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Trump tells military to prepare for 'action' against Islamist militants in Nigeria

Trump tells military to prepare for 'action' against...

Washington [US], November 4: US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle...

Fire at shop in Mexico kills 23

Fire at shop in Mexico kills 23

Mexico City [Mexico], November 4: A fire that broke out at discount shop in Mexico has killed at least 23...

Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 28 in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 28 in...

Kingston [Jamaica], November 4: The number of people killed in Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Melissa has risen to...

Pacific communities urged to get vaccinated as measles cases rise in NZ

Pacific communities urged to get vaccinated as measles...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 4: Pacific health experts are warning families to get vaccinated as New Zealand's measles outbreak spreads...

Supreme Court cannot stop all of Trump's tariffs. Deal with it, officials say

Supreme Court cannot stop all of Trump's tariffs....

Washington [US], November 4:U.S. factory equipment maker OTC Industrial Technologies has long used low-cost countries to supply components - first...

Rescue under way after medieval tower partially collapses in Rome

Rescue under way after medieval tower partially collapses...

Rome [Italy], November 4: Part of a medieval tower in the heart of Rome has collapsed, trapping one worker and...

Ukraine receives Patriot systems to bolster air defences against Russia

Ukraine receives Patriot systems to bolster air defences...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 4: President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has received more United States-made Patriot air defence systems to help...

Maduro's days are numbered: Trump

Maduro's days are numbered: Trump

Washington [US], November 4: President Donald Trump has sent mixed signals over the potential for a United States military intervention...

Latvian leader vetoes effort to exit women's rights treaty

Latvian leader vetoes effort to exit women's rights...

Riga [Latvia], November 4: Following protests against Latvia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on protecting women against violence, President Edgars...

US not planning any nuclear explosions, says Energy Secretary Wright

US not planning any nuclear explosions, says Energy...

Washington [US], November 4: The nuclear weapons testing ordered by US President Donald Trump will not involve any nuclear explosions,...

Haiti declares three days of national mourning after Hurricane Melissa

Haiti declares three days of national mourning after...

Mexico City [Mexico], November 4: Haiti's government on Sunday declared three days of national mourning starting Monday following Hurricane Melissa,...

Leader of Spain's Valencia region steps down one year after major floods

Leader of Spain's Valencia region steps down one...

Madrid [Spain], November 4: Just over a year after deadly storms and flooding in the Spanish city of Valencia, regional...

Hamas hands over remains of three captives, Israel returns 45 bodies

Hamas hands over remains of three captives, Israel...

Gaza [Palestine], November 4: Hamas has handed over the bodies of three more captives after a "complex search operation" in...

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi approaches Philippines

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi approaches Philippines

Manila [Philippines], November 4: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from coastal areas in the eastern Philippines before...

President Hassan sworn in following Tanzania polls

President Hassan sworn in following Tanzania polls

Dodoma [Tanzania], November 4: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in for a second term, following a landslide...

Iran 'not in hurry' to start N-talks with US

Iran 'not in hurry' to start N-talks with...

Tehran [Iran], November 4: Iran is "not in a hurry" to resume talks with the United States over its nuclear...

Turkiye, Muslim allies call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Turkiye, Muslim allies call for permanent ceasefire in...

Istanbul [Turkiye], November 4: A group of influential Muslim-majority states on Monday called on Israel and Hamas to observe the...

Vietnam floods kill 37

Vietnam floods kill 37

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 4: Torrential rains over the past week have triggered severe flooding in central Vietnam, killing at least...

World court investigates possible war crimes in Sudan's El Fasher

World court investigates possible war crimes in Sudan's...

Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 4: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have announced an investigation into possible war crimes committed...

At least 27 dead as earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan

At least 27 dead as earthquake rocks northern...

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 4: At least 27 people have died in Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake struck the northern provinces...

Ukrainian children among victims of deadly Russian missile attacks

Ukrainian children among victims of deadly Russian missile...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 3: Ukraine says its forces destroyed three key fuel lines near the Ramensky district.

Israeli air strike kills four in Lebanon, straining fragile ceasefire

Israeli air strike kills four in Lebanon, straining...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 3: Israel has carried out regular attacks on southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah last...

Colombia's ELN rebels face US drug threats amid push for peace talks

Colombia's ELN rebels face US drug threats amid...

Bogota [Colombia], November 3: The US focus on drugs and neighbouring Venezuela has brought an international dimension to what was...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, USGS says

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region,...

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3: An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey...

Nigeria open to US help against Islamist insurgents with conditions

Nigeria open to US help against Islamist insurgents...

Abuja [Nigeria], November 3: Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as...

Hamas says it will hand over three more hostage bodies

Hamas says it will hand over three more...

Gaza [Palestine], November 3: Hamas said it will hand over bodies of three hostages on Sunday, even as the Palestinian...

US and China agree to set up military-to-military channels: Hegseth

US and China agree to set up military-to-military...

Washington [US], November 3: The United States and China have agreed to set up military-to-military channels to "deconflict and deescalate...