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US federal government shuts down amid funding standstill
Washington DC [US], October 2: The US federal government has officially entered a shutdown as Democratic and Republican lawmakers have...
IAEA warns of nuclear risk as Zaporizhzhya turns...
Vienna [Austria], October 2: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed concern on Wednesday over the prolonged power outage at...
69 killed as strong quake rocks central Philippines
Manila [Philippines], October 2: At least 69 people were killed in a strong earthquake that rocked the central Philippines, toppling...
Swiss glaciers suffer fourth-largest shrinkage since 1950
Geneva [Switzerland], October 2: The reduction in the size of Swiss glaciers continued unabated this year, as a glacier monitoring...
EU leaders urge use of frozen Russian assets...
Copenhagen [Denmark], October 2: European Union officials on Wednesday urged capitals to back a push to lend Kiev billions of...
One dead in Java school collapse as dozens...
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 2: Rescuers in Indonesia pulled one person alive and recovered a body from the rubble of a...
Afghanistan restores internet, telecom services after shutdown
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 2: Internet and telecommunications services have resumed in Afghanistan after a nearly 48-hour nationwide shutdown, local media...
Global Sumud Flotilla intercepted by Israeli navy
Gaza [Palestine], October 2: The Israeli Foreign Ministry released a video purportedly showing an Israeli navy officer telling the Global...
Kabul families struggle as water shortages worsen
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30: Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through...
Trump, Netanyahu Back Gaza Deal; Hamas Support Unclear
New York [US], September 30: President Donald Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's backing on Monday for a U.S.-sponsored...
Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises...
New York [US], September 30: Leaders of developing countries threatened by climate change told rich nations at the United Nations...
TikTok faces $900,000 penalty in Indonesia for late...
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 30: TikTok has been fined 15 billion rupiah ($900,000) for the late reporting of its acquisition of...
Trump administration lifts Biden-era gun export restrictions
New York [US], September 30: The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded Biden-era restrictions on civilian firearms...
Trump meets Netanyahu for pivotal talks on Gaza...
New York [US], September 30: U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for pivotal talks on Monday...
Trump says US to impose 100% tariff on...
New York [US], September 30: President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all films...
One dead and 12 missing as Typhoon Bualoi...
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 30: Typhoon Bualoi made landfall in northern central Vietnam in the early hours of Monday, damaging houses...
Shooter kills at least four, wounds eight at...
New York [US], September 30: A man who crashed his vehicle through the front doors of a Mormon church in...
Pentagon calls up 200 National Guard troops after...
New York [US], September 30: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered 200 Oregon National Guard troops to be deployed under...
Trump considering supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles: Vance
Moscow [Russia], September 30: The US is considering a request by Ukraine for long-range Tomahawk missiles, US Vice-President JD Vance...
Migrants attempt longer Channel crossing after recent deaths
Calais [France], September 30: A group of migrants set off across the English Channel via an unusual route, after three...
Poland's Tusk warns of generational consequences if Ukraine...
Warsaw [Poland], September 30: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged Western unity in the face of Russia's war against...
Moldova's pro-EU election win sparks relief from Brussels...
Chișinău [Moldova], September 30: Moldova's pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), led by President Maia Sandu, handily beat the...
Air France and Airbus back on trial over...
Paris [France], September 30: More than 16 years after the crash of an Air France jet between Rio de Janeiro...
Putin aims to draft 135,000 men for military...
Moscow [Russia], September 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering the conscription of 135,000 men for military...
Israel bombs residential towers, hospitals amid Gaza onslaught
Gaza City [Gaza], September 30: Israel has been pounding Gaza's largest medical complex, levelling whole blocks and sending terrified patients...
Nationwide fibre optic internet disruption reported in Afghanistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 30: Afghanistan's fibre optic internet has been shut down across the country, local media reported on Monday,...
Iran takes first steps to exit Nuclear Non-Proliferation...
Tehran [Iran], September 30: The Iranian parliament is preparing legislation that could see the country withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation...






