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Austrian far-right leader criticises president over coalition talks

Austrian far-right leader criticises president over coalition talks

Vienna [Austria], October 15: The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party criticised President Alexander Van der Bellen's handling of coalition...

World Health Organization receives $1 billion in pledges for next budget

World Health Organization receives $1 billion in pledges...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 15: The World Health Organization said it received pledges worth $700 million for its 2025-2028 budget at...

Ex-Stasi officer sentenced to 10 years in jail

Ex-Stasi officer sentenced to 10 years in jail

Berlin [Germany], October 15: A former officer for Communist East Germany's Stasi secret police was sentenced to 10 years in...

Nobel economics prize goes to inequality researchers

Nobel economics prize goes to inequality researchers

New York [US], October 15: Three U.S.-based academics won the 2024 Nobel economics prize for research that explored the aftermath...

Pakistan ups security in Islamabad for regional summit

Pakistan ups security in Islamabad for regional summit

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15: Heightened security measures were in place in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday as heads of...

Israeli attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four, ignites fire

Israeli attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills...

Gaza [Palestine], October 15: At least four people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli air...

EU sanctions 3 Iranian airlines after missiles supplied to Russia

EU sanctions 3 Iranian airlines after missiles supplied...

Luxembourg, October 15: The European Union sanctioned three Iranian airlines - Saha Airlines, Mahan Air and Iran Air - on...

Mpox spreads to Zambia and Ghana, with 16 countries now affected

Mpox spreads to Zambia and Ghana, with 16...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 15: Two more African countries have reported cases of mpox over the past six weeks, bringing the...

Novichok bottle had enough poison to kill thousands, UK inquiry told

Novichok bottle had enough poison to kill thousands,...

London [UK], October 15: An inquiry into poisonings with the nerve agent novichok in Britain in 2018 will look at...

NATO begins nuclear deterrence exercise as Moscow cries foul

NATO begins nuclear deterrence exercise as Moscow cries...

Brussels [Belgium], October 15: NATO began its annual nuclear exercise on Monday, with around 2,000 military personnel from eight air...

Body parts of missing 62-year-old man found in German freezer

Body parts of missing 62-year-old man found in...

Dortmund [Germany], October 15: The dismembered body of a 62-year-old man missing for nearly a year have been found in...

German intelligence: Russian sabotage almost caused plane crash

German intelligence: Russian sabotage almost caused plane crash

Berlin [Germany], October 15: An act of sabotage believed to be linked to Russia came close to causing a plane...

Police say armed man stopped at checkpoint near Trump rally

Police say armed man stopped at checkpoint near...

Washington [US], October 15: US authorities on Sunday said that an armed man was stopped at a police checkpoint near...

Hezbollah threatens Israel with more attacks after IDF members killed

Hezbollah threatens Israel with more attacks after IDF...

Tel Aviv [Israel]/ Beirut [Lebanon], October 15: Four Israeli soldiers were killed and seven were severely injured when a rocket...

EU foreign ministers in a 'confetti' of positions over Middle East

EU foreign ministers in a 'confetti' of positions...

Luxembourg, October 15: EU foreign ministers could not conceal their divisions over the conflict spiralling in the Middle East between...

Biden surveys Milton storm damage in Florida

Biden surveys Milton storm damage in Florida

Florida [US], October 14: US President Joe Biden arrived in Florida on Sunday to survey damage from Hurricane Milton, the...

Iraq walks fine line to avoid a regional war

Iraq walks fine line to avoid a regional...

Baghdad [Iraq], October 14: The Iraqi government is struggling to rein in powerful pro-Iran factions that risk pulling Iraq into...

Blocked the third assassination attempt on Trump?

Blocked the third assassination attempt on Trump?

Nevada [US], October 14: A man arrested at a security checkpoint near former US President Donald Trump's campaign rally in...

ISW: Rumors spread that Ukrainian F-16 shot down Russian Su-34, truth unknown

ISW: Rumors spread that Ukrainian F-16 shot down...

New York [US], October 14: The Institute for the Study of War (ISW, USA) said that ISW could not verify...

Children's lives in Middle East devastated by ongoing conflicts: UNICEF

Children's lives in Middle East devastated by ongoing...

New York [US], October 14: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) affirmed today that the lives of children in the...

Trump says he recently spoke with Israel Prime Minister

Trump says he recently spoke with Israel Prime...

Washington [US], October 14: Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential candidate, said he spoke with Israeli...

Columbus holiday in Latin America revives centuries-old historical debate

Columbus holiday in Latin America revives centuries-old historical...

Washington [US], October 14: An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilization to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across...

Iceland PM announces end of governing coalition

Iceland PM announces end of governing coalition

Reykjavík [Iceland], October 14: Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson announced the end of the country's governing coalition and called for...

Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases of unspecified variant

Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases of unspecified...

Harare [Zimbabwe], October 14: Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said, without specifying which...

Thousands march in Spain to demand affordable housing

Thousands march in Spain to demand affordable housing

Madrid [Spain], October 14: Thousands protested on Sunday in Madrid to demand more affordable housing amid rising anger from Spaniards...

Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip

Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern...

Gaza [Palestine], October 14: Israeli forces widened their raid into northern Gaza.

US to deploy THAAD missile defence system in Israel

US to deploy THAAD missile defence system in...

Virginia [US], October 14: The United States (US) is sending its advanced anti-missile system -- Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD)...