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Biden seeks to calm Mideast tension

Biden seeks to calm Mideast tension

New York [US], September 25: U.S. President Joe Biden addressed world leaders at the United Nations for the final time...

Teenager killed in shopping centre stabbing attack

Teenager killed in shopping centre stabbing attack

Melbourne [Australia], September 25: A teenage boy has been stabbed to death following an altercation at a Melbourne shopping centre...

Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries as sea levels rise

Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries as...

Funafuti [Tuvalu], September 25: On Wednesday, Tuvalu's prime minister will ask U.N. members to support its push for permanent recognition...

Sri Lanka: Can Anura Dissanayake revive a struggling nation?

Sri Lanka: Can Anura Dissanayake revive a struggling...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 25: Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday, vowing to change...

German Africa Prize 2024 awarded to Sierra Leone politician

German Africa Prize 2024 awarded to Sierra Leone...

Freetown [Sierra Leone], September 25: Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown in Sierra Leone, has been described as a power woman....

US: Joe Biden meets Muhammad Yunus, both affirm "close partnership" between US, Bangladesh

US: Joe Biden meets Muhammad Yunus, both affirm...

New York [US], September 25: Chief Advisor to the Bangladesh interim government, Muhammad Yunus, met US President Joe Biden on...

Biden delivers last UN General Assembly address, says 'Putin's war has failed'

Biden delivers last UN General Assembly address, says...

New York [US], September 25: US President Joe Biden in his final address before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday...

Dubai Humanitarian airlifts 71.6 MT of critical medical supplies to Gaza

Dubai Humanitarian airlifts 71.6 MT of critical medical...

Dubai [UAE], September 25: Under the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler...

UN chief says "state of our world is unsustainable," urges global cooperation to tackle crises

UN chief says "state of our world is...

New York [US], September 25: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the current state of the world is...

Musk says social media platform X will let blocked accounts still see user posts

Musk says social media platform X will let...

London [UK], September 25: Elon Musk has said social media platform X plans to scale back how its blocking tool...

Boat with 30 decomposing bodies found off Senegal coast, say military authorities

Boat with 30 decomposing bodies found off Senegal...

Dakar [Senegal], September 25: At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal,...

New train service to link Berlin and Paris in eight hours by December

New train service to link Berlin and Paris...

Berlin [Germany], September 25: A new direct train service is set to link Berlin and Paris in a travel time...

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as thousands flee south Lebanon

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as thousands flee south...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 25: Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire a day after the Israeli military launched a wave of...

UN chief, Biden agree Lebanon must not 'become another Gaza'

UN chief, Biden agree Lebanon must not 'become...

New York [US], September 25: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told world leaders on Tuesday that Lebanon must not "become...

Erdogan accuses UNSC of failure to stop war in Gaza

Erdogan accuses UNSC of failure to stop war...

Istanbul [Turkey], September 25: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the UN Security Council of failing to prevent what...

Russian bombing of Kharkiv kills at least 3

Russian bombing of Kharkiv kills at least 3

Kiev [Ukraine] / Washington [US], September 25: Russian glide bombs killed three people and injured at least 31 others in...

Polls show Harris gaining on Trump

Polls show Harris gaining on Trump

New York [US], September 23: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in...

US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles

US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware...

New York [US], September 23: The U.S. Commerce Department is expected on Monday to propose prohibiting Chinese software and hardware...

Musk's SpaceX to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars

Musk's SpaceX to send five uncrewed Starships to...

New York [US], September 23: SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO...

Harris targets voters with abortion rights bus tour

Harris targets voters with abortion rights bus tour

New York [US], September 23: An intimate crowd gathered around a blue bus and listened intently while Hadley Duvall, an...

Trump won't run again if he loses, 'that will be it'

Trump won't run again if he loses, 'that...

New York [US], September 23: Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the...

Four people dead and 18 hurt in Alabama mass shooting

Four people dead and 18 hurt in Alabama...

Birmingham [UK], September 23: At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham,...

30 miners killed by gas blast in Iran

30 miners killed by gas blast in Iran

Tehran [Iran], September 23: At least 30 miners have been killed and a further 17 injured in a gas explosion...

UN reform pact passes at New York summit, despite Russian obstruction

UN reform pact passes at New York summit,...

New York [US], September 23: Despite Russian efforts to derail the agreement, the international community adopted a UN reform plan...

Swiss reject referendum on biodiversity and one on pension reform

Swiss reject referendum on biodiversity and one on...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 23: Swiss voters rejected two referendums on Sunday - one on an expansion of nature conservation and...

Scholz happy with party's performance in state polls

Scholz happy with party's performance in state polls

New York [US], September 23: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reacted with satisfaction to initial results of the state elections...

Classes resume at Bangladesh university at heart of anti-Hasina protests

Classes resume at Bangladesh university at heart of...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 23: Students have returned to classes at Bangladesh's Dhaka University, after a weeks-long shutdown sparked by a...