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South Korea, Japan warn North Korea over ballistic...
Seoul [South Korea], September 18: This morning (September 18), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched a series of short-range...
WHO Director-General Accuses Israeli Tanks of Opening Fire...
Washington [US], September 18: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on September 17 that Israeli tanks fired...
US increases troops in Alaska amid Russian military...
Washington [US], September 18: The US military has deployed a unit of 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to...
Historic floods wreak havoc in many places
Washington [US], September 18: North Carolina (USA) is experiencing a "once in a thousand years" rain, while the death toll...
Election offices in 17 US states receive envelopes...
Washington [US], September 18: The FBI and the US Postal Service announced an investigation into the sending of envelopes containing...
Trump: 'Only influential presidents get shot'
Washington [US], September 18: Former US President Donald Trump has suggested that he became the target of assassination plots due...
Rumors of Israeli intelligence planting explosives in thousands...
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 18: Reuters on September 18 quoted an informed source as saying that the Israeli intelligence agency...
Serial rapist should have been jailed for longer:...
Australia [Sydney], September 18: A judge has rejected a bid to cut the sentence for a man involved in the...
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...