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World's major cities hit by 25% more hot days than in 1990s

World's major cities hit by 25% more hot...

New York [US], October 2: The world's biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25 percent more extremely hot days...

Qatar Emir discusses with Trump the plan to end Gaza war

Qatar Emir discusses with Trump the plan to...

Doha [Qatar], October 2: Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani discussed with U.S. President Donald Trump his plan to...

Russia does not recognize return of UN sanctions on Iran

Russia does not recognize return of UN sanctions...

Moscow [Russia], October 2: Russia does not recognize the return of United Nations sanctions on Iran, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily...

Germany's Oktoberfest to reopen after bomb scare

Germany's Oktoberfest to reopen after bomb scare

Berlin [Germany], October 2: The Oktoberfest will reopen after police found nothing suspicious in a major operation prompted by a...

Unidentified vessels approach Gaza aid flotilla

Unidentified vessels approach Gaza aid flotilla

Gaza [Palestine], October 2: Some 20 unidentified vessels were seen approaching the international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza...

Netanyahu supports Trump Gaza plan, faces coalition pushback

Netanyahu supports Trump Gaza plan, faces coalition pushback

Gaza [Palestine], October 2: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's support for Donald Trump's Gaza plan is a gamble that may...

'Alternative Nobel Prize' goes to Pacific climate activists

'Alternative Nobel Prize' goes to Pacific climate activists

The Hague [Netherlands], October 2: A group of law students studying in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu and a...

Trump tells generals US faces 'war from within'

Trump tells generals US faces 'war from within'

Virginia [US], October 2: US President Donald Trump addressed the country's top generals and admirals on Tuesday at a rare...

US federal government shuts down amid funding standstill

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 to diesel generators

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

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

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 as loans to Kiev

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 still trapped

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

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

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...

YouTube to pay Trump $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over account suspension

YouTube to pay Trump $24.5 million to settle...

New York [US], October 1: Alphabet-owned YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by US...

Blast near Frontier Corps headquarters in Quetta kills 10, injures 32

Blast near Frontier Corps headquarters in Quetta kills...

Quetta [Pakistan], October 1: At least 10 people were killed and 32 injured on Tuesday after a powerful explosion struck...

Environmental damage threatens prosperity in Europe

Environmental damage threatens prosperity in Europe

Brussels [Belgium], October 1: Europe's environment is struggling, according to a report released Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

Morocco: Police detain dozens in Gen Z protests

Morocco: Police detain dozens in Gen Z protests

Rabat [Morocco], October 1: Police detained dozens of people on Monday in Morocco, according to a local rights group and...

Indonesia: Dozens trapped in school building collapse

Indonesia: Dozens trapped in school building collapse

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 1: At least three people have died and dozens were trapped when an Islamic boarding school building...

US government lurches toward shutdown, Trump threatens fresh cuts

US government lurches toward shutdown, Trump threatens fresh...

New York [US], October 1: The U.S. lurched toward a government shutdown on Tuesday as a vote to extend funding...

FAA would furlough 11,000 employees in US government shutdown

FAA would furlough 11,000 employees in US government...

New York [US], October 1: The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday more than 11,000 employees at the Federal Aviation...

FCC Democrat urges companies to resist Trump threats to media

FCC Democrat urges companies to resist Trump threats...

New York [US], October 1: The lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday called on major companies to...

US Defense Secretary criticizes military diversity, fitness standards

US Defense Secretary criticizes military diversity, fitness standards

New York [US], October 1: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives that he said led...

Meta plans to buy chip startup Rivos to boost semiconductor efforts

Meta plans to buy chip startup Rivos to...

New York [US], October 1: Meta (META.O), opens new tab intends to acquire the chip startup Rivos to bolster its...

Trump says Hamas has 'three or four days' to respond to Gaza proposal

Trump says Hamas has 'three or four days'...

Gaza City [Gaza], October 1: United States President Donald Trump says Hamas has "three or four days" to respond to...