France announces new immigration bill by early 2025
Paris [France], October 14: France has announced its intention to introduce a new immigration law at the beginning of 2025, less than a year after...
Over 60 injured in Hezbollah drone attack on Israel
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 14: More than 60 people have been injured in a drone strike targeting the Binyamina region of northern Israel, medics have...
Ukraine demands Russia be held to account for executions of soldiers
Kiev [Ukraine], October 14: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has appealed to the international community for assistance following reports of the alleged shootings of Ukrainian...
Mexico's judges to end weeks-long strike over judicial reform
Mexico City [Mexico], October 14: Federal judges and court employees in Mexico have decided to end a prolonged strike against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's...
500 migrants reach UK in 9 small boats
London [UK], October 14: Nearly 500 migrants have made the crossing of the English Channel to the United Kingdom in one day. According to British...
SpaceX's 'chopsticks' catch rocket in thrilling Starship test flight
Washington [US], October 14: The unmanned Starship, the largest rocket system ever built in the history of space travel, successfully completed a fifth test flight...
Huge amount of debris chokes river in Bosnia-Herzegovina after floods
Budapest [Hungary], October 14: A carpet of debris is floating in the Neretva river in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, threatening the region that was hit by landslides,...
Austria's far-right makes regional gains after national election win
Vienna [Austria], October 14: Europe's far-right has charted its latest electoral success with record gains in an Austrian regional election, just two weeks after the...
Iran rejects claims linking Tehran to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Tehran [Iran], October 13: Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York rejected on Saturday claims linking Tehran to Hamas' October 7 surprise...
Over 100,000 displaced due to rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 13: Over 100,000 people have been displaced in 12 districts in Sri Lanka due to rain-related disasters from Oct. 7 until...
Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond dies at 69
Edinburgh [Scotland], October 13: Former Scotland first minister and current Alba Party leader Alex Salmond has died aged 69.
Area larger than Belarus burned by fires in Brazil so far this...
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], October 13: An area comparable to size of Belarus burned in Brazil between January and September 2024, according to a report...
Comet last seen by Neanderthals could be visible over the weekend
London [UK], October 13: A comet that was last visible from Earth when Neanderthals were alive could be spotted with the naked eye this weekend,...
Russian army controls half of city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], October 13: The Russian army has brought more than half of the long-contested city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine under its control, a...
Borrell urges Israel to let UNRWA operate
Brussels [Belgium], October 13: EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has called on Israel to ensure that the UN agency dedicated to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA,...
Rocket sirens wail in Israel as Hezbollah launches Yom Kippur attacks
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 13: Rocket alarm sirens sounded in areas of Israel on Saturday as Hezbollah militants in Lebanon launched attacks across the border...
US imposes new sanctions on Iran for missile attack
Washington [US], October 13: The US government hasannounced new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's attack on Israel on October 1.
UN warns of 'catastrophic' conflict
Beirut [Lebanon], October 13: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned Saturday against a "catastrophic" regional conflict as Zionist entity forces battled Hezbollah and Hamas on two...
Trump demonizes migrants in a dark, misleading speech
Aurora [US], October 13: Donald Trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a country "occupied" by hordes of criminal foreigners in a campaign speech Friday as...
Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Trump
Washington [US], October 13: Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, released a letter from her doctor.
Chinese premier in Hanoi agrees to boost ties with Vietnam
Hanoi [Vietnam], October 13: Vietnam and China agreed on Saturday to boost defence and security cooperation, the Vietnamese government said, despite their years-long maritime dispute...
Florida residents hit by Milton and Helene vow to rebuild
Florida [US], October 13: Chris Fiore was supposed to be accepting delivery of new household appliances and furniture, replacing items that were [USN:L1N3LB03H TEXT:"swamped by...
Pope urged at LGBT meeting to reverse church ban
Vatican City [Vatican], October 13: Pope Francis faced calls to overturn the Catholic Church's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people when he held talks...
Sharjah Learning Disabilities Conference launches its 4th edition
Sharjah [UAE], October 13: Sharjah Center for Learning Disabilities (SCLD) officially inaugurated on Saturday the fourth edition of its Learning Disabilities Conference, themed "Shared Challenges,...
149th IPU Assembly to focus on AI, science, technology, adopt IPU Charter...
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13: Hundreds of parliamentarians from around the world will gather in Geneva for the 149th IPU Assembly, taking place from 13th to...
WWII bomb defused in Hamburg's nightlife district
Hamburg [Germany], October 13: Several thousand people were forced to leave their homes in Hamburg's trendy Sternschanze district after the World War II-era bomb was...
Germany announces new military aid to Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], October 12: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday announced that Germany, together with Belgium, Denmark, and Norway, would deliver another military aid package...