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At least 7 dead in Georgia dock collapse on US Atlantic coast

At least 7 dead in Georgia dock collapse...

Atlanta (Georgia) [US], October 20: At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at...

Bahamas issues alerts as hurricane Oscar intensifies

Bahamas issues alerts as hurricane Oscar intensifies

Nassau [Bahamas], October 20: Hurricane Oscar formed on Saturday off the coast of the Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane...

Pandemic Fund allocates US$418 million for second round of grants to boost pandemic preparedness in 50 countries

Pandemic Fund allocates US$418 million for second round...

Washington [US], October 20: Concluding its second funding round, the Pandemic Fund's Governing Board approved US$418 million in new grants...

Arsenal lose 0-2 in PL

Arsenal lose 0-2 in PL

London [UK], October 20: Arsenal lost 2-0 away to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday evening, playing the final...

Emirates National Schools participate in Central Asian Universities Forum in Tashkent

Emirates National Schools participate in Central Asian Universities...

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], October 20: Emirates National Schools recently participated in the Central Asian Universities Forum and Strategic Education Partners Meeting...

36 killed, 204 wounded in Israeli raids on Lebanon in 48 hours

36 killed, 204 wounded in Israeli raids on...

Beirut [Lebanon], October 20: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that Israeli raids on various areas in Lebanon over the...

Iran condemns airstrikes by U.S., Britain on Yemen

Iran condemns airstrikes by U.S., Britain on Yemen

Tehran [Iran], October 19: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Friday strongly condemned airstrikes by the United States and...

Iranian president extends condolences for Hamas leader's death

Iranian president extends condolences for Hamas leader's death

Tehran [Iran], October 19: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday expressed condolences for the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,...

Yemen's Houthis claim drone attack on ship in Arabian Sea

Yemen's Houthis claim drone attack on ship in...

Sanaa [Yemen], October 19: Yemen's Houthi group announced in a statement on Friday that they used bomb-laden drones to attack...

At least 33 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrike on N. Gaza: Hamas

At least 33 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrike...

Gaza [Palestine], October 19: At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Friday evening by an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia...

U.S.-British coalition launches airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah: Houthi TV

U.S.-British coalition launches airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah: Houthi...

Sanaa [Yemen] October 19: Warplanes of the U.S.-British coalition launched two airstrikes on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah late Friday...

Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war

Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 19: Russia and Ukraine have each swapped 95 prisoners of war with the United Arab Emirates acting...

Woman dead, search for children missing in bay waters

Woman dead, search for children missing in bay...

Floyd Bay [Australia], October 19: A woman has died and a major search is continuing for two children missing in...

N.Korean troops in Russia 'ready for combat in Ukraine'

N.Korean troops in Russia 'ready for combat in...

Pyongyang [North Korea], October 19: North Korea has shipped 1500 special forces troops to Russia's far east for training and...

Harris, Trump spar over who has stamina to be president

Harris, Trump spar over who has stamina to...

Washington [US], October 19: Kamala Harris has raised questions about Donald Trump's physical stamina to serve effectively as president as...

Russia returns remains of 500 soldiers to Ukraine

Russia returns remains of 500 soldiers to Ukraine

Moscow [Russia], October 19: Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities say, in what appears...

Nepal's former home minister arrested over alleged cooperative fraud

Nepal's former home minister arrested over alleged cooperative...

Kathmandu [Nepal], October 19: Nepal's former deputy prime minister and home minister Rabi Lamichhane was arrested on Friday evening over...

All Sydney beaches reopened following tar ball pollution

All Sydney beaches reopened following tar ball pollution

Sydney [Australia], October 19: All Sydney beaches reopened on Saturday after several were closed due to tar ball pollution.

Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs at ruling party HQ, crashing van at PM's office

Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs...

Tokyo [Japan], October 19: A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the...

Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership ability'

Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership...

Manila [Philippines], October 19: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on October 18 harshly attacked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying he...

Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel

Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel

Ramallah [Palestine], October 19: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel...

WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku

WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku

Baku [Azerbaijan], October 19: The WTO Secretariat, led by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will once again have a presence at the...

International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says UN-mandated commission

International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 19: All countries and international organisations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring...

Death toll from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion rises to 170

Death toll from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion rises...

Abuja [Nigeria], October 19: Nigerian authorities confirmed today that the death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in the north...

Guterres submits report of investigation into death of Dag Hammarskjold in 1961

Guterres submits report of investigation into death of...

New York [US], October 19: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted an updated report to the President of the...

190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between Russia, Ukraine

190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 19: The UAE has successfully mediated a new exchange of captives between the Russian Federation...

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with Russia

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with...

New York [US], October 18: Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia.