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Instagram teenage accounts private amid safety concerns
Washington [US], September 18: Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer...

Europe's new energy commissioner takes on housing as...
Washington [US], September 18: The European Union's newly announced Energy Commissioner will for the first time have the task of...

EU chief seeks funding boost to help bloc...
Washington [US], September 18: The European Commission wants to set up a fund to support strategic sectors, a document showed.

Vietnam braces for another storm as death toll...
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 18: Vietnam is preparing for more flooding with a tropical depression forecast to strengthen into a storm...

Storm Boris toll rises to 22 in central...
Europe, September 18: The death toll in the extreme weather and flooding let loose by Storm Boris in central Europe...

Israel stops giving visas to heads, staff of...
Ramallah [Palestine], September 18: The Israeli Authorities have stopped giving visas to heads and staff of the international NGO community,...

Ministry of Interior hosts GCC Strategy for Combating...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 18: The UAE Ministry of Interior is hosting the GCC Strategy for Combating Drugs (2025-2028) workshop....

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala seeks 2nd term as WTO chief
Geneva [Switzerland], September 17: World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will seek another four-year term as chief of the...

At least 15 die due to forest fires...
Lima [Peru], September 17: At least 15 people were killed in Peru due to the serious forest fires occurring...

Typhoon Bebinca batters Shanghai in strongest storm in...
Beijing [China], September 17: Typhoon Bebinca slammed into Shanghai on Monday, causing severe disruptions across the city with heavy rain...

UN slams Russia over state-sponsored human rights violations,...
Geneva [Switzerland], September 17: Human rights are increasingly being disregarded in Russia, according to a UN report published on Monday.

Sweden to lead NATO presence in Finland
Stockholm [Sweden], September 17: NATO is working on establishing a military presence in northern Finland, where Sweden could take on...

Man suspected in attempt on Trump's life charged...
West Palm Beach [US], September 17: A man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump was...

Russia evacuates villages in Kursk
Moscow [Russia], September 17: Russia ordered the evacuation of villages close to the Ukrainian border in the Kursk region, the...

Starmer seeks immigration lessons from Italy's far-right
Rome [Italy], September 17: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Monday for her efforts...

UN Senior Coordinator commends UAE's recent medical evacuation...
New York [US], September 17: The UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, said that "the recent...

UAE banking sector's liquid assets rise to AED800...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 17: The liquid assets of the UAE's banking sector exceeded AED800 billion by the end...

Biden and Trump talk on the phone after...
Washington [US], September 17: US President Joe Biden had a phone call with Donald Trump on September 16 following an...

Israel adds new target to Gaza war
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 17: On September 17, Israel added a new objective to its military campaign in the Gaza...

Ex-BBC presenter avoids jail over indecent child images
London [UK], September 17: Former British TV news presenter Huw Edwards has been given a suspended sentence after admitting to...

Meta bans RT and other Russian state media...
Sydney [Australia], September 17: Facebook owner Meta is banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its...

PM defends economic handling from business critique
Sydney [Australia], September 17: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pointed to Labor's strong record in job creation while defending his...

Musk's post on X about Biden, Harris being...
Washington [US], September 17: The US Secret Service says it is aware of a post by billionaire Elon Musk's on...

Ryan Routh charged with gun crimes in Trump...
Washington [US], September 17: A man suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump was charged with two gun-related crimes in...

Portugal asks Europe for help as wildfires rage
Lisbon [Portugal], September 17: Portugal asked the EU to send it more fire-fighting planes as at least 15 blazes raged...

Germany brings back border checks to curb migration
Berlin [Germany], September 17: Germany reintroduced temporary border checks including at its frontiers with France and the Netherlands as part...

Central Europe braces for further flooding 'apocalypse'
Warsaw [Poland], September 17: Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate as others in...