Storm Amy's strong winds and heavy rain bring travel disruption to UK
London [UK], October 5: Strong winds and heavy rain were causing further disruption as Storm Amy hit large parts of the United Kingdom on Saturday.
Munich Airport resumes flights as politicians weigh drone response
Munich [Germany], October 5: Munich Airport resumed its operations on Saturday morning, after drone sightings led to the suspension of all flights during the night,...
Populist Babis wins Czech Republic's parliamentary poll
Prague [Czech Republic], October 5: The right-wing billionaire populist Andrej Babis won parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, as his ANO (Yes) party received 36%...
Iran carries out six more executions
Tehran [Iran], October 5: Six more death sentences have been carried out in Iran in the wake of the war with Israel earlier this year,...
Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 14 as more victims...
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 5: The death toll from the collapse of a boarding school in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to 14, according to...
Israel deports flotilla activists to Turkiye
Jerusalem [Israel], October 5: Israeli has deported more foreign activists from the Gaza aid flotilla that was intercepted by the country's navy earlier this week.
World reacts to Hamas' response to Trump's plan to end Gaza war
Gaza City [Gaza], October 5: Global reactions to Hamas' partial acceptance of United States President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end Israel's war on Gaza,...
Thousands call for sanctions on Israel during Dublin rally
London [UK], October 5: Organisers said the protest marks "two years of genocide in Gaza" and called on the Irish government to sanction Israel.
Finnish court throws out Eagle S cable damage case for lack of...
Helsinki [Finland], October 4: A Finnish court on Friday dismissed charges against the captain and two officers of the oil tanker Eagle S, ruling it...
Poland advances plan to join NATO pipeline system
Warsaw [Poland], October 4: Poland's defense-sector investment agency ZIOTP and state-owned oil pipeline operator PERN on Friday signed an initial agreement here to expand the...
Spain among top destinations for China's outbound National Day holiday tourists
Barcelona [Spain], October 4: Spain has emerged as one of the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists traveling abroad during China's National Day holiday week,...
Dutch supreme court orders gov't to reassess F-35 parts exports to Israel
The Hague [Netherlands], October 4: The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to reassess within six weeks a license allowing the export of...
Dutch police arrest 205 at pro-Palestinian protest in The Hague
The Hague [Netherlands], October 4: Dutch police said Friday they arrested 205 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at The Hague's central station on Thursday evening.
Rain-triggered flood hits Bulgaria, at least one dead
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 4: Torrential rains caused severe flooding in Bulgaria on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and another missing on the Black...
Baltic region's largest art fair opens in Vilnius
Vilnius [Lithuania], October 4: ArtVilnius'25, the largest contemporary art fair in the Baltic states, opened Friday at the LITEXPO exhibition and congress center in the...
Cameroon minister pledges security in restive Anglophone regions ahead of election
Yaounde [Cameroon], October 4: Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji on Friday assured that security forces have heightened security measures to ensure a...
Floods kill 19, affect nearly 640,000 in South Sudan: UN
Juba [South Sudan], October 4: Widespread flooding caused by heavy rains in South Sudan has killed 19 people and affected an estimated 639,225 others across...
Uganda, AU destroy illicit firearms to curb proliferation of small weapons
Kampala [Uganda], October 4: Uganda and the African Union (AU) on Friday destroyed more than 100 illicit firearms, marking the launch of joint efforts to...
AU launches 10-year initiative to improve education in Africa
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 4: The African Union (AU) has launched a decade-long initiative to improve learning across Africa and elevate teachers' role in the...
Mozambique's Coral North FLNG project reaches final investment decision
Maputo [Mozambique], October 4: The Coral North Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project in Mozambique reached its Final Investment Decision (FID) on Thursday, with a...
Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to accept 20-point peace plan on...
Gaza City [Gaza], October 4: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must accept the 20-point peace plan on Gaza by 6 p.m. Eastern...
Trump administration reverses homeland security funding cuts targeting New York
Olympia [Washington], October 4: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he had reversed 187 million U.S. dollars of cuts his administration attempted to make...
U.S. government shutdown drags into weekend as Senate Democrats block GOP plan
Olympia [Washington], October 4: U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a Republican bill to temporarily fund the government, which means the government shutdown will likely...
Trump administration freezes 2.1 bln USD in Chicago infrastructure projects
Olympia [Washington], October 4: The Trump administration on Friday put on hold 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in Chicago infrastructure projects, as the federal government shutdown...
Trump administration prepares for mass firing of federal workers amid gov't shutdown
Olympia [Washington], October 4: On the first day of a federal government shutdown, Russell Vought, the White House budget director, said Wednesday that the administration...
Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery in Los Angeles
Los Angeles [California], October 4: A massive fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Los Angeles County in the U.S....
Premature baby dies of measles in Canada amid national outbreak
Ottawa [Canada], October 4: A premature baby infected with measles has died in Alberta, marking the province's first measles-related death and the second nationwide since...