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Kenya senate votes to remove deputy president from office

Kenya senate votes to remove deputy president from...

Nairobi [Kenya], October 18: Kenya's senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment.

UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans

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 Republicans

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 state court

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

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 in the US election

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 TV interview

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 balcony fall

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 hunt

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 due to weather

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

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 rises 5% in a year

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 hostages, ending war

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 Israel

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 peacekeepers in Lebanon

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 with Iran

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

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 28

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 4 weeks

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...

Mexico ex-drug czar to be sentenced over bribes from cartels

Mexico ex-drug czar to be sentenced over bribes...

Mexico, October 17: Genaro Garcia Luna, who for several years led Mexico's fight against the country's violent drug trade, is...

US says Israel must show no Gaza 'policy of starvation'

US says Israel must show no Gaza 'policy...

New York [US], October 17: The United States is watching to ensure that Israel's actions on the ground show that...

NATO to make fresh push for common arms standards

NATO to make fresh push for common arms...

Brussels [Belgium], October 17: NATO will make a fresh push for common munitions standards, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said, aiming to...

Brazil will not return to daylight saving time this year

Brazil will not return to daylight saving time...

Brasília [Brazil], October 17: The Brazilian government has decided against returning to daylight saving time this summer, a senior official...

NATO chief reacts cautiously to Ukraine 'victory plan'

NATO chief reacts cautiously to Ukraine 'victory plan'

Brussels [Belgium], October 17: NATO chief Mark Rutte says a "victory plan" presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksiy is a...

Assisted dying bill would have 'clear criteria,' says UK lawmaker

Assisted dying bill would have 'clear criteria,' says...

London [UK], October 17: A potential assisted dying law for England and Wales would have "clear criteria, safeguards and protections,"...

Zelensky reveals 'victory plan' urging NATO invitation

Zelensky reveals 'victory plan' urging NATO invitation

Kiev [Ukraine], October 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday demanded an immediate invitation for his country to join NATO,...

Nigeria: 94 die after fuel tanker explosion

Nigeria: 94 die after fuel tanker explosion

Lagos [Nigeria], October 17: At least 94 people have been killed following the explosion of a petrol tanker in Nigeria,...