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Dozens arrested after clashes at Melbourne anti-war protest

Dozens arrested after clashes at Melbourne anti-war protest

Melbourne [Australia], September 12: Dozens of people have been arrested after clashing with police at an anti-war demonstration in Melbourne,...

Nigeria floods affect 1 million people after collapse of dam

Nigeria floods affect 1 million people after collapse...

Abuja [Nigeria], September 12: The collapse of a dam in northeast Nigeria has caused severe flooding, destroying thousands of homes...

Israeli air attack on Gaza shelter kills 14

Israeli air attack on Gaza shelter kills 14

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 12: At least 14 people - including women and children - have been killed in an...

Passengers stranded at Kenya airport

Passengers stranded at Kenya airport

Nairobi [Kenya], September 12: Hundreds of staff at Kenya's main airport have gone on strike over a planned buyout by...

Ms. Harris scores points after 'boxing match' with Mr. Trump

Ms. Harris scores points after 'boxing match' with...

Washington [US], September 12: US Vice President Kamala Harris is considered to have performed better than former President Donald Trump...

Palestine given historic rights at UN

Palestine given historic rights at UN

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 12: The Palestinian delegation on September 10 won a seat at the UN General Assembly, a...

US sentences former CIA officer for sending 'secret defense information' to China

US sentences former CIA officer for sending 'secret...

Washington [US], September 12: The US Department of Justice on September 11 announced the sentence for a former Central Intelligence...

North Korea just launched multiple ballistic missiles?

North Korea just launched multiple ballistic missiles?

Pyongyang [North Korea], September 12: The South Korean military has confirmed that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) today,...

US Secretary of State: Ukraine joining NATO is irreversible

US Secretary of State: Ukraine joining NATO is...

Washington [US], September 12: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Ukraine's path to NATO membership is irreversible but...

Invitation to a high-class banquet for China

Invitation to a high-class banquet for China

Beijing [China], September 12: Just as Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited, Saudi Arabia announced its intention to use the yuan...

Hamas agrees to US ceasefire proposal

Hamas agrees to US ceasefire proposal

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 12: Hamas said it was ready to implement an immediate ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza...

Australia to send Vietnam help after deadly typhoon

Australia to send Vietnam help after deadly typhoon

Sydney [Australia], September 12: Australia will give Vietnam $3 million for humanitarian relief after a deadly typhoon killed more than...

US election officials query postal ballot delivery plan

US election officials query postal ballot delivery plan

Washington [US], September 12: A group of about three dozen US state and local election officials have raised serious concerns...

Russia says Ukrainian troops being pushed back in Kursk

Russia says Ukrainian troops being pushed back in...

Moscow [Russia], September 12: Russian forces have begun a significant counter-offensive against Ukrainian troops who smashed their way into western...

Humanitarian operations getting ever more difficult to carry out in Gaza: WFP

Humanitarian operations getting ever more difficult to carry...

New York [US], September 12: Corinne Fleischer, WFP Director for Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, has briefed reporters...

Nigeria floods kill at least 30 people, displace some 400,000

Nigeria floods kill at least 30 people, displace...

Abuja [Nigeria], September 12: Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and...

UAE urgently evacuates 252 patients, family members from Gaza

UAE urgently evacuates 252 patients, family members from...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 12: The United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with the World Health Organisation, conducted an urgent humanitarian...

SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn mission

SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn mission

New York [US], September 11: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn space mission launched successfully on Tuesday, with the four astronauts on board...

Hundreds of UK prisoners freed early amid jail overcrowding crisis

Hundreds of UK prisoners freed early amid jail...

London [UK], September 11: Hundreds of UK prisoners are being freed early to cut overcrowding in jails, as a watchdog...

Nearly 200 environmental advocates killed worldwide in 2023, says NGO

Nearly 200 environmental advocates killed worldwide in 2023,...

London [UK], September 11: Nearly 200 environmental advocates were killed around the world in 2023, according to a report released...

Firefighter 'who wanted to be hero' arrested over deadly Chile blaze

Firefighter 'who wanted to be hero' arrested over...

Santiago [Chile], September 11: Police in Chile have arrested a former firefighter on suspicion of contributing to a deadly forest...

Israel says US-Turkish activist killed in West Bank 'hit unintentionally'

Israel says US-Turkish activist killed in West Bank...

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 11: The Israeli military said on Tuesday it was "highly likely" that US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi...

26 drown as migrant boat sinks off coast of Senegal

26 drown as migrant boat sinks off coast...

Dakar [Senegal], September 11: At least 26 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants went down off the coast of...

Severe forest fires in the US and Brazil

Severe forest fires in the US and Brazil

Washington [US], September 11: AFP news agency quoted US officials on September 9 as saying that many serious fires had...

What does the US say about participating in the same exercise with China?

What does the US say about participating in...

Beijing [China], September 11: Chinese soldiers will take part in Brazil's annual military exercises this week, which also involve US...

US issues new demands to Israel after US citizen shot dead

US issues new demands to Israel after US...

Washington [US], September 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on September 10 asked Israel to make "fundamental changes" in...

Mob storms Mexican Senate as lawmakers meet

Mob storms Mexican Senate as lawmakers meet

Mexico City [Mexico], September 11: Crowds of protesters stormed Mexico's Senate on September 10, forcing lawmakers to postpone debate on...