Sudan's poverty rate soars to 71 pct amid ongoing conflict: media
Khartoum [Sudan], November 9: Sudan's poverty rate has surged from 21 percent to 71 percent due to the ongoing conflict, leaving 23 million citizens below...
Egypt unveils new gas discovery in Western Desert
Cairo [Egypt], November 9: Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced Saturday a new gas discovery in the country's Western Desert.
Ancient Shu civilization highlighted through exhibition, symposium in England
Oxford [England], November 9: An exhibition and academic symposium highlighting the civilization of the ancient Shu Kingdom in China opened on Saturday in Oxford, England,...
Ferosplavna-1 line reconnected to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Vienna [Austria], November 9: The 330 kilovolt Ferosplavna-1 line was reconnected to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) after repair work on Saturday, providing back-up...
Los Angeles event highlights China-U.S. cultural exchanges through film, TV
Los Angeles [California], November 9: A local event on Friday highlighted China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges through film and television, with participants enjoying the role of visual...
Ukrainian officer accused of deadly soldier gathering
Moscow [Russia], November 9: A court in the industrial city of Dnipro on Saturday detained a Ukrainian commander who allegedly gathered 100 soldiers for a...
At least 11 killed as Russia hits residential, energy sites in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], November 9: At least 11 people have been killed, and more parts of Ukraine have been plunged into darkness, after another night of...
Nobel laureate James Watson, who co-discovered structure of DNA, dies
New York [US], November 9: World-renowned scientist James Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for helping discover the structure of...
NATO chief plans to flag nuclear capabilities as deterrent
Berlin [Germany], November 9: NATO chief Mark Rutte has said that he intends to highlight the Western defence alliance's own nuclear capabilities more prominently in...
Storm damage in US has gone up tenfold since 1980
Munich [Germany], November 9: Damage caused by severe storms and flooding has multiplied in major industrialized nations since 1980, according to the world's largest reinsurer,...
Trump is wrecking not only the White House but the nation: Biden
Washington [US], November 9: Former US president Joe Biden lashed out at his successor Donald Trump, saying the current president had not only taken a...
Poisoned water deepens Gaza humanitarian crisis
Gaza City [Gaza], November 9: Israel's war on Gaza has not only razed entire neighbourhoods to the ground, displaced families multiple times and decimated medical...
Israeli strikes kill three in Lebanon amid escalation
Cairo [Egypt], November 9: Three people were killed and 11 others injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes in different parts of Lebanon, Lebanese authorities said....
Philippines braces for another Typhoon
Manila [Philippines], November 9: Typhoon Kalmaegi has left a trail of devastation across Southeast Asia, killing hundreds in the Philippines and at least five in...
Trump administration has revoked 80,000 non-immigrant visas, US official says
New York [US], November 7: President Donald Trump's administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offenses ranging from...
US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown
New York [US], November 7: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10% cut in flights at 40 major...
Mediators propose deal to get Hamas fighters out of Gaza's Israeli zone,...
Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza would surrender their arms in exchange for passage to other...
One dead in South Korea power plant collapse
Seoul [South Korea], November 7: A worker has died and six remain trapped after the collapse of a large structure at a power station in...
Israel launches airstrikes on south Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], November 7: The Israeli military carried out heavy airstrikes on southern Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for several locations, saying Lebanese armed group...
British woman on death row leaves Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 7: A 69-year-old British woman who was on death row in Indonesia on drug offences departed the country early after Jakarta and...
Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords
New York [US], November 7: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords to have normalized relations between Israel...
Missing 1.5 degrees C climate target a moral failure: UN chief
Belem [Brazil], November 7: The world has failed to keep warming within the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set under the 2015 Paris Agreement, UN...
Russia infiltrates Pokrovsk with new tactics that test Ukraine's drones
Kiev [Ukraine], November 7: Russian forces have spread rapidly through Pokrovsk, the city in Ukraine's east where the warring sides have concentrated their manpower and...
Nancy Pelosi retires from US Congress
Washington [US], November 7: Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the...
French coastguard rescues 94 in Channel as small boat breaks
London [UK], November 7: The French coastguard has rescued 94 people after their small boat collapsed as they attempted to cross the Channel from Dunkirk.
Czech govt steps down after defeat
Prague [Czech Republic], November 7: About a month after being defeated in parliamentary elections, the liberal-conservative government in the Czech Republic officially announced on Thursday...
Latvia delivers 21 armoured vehicles to aid Ukraine's defence against Russia
Riga [Latvia], November 7: Latvia is bolstering Ukraine's defensive efforts against Russia's ongoing invasion with an additional 21 armoured transport vehicles.