Putin cements ties with Iranian president
Reuters : Russia’s Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic...
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Zelensky to meet Pope, Scholz as whirlwind Europe tour ends
AFP : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will on Friday meet Pope Francis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he ends a whirlwind tour of Europe...
Kamala Harris says de-escalation needed in Middle East
Reuters : US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Thursday that de-escalation was needed in the Middle East, a region on...
20 Pakistan coal miners shot dead in attack
AFP : A total of 20 coal miners were shot dead in an overnight attack by a group of heavily armed men who laid siege...
Han Kang’s books sell out in South Korea after Nobel win
AFP : Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang’s books today (11 October), as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local...
Goddess Kali’s crown, gifted by Modi, stolen from Bangladesh
News Desk : A crown of goddess Kali at the Jeshoreshwari Temple in Shyamnagar of Bangladesh’s Satkhira, which was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
UN probe accuses Israel of seeking to destroy Gaza healthcare
AFP : Israel is deliberately targeting health facilities and killing and torturing medical personnel in Gaza, UN investigators said Thursday, accusing the country of “crimes...
Obama hits campaign trail for Harris
AFP : Former US president Barack Obama will bring his star power to Kamala Harris’s election campaign Thursday in a bid to get out the...
‘No end to hell’ in northern Gaza Says UN official
Deutsche Welle : At least six people were hurt, some seriously, in a stabbing in four locations of Hadera city, according to Israeli police, who...
4 killed in Florida, 3mn lose power
Al Jazeera : Hurricane Milton has weakened further and is now a Category 1 hurricane, according to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) latest advisory.The...
Nepali becomes youngest to climb world’s 8ooom peaks
AFP : An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks, his...
EU opens ‘air-bridge’ to fly aid to Lebanon
Arab News : The European Union said Wednesday it had launched a “humanitarian air bridge” to fly aid to Lebanon as fighting rages between Israel...