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Super Typhoon Ragasa pounds Philippines with strong wind,...
Manila [Philippines], September 23: Super Typhoon Ragasa slammed into the northern Philippines on Monday, bringing torrential rain and powerful winds...

Egyptian president pardons prominent 2011 uprising activist Abdel-Fattah
Cairo [Egypt], September 23: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi issued a pardon on Monday for prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a presidential...

Putin proposes one-year extension to last US-Russia arms...
Moscow [Russia], September 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed that Russia and the United States each commit for...

UN report urges rethink of global water crisis...
New York [US], September 22: A new United Nations report has called for a fundamental reassessment of the global water...

Canada, Mexico eye stronger ties amid Trump tariff...
Mexico City [Mexico], September 22: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Mexico on Thursday for talks with Mexican President...

Philippines President orders evacuation ahead of Super Typhoon...
Manila [Philippines], September 22: With Super Typhoon Ragasa intensifying ahead of its expected landfall in the northern Philippines on September...

Pentagon restricts press access, asks reporters to sign...
Washington [US], September 22: Reporters covering the US Department of War (earlier called Department of Defence) will soon be required...

Israel presses on with Gaza City assault, at...
Gaza [Palestine], September 22: Israel's military kept up its assault on Gaza City and the wider Gaza Strip on Saturday,...

Disney's Kimmel suspension shows Trump's increasing grip over...
New York [US], September 22: ABC's abrupt suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, opens new tab under pressure from...

Two bodies found in search for Freeport Indonesia...
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 22: Two bodies have been recovered in the search for seven Freeport Indonesia workers trapped underground at...

US vaccine advisers abandon broad COVID shot support
New York [US], September 22: A panel of vaccine advisers named by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday...

Netanyahu rejects recognition of Palestinian state
Gaza [Palestine], September 22: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly condemned recent moves by world leaders to recognize a...

Trump White House scrambles to save Kirk's young...
New York [US], September 22: The Trump White House is scrambling to preserve the powerful voter mobilization machine built by...

Pope Leo decries 'forced exile' of Gaza civilians
Gaza [Palestine], September 22: Pope Leo spoke out against the forced displacement of Gaza civilians on Sunday as Israel intensified...

British couple freed by Afghanistan's Taliban arrive in...
Doha [Qatar], September 22: Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, arrived in Qatar from Afghanistan into the arms...

Charlie Kirk lauded at Arizona memorial as galvanizing...
New York [US], September 22: President Donald Trump hailed slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for American freedom"...

Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years...
Beijing [China], September 22: A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak...

Britain, Canada and Australia recognise Palestinian statehood
London [UK], September 22: The leaders of Britain, Canada and Australia announced on Sunday that their governments have formally recognised...

Trump reaffirms US will help defend Poland, Baltic...
Washington [US], September 22: President Donald Trump has reassured European NATO allies that the US will help to defend them...

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan prepare for effects of...
Beijing [China], September 22: China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were bracing for the effects of the approaching Typhoon Ragasa on...

Venezuela starts training civilians to fight US in...
Mexico City [Mexico], September 22: The Venezuelan government is training civilians on how to use weapons to defend the country...

UN chief expresses grave concern over Sudan's El...
Omdurman [Sudan], September 22: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed dismay at "the rapidly deteriorating situation" in El...

UN Security Council to meet after Estonia cites...
New York [US], September 22: The United Nations Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on Monday about reported Russian...

Obama warns of 'cancel culture' after Jimmy Kimmel's...
Washington [US], September 21: Former US president Barack Obama has warned of "cancel culture" under Donald Trump's administration following the...

Israel begins a wave of strikes on Hezbollah...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 21: The Israeli military said on Thursday it had begun a wave of strikes against "Hezbollah military...

US strike on alleged drug smuggling vessel kills...
Washington [US], September 21: US President Donald Trump on Friday said the US military killed three people in a strike...

Zelensky says he'll meet Trump next week on...
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 21: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines...