Spain regional leader resigns
Agencies : The heavily criticised leader of Spain’s Valencia region said Monday he was stepping down, a year after the area was hit by floods in the country’s deadliest natural disaster in a generation....
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Trump says Russia, China conduct nuclear tests but ‘don’t talk about it’
NN ONLINE: US President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that nuclear-armed countries including Russia and China have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to the public. “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk...
Death toll rises to 20 after powerful quake hits northern Afghanistan
NN ONLINE: The death toll from a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early Monday has risen to at least 20, with around 260 others injured, officials said. According to the...
Iran vows to rebuild nuclear sites ‘stronger than before’
AFP : Iran said on Sunday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged by Israeli and US strikes “stronger than before”, as mediator Oman urged Tehran and Washington to revive stalled diplomacy. US President...
US seeks to reboot military channels with China after Trump-Xi meet
AFP : US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that during talks with his Chinese counterpart, the two sides had agreed to reboot military-to-military links to “deconflict and deescalate”. Hegseth met with China’s...
Canadian PM apologizes to Trump over Reagan ad
Agencies : Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney formally apologized to the US on Saturday for an ad depicting the former US President Ronald Reagan, which set off Donald Trump’s anger and led to a...
Trump to host Syria’s al-Sharaa at White House in November
NN ONLINE: United States President Donald Trump will host Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on November 10, marking the first visit by a Syrian president to the US capital...
Egypt inaugurates world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization
NN ONLINE: Egypt on Saturday officially inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the pyramids and the Sphinx, marking a landmark cultural achievement after nearly two decades of construction. The museum, the world’s...
At least 23 killed, several injured in store fire in Mexico
NN ONLINE: At least 23 people, including children, were killed and a dozen others injured after a fire and explosion ripped through a convenience store in northwestern Mexico on Saturday, authorities said. The...
UK train stabbing wounds 10, two suspects arrested
NN ONLINE: UK police arrested two suspects after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train late Saturday that left 10 people in hospital, nine likely with “life-threatening injuries”. Armed police, backed by police...
Thousands missing, new horrors emerge after RSF captures Sudan’s el-Fasher
NN ONLINE: Survivors and aid agencies have reported widespread killings, abuse and disappearances after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized el-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, raising fears of a...
India temple stampede kills at least 10
Agencies : At least ten people died after a stampede broke out at the Venkateswara Swamy temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam on Saturday (1 November). According to officials, overcrowding led to a sudden stampede...