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Russia evacuates villages in Kursk

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

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 of 252 patients, family members from Gaza

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 billion by end of Q2-24

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 assassination attempt

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

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

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 networks

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

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 investigated

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 assassination attempt

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

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

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'

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...

A firefighter dies as torrential rain lashes Austria

A firefighter dies as torrential rain lashes Austria

Vienna [Austria], September 16: A firefighter in northeastern Austria has died in floods as torrential rain and heavy storms swept...

8 rescued from fishing boat capsizing off S. Korea's western coast

8 rescued from fishing boat capsizing off S....

Seoul [South Korea], September 16: All the eight people on board were rescued from a fishing boat that capsized off...

New online tool aims to reduce impact of antimicrobial resistance in Australia

New online tool aims to reduce impact of...

Canberra [Australia], September 16: Australia's national science agency has launched an online tool to enhance knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...

Yellow-eyed penguin wins New Zealand's Bird of the Year

Yellow-eyed penguin wins New Zealand's Bird of the...

Wellington [New Zealand], September 16: The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, has won New Zealand Bird of the Year 2024, again...

Eight migrants die trying to reach Britain by boat

Eight migrants die trying to reach Britain by...

London [UK], September 16: Eight migrants have died while trying to cross the English Channel overnight.

Russian airstrike injures more than 30 people in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Russian airstrike injures more than 30 people in...

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 16: More than 30 civilians have been injured in a Russian airstrike on the city of Kharkiv...

Dozens dead after overloaded wooden boat capsizes on Nigeria river

Dozens dead after overloaded wooden boat capsizes on...

Lagos [Nigeria], September 16: At least 45 people have died in a river boat accident in Nigeria, authorities said.

Astronauts on Polaris Dawn mission return to Earth

Astronauts on Polaris Dawn mission return to Earth

Washington [US], September 16: The astronauts on the historic private space mission Polaris Dawn splashed down near the southern tip...

Hezbollah fires dozens of missiles at Israel

Hezbollah fires dozens of missiles at Israel

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 16: The Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Sunday for firing dozens of rockets at...

British royals wish Harry a happy 40th birthday

British royals wish Harry a happy 40th birthday

London [UK], September 16: The British royal family has wished Prince Harry a happy 40th birthday.

Six foreigners arrested in Venezuela for alleged plot to kill President Maduro

Six foreigners arrested in Venezuela for alleged plot...

Caracas [Venezuela], September 16: Six foreign nationals were arrested in Venezuela on Saturday after officials accused them of plotting to...

Haiti petrol tanker explosion kills at least 15 people, injures another 40

Haiti petrol tanker explosion kills at least 15...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], September 16: At least 15 people have been killed and another 40 injured after a tanker truck carrying...

At least 18 killed in terrorist bombing in Somalian capital Mogadishu

At least 18 killed in terrorist bombing in...

Mogadishu [Somalia], September 16: At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the Somalian capital Mogadishu,...