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Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs...
Tokyo [Japan], October 19: A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the...

Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership...
Manila [Philippines], October 19: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on October 18 harshly attacked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying he...

Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel
Ramallah [Palestine], October 19: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel...

WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 19: The WTO Secretariat, led by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will once again have a presence at the...

International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says...
Geneva [Switzerland], October 19: All countries and international organisations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring...

Guterres submits report of investigation into death of...
New York [US], October 19: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted an updated report to the President of the...

190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 19: The UAE has successfully mediated a new exchange of captives between the Russian Federation...

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with...
New York [US], October 18: Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia.

After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles
New York [US], October 18: Joe Biden is expected to use Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to pressure...

UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of...
Geneva [Switzerland], October 18: The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called for an investigation into reports that a large group...

Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by Pro-Trump...
Georgia [US], October 18: A judge on Wednesday overturned controversial changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state...

Nebraska law allowing felons to vote upheld by...
Nebraska [US], October 18: Nebraska's top state court upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to...

Colombian farmers embrace green pivot
Bogota [Colombia], October 18: A transformation has taken root in Colombia's jungle heartland, as farmers once engaged in coca cultivation...

Jimmy Carter, 100, fulfils his wish and votes...
Washington [US], October 18: Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former US president and the only one to have reached the...

Kamala Harris duels with host during conservative Fox...
Washington [US], October 18: In her first TV interview with the conservative US broadcaster Fox News, US Democratic presidential candidate...

Former One Direction star Payne dies in Argentina...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 18: Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel balcony in...

Boy, 8, dies in UK on rabbit shooting...
London [UK], October 18: An eight-year-old boy was killed with a shotgun during a rabbit shooting expedition in England, an...

Return of SpaceX spacecraft to Earth further delayed...
Washington [US], October 18: The return to Earth of crew members on board the International Space Station (ISS) since March...

Zelensky pushes for NATO membership, weapons
Brussels [Belgium], October 18: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday he wants to create a "peace through threats" approach...

Number of people diagnosed with cancer in UK...
London [UK], October 18: The number of people diagnosed with cancer in the UK has jumped 5% in a year,...

Biden to talk to Netanyahu on return of...
Washington [US], October 18: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death marks a...

Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar killed in Gaza, says...
Jerusalem [Israel], October 18: Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar, the military said on Thursday. Troops...

US defence chief urges Israel to safeguard UN...
Washington [US], October 18: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday called on Israel to protect UN peacekeeping troops...

Afghanistan probes report of dozens killed on border...
Tehran [Iran] /Islamabad [Pakistan], October 18: The Taliban government in Kabul is demanding clarification after an unconfirmed report said that...

US attacks five Houthi weapons depots
Washington [US], October 18: The United States military has bombed a series of targets in areas of Yemen controlled by...

Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced families' kills...
Gaza [Palestine], October 18: At least 28 Palestinians, including children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on yet another...

No Gaza ceasefire talks for last 3 to...
Doha [Qatar], October 17: Qatar's prime minister said on Wednesday that there had been no conversations or engagement with any...