader.

Church of England leader Welby urged to quit over abuse

Church of England leader Welby urged to quit...

London [UK], November 12: Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, faced mounting...

North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

Pyongyang [North Korea], November 12: North Korea has ratified a mutual defence treaty with Russia signed by the two countries'...

Pacific nations don't want 'boomerang aid' for climate

Pacific nations don't want 'boomerang aid' for climate

Sydney [Australia], November 12: Facing physical and ecological threats, Pacific Island experts are demanding their experience and history is better...

Ukraine rushes to reinforce east amid Russian advances

Ukraine rushes to reinforce east amid Russian advances

Kiev [Ukraine], November 12: Ukraine says its hard-pressed military is battling 50,000 troops inside Russia's Kursk region while also scrambling...

Haiti to replace prime minister as security crisis mounts

Haiti to replace prime minister as security crisis...

New York [US], November 12: Haiti will name entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aime to replace Prime Minister...

Trump announces immigration hardliner Thomas D Homan as 'border czar'

Trump announces immigration hardliner Thomas D Homan as...

Washington [US], November 12: US president-elect Donald Trump has named immigration hardliner Thomas D Homan as his administration's "border czar"...

Putin, Trump did not speak, says Kremlin

Putin, Trump did not speak, says Kremlin

Moscow [Russia], November 12: US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not speak on the phone last...

Schools reopen in Spain's Valencia region; 32 still missing

Schools reopen in Spain's Valencia region; 32 still...

Madrid [Spain], November 12: Parts of Spain's Valencia region that were hit by heavy downpours and severe flooding almost two...

Ukraine's military experts warn of catastrophe in Kurakhove

Ukraine's military experts warn of catastrophe in Kurakhove

Kiev [Ukraine], November 12: In light of the intense Russian attacks near Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, a catastrophe threatens the...

Macron and Starmer vow 'unwavering' Ukraine support

Macron and Starmer vow 'unwavering' Ukraine support

Paris [France], November 12: France and the UK will support Ukraine for as long as necessary "to thwart Russia's war...

Pakistan's record smog forces people home

Pakistan's record smog forces people home

Lahore [Pakistan], November 12: On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes,...

Mauritius PM concedes defeat in parliamentary election

Mauritius PM concedes defeat in parliamentary election

Port Louis [Mauritius], November 12: Pravind Jugnauth, the incumbent prime minister of Mauritius, has conceded defeat in the parliamentary election,...

UN condemns mass arrests and violence against Palestinians in West Bank

UN condemns mass arrests and violence against Palestinians...

Geneva [Switzerland], November 12: The UN Human Rights Office has condemned Israeli forces' mass arrests, ill-treatment and "gratuitous humiliation of...