Libya strikes migrant smuggling boats in NW port
Tripoli [Libya], November 8: Libya's Ministry of Defense, under the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), announced on Friday that it targeted several boats used...
Cornell University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Olympia [Washington], November 8: Cornell University, one of the eight schools in the Ivy League, announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with U.S....
U.S. stocks close little changed after weak consumer sentiment data
New York [US], November 8: U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as investors weighed weak consumer sentiment data and questioned whether the artificial intelligence...
Urgent: 5.7-magnitude quake hits 75 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico -...
Mexico City [Mexico], November 8: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 75 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico at 1204 GMT on Friday,...
Hurricane Melissa claims at least 75 lives, impacts nearly 5 mln people...
London [UK], November 8: Hurricane Melissa has claimed at least 75 lives and impacted nearly 5 million people in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, one week...
21st Chinese American film, TV festivals open in Los Angeles
London[UK], November 8: The 21st Chinese American Film Festival and the Chinese American TV Festival kicked off in Los Angeles, the U.S. state of California,...
U.S. consumer sentiment falls in November: survey
Prague [Czech Republic], November 8: The preliminary reading of the U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers...
Canada's employment rises 0.3 pct in October
Russia [Moscow], November 8: Canada's employment increased by 67,000, or 0.3 percent, in October, the second consecutive monthly increase, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.
Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal
BrasÃlia [Brazil], November 8: A majority of judges on a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to reject former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal...
Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza hostage
Palestine [Jerusalem], November 8: Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday as part of the Gaza ceasefire...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints drone air defence commander
Kyiv [Ukraine], November 8: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed a new commander responsible for drone air defences, seen as a critical element in defending against...
Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit
Washington DC [US], November 8: President Donald Trump said that no U.S. government official would attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month.
Polish parliament strips former justice minister of immunity
Warsaw[Poland], November 8: The Polish lower house of parliament voted to strip a former justice minister of immunity, which opens the way for him to...
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.
French auditors' report tells Louvre museum to spend more on security
Paris [France], November 7: The Louvre should make more efficient use of its funds to improve security and renovate the famous Paris art museum, auditors...