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U.S. California's surging gas prices spark call to...
California [US], September 29: The U.S. state of California is again witnessing gasoline prices soar to near record highs, sparking...
Australian Defence Force helicopters retired following fatal crash
Canberra [Australia], September 29: The Australian Defence Force's fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters have been retired early following a fatal...
Expansion of North Korea nuclear force enshrined in...
Pyongyang [North Korea],September 29: North Korean law now allows for its nuclear force to be expanded after the policy was...
Taiwan launches its first domestically built submarine
Taipei [Taiwan], September 29: Taiwan launched its first domestically built submarine on Thursday. President Tsai Ing-wen said building submarines domestically...
Stoltenberg, in Kiev, sees progress in Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kiev [Ukraine], September 29: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President VolodymyrZelensky in Kiev on Thursday during his second visit...
Biden warns democracies 'can die when people are...
Washington [US], September 29: President Joe Biden urged Americans to stand up for democracy in a speech Thursday that accused...
Vietnam jails environmental activist for 3 years for...
Hanoi [Vietnam],September 29: A Vietnamese court has sentenced an environmental activist to three years in prison on charges of tax...
Shutdown odds grow as Senate, House advance separate...
Washington [US], September 29: The Democratic-led U.S. Senate forged ahead with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a...
Karabakh Armenians dissolve breakaway government in capitulation to...
Yerevan [Armenia], September 29: Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh said they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three...
Appeals court will not delay Donald Trump civil...
New York [US], September 29: A New York appeals court refused to delay Donald Trump's scheduled Oct. 2 civil fraud...
Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], September 29: One person was killed and 162 injured by a powerful explosion at a warehouse near Tashkent's...
Student gunman kills three in Rotterdam university shooting
Amsterdam [Netherlands], September 29: A gunman killed three people in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, shooting a local...
Heavy rain hits north Vietnam, halting traffic in...
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 29: Heavy rain from a tropical depression hit northern and north-central Vietnam, causing flooding that halted traffic...
Spain: Teen stabs three teachers, two students
Madrid [Spain], September 29: Police in Spain detained a teenager for stabbing three teachers and two students at a school...
Greece: Storm Elias wreaks havoc on city of...
Athens [Greece], September 29: A second powerful storm turned streets into rivers in central Greece on Thursday.
UAE calls for de-escalation and return to dialogue...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 29: The UAE affirmed that it is following with great concern the recent tensions between the...
Nahyan bin Mubarak attends Chinese Embassy's reception on...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 29:Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, attended a reception hosted by...
SaqrGhobash meets Speaker of Iranian Parliament
Johannesburg [South Africa], September 29: SaqrGhobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), met with Mohammad BagherGhalibaf, Speaker of the...
Collective efforts needed to stop wasting food while...
Rome [Italy], September 29: A staggering one billion tonnes of food are wasted every year, while up to 783 million...
UAE President offers condolences to King of Bahrain...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 29: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conducted a phone call today with...
Cosmonauts return to Earth after longest space mission
Vladivostok [Russia], September 28: Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced that two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut have safely...
Austria logs robust growth in summer tourism
Vienna [Austria], September 28: Austria's tourism sector registered 3.6 percent more overnight stays this summer than the same period last...
Czech Republic to buy 24 U.S. fighter jets
Prague [Czech Republic], September 28: The Czech government has approved a plan to purchase 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets, it...
Azerbaijan arrests former head of government of Nagorno-Karabakh;...
Moscow [Russia], September 28: Azerbaijan has arrested the former head of government of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, at the border with...
Syrian military patrol intercepts US convoy in northeastern...
Cairo [Egypt], September 28: A Syrian military patrol has blocked the path of a convoy of US troops in Al...
Six children and young people sue European states...
Lisbon [Portugal], September 28: Six children and young people have taken the governments of Germany and 31 other states in...
US Senator Menendez and co-defendants plead not guilty...
New York [US], September 28: Amid a flurry of calls by fellow Senate Democrats to resign, Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded...