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WHO warns hospitals on the brink as Israel pushes Gaza City assault

WHO warns hospitals on the brink as Israel...

Gaza [Palestine], September 19: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Gaza's hospitals are on the "brink of collapse"...

Mass protests draw hundreds of thousands in France

Mass protests draw hundreds of thousands in France

Paris [France], September 19: Mass protests against austerity measures drew hundreds of thousands of participants in France on Thursday.

Israel begins a wave of strikes on Hezbollah posts in southern Lebanon

Israel begins a wave of strikes on Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], September 19: The Israeli military said on Thursday it had begun a wave of...

Obama warns of 'cancel culture' after Jimmy Kimmel's talk show pulled

Obama warns of 'cancel culture' after Jimmy Kimmel's...

Washington [US], September 19: Former US president Barack Obama has warned of "cancel culture" under Donald Trump's administration following the...

Israel opens new route out of Gaza City, death toll passes 65,000

Israel opens new route out of Gaza City,...

Gaza [Palestine], September 19: The Israeli military said it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could...

Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court

Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court

Paris [France], September 19: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte plan to present photographic and scientific evidence in...

Gaza hit by telecoms blackout as Israeli tanks and infantry advance

Gaza hit by telecoms blackout as Israeli tanks...

Gaza [Palestine], September 19: Israeli tanks advanced along two gateways to the centre of Gaza City while internet and phone...

French unions strike against austerity, pressuring Macron

French unions strike against austerity, pressuring Macron

Paris [France], September 19: Hundreds of thousands took part in anti-austerity protests across France, urging President Emmanuel Macron and his...

Over 30 people have died from Ebola in Congo, says World Health Organization

Over 30 people have died from Ebola in...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 19: The World Health Organization on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the...

Earthquake strikes near Tokara Islands, Japan

Earthquake strikes near Tokara Islands, Japan

Tokyo [Japan], September 19: An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck on Thursday near the shores of the...

Trump to designate far-left, anti-fascist group Antifa as "major terrorist organisation"

Trump to designate far-left, anti-fascist group Antifa as...

Washington DC [US], September 19: US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he is designating the far-left, anti-fascist movement...

Bangladesh blocks Sheikh Hasina, her family's IDs to prevent them from voting

Bangladesh blocks Sheikh Hasina, her family's IDs to...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 19: Bangladesh's Election Commission has said that the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina and her...

Only 13 survive as boat carrying 74 refugees capsizes off Libya coast: c

Only 13 survive as boat carrying 74 refugees...

Tripoli [Libya], September 19: Only 13 people have survived and dozens remain missing after a vessel carrying 74 refugees, mostly...

Japan's former Internal Affairs Minister Takaichi enters race for LDP leadership

Japan's former Internal Affairs Minister Takaichi enters race...

Tokyo [Japan], September 19: Japan's former Internal Affairs Minister Sanae Takaichi has officially announced her bid for the leadership of...

3 officers killed, 2 injured in shooting in U.S. state of Pennsylvania

3 officers killed, 2 injured in shooting in...

New York [US], September 18: Three officers were killed and two others were injured in a shooting in York County,...

Over 1mn Afghan girls out of schools since 2021, Atlantic Council report says

Over 1mn Afghan girls out of schools since...

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18: The Atlantic Council, in a recently published report, stated that since 2021, more than one million...

Scientists find smarter way to activate immune system against cancer

Scientists find smarter way to activate immune system...

Cambridge [UK], September 18: Scientists have developed a smarter way to activate the immune system against cancer, potentially making treatments...

AI to boost trade by nearly 40% by 2040: WTO

AI to boost trade by nearly 40% by...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 18: The 2025 edition of the World Trade Report has revealed that, with the right enabling policies,...

Egypt, Spain reaffirm rejection of Israeli attempts to displace Palestinians

Egypt, Spain reaffirm rejection of Israeli attempts to...

Cairo [Egypt], September 18: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi praised Spain's recognition of a Palestinian state and its backing of the...

FBI director Kash Patel agrees to probe Trump-Epstein birthday note

FBI director Kash Patel agrees to probe Trump-Epstein...

Washington, DC [US], September 18: FBI Director Kash Patel has agreed to open an investigation into the birthday note...

More than 140 environmental defenders killed in 2024

More than 140 environmental defenders killed in 2024

Bogota [Colombia], September 18: At least 142 environmental advocates were killed around the world in 2024, with four more going...

Trump meets King Charles in historic second UK state visit

Trump meets King Charles in historic second UK...

London [UK], September 18: US President Donald Trump has begun a lavish two-day state visit to Britain. He was greeted...

UNICEF warns of endless cycle of crisis facing children in Afghanistan

UNICEF warns of endless cycle of crisis facing...

Kabul [Afghanistan] September 18: Children of Afghanistan have been facing an endless cycle of crisis threatening both their present and...

Trump welcomed with military pomp as UK state visit begins

Trump welcomed with military pomp as UK state...

London [UK], September 18: US President Donald Trump was treated to an unprecedented display of military pomp and pageantry as...

Gunmen on motorbikes kill 22 after shooting at baptism ceremony in Niger

Gunmen on motorbikes kill 22 after shooting at...

Niamey [Niger], September 18: Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in...

Outcry in Maldives after controversial media bill pushed through parliament

Outcry in Maldives after controversial media bill pushed...

Male [Maldives], September 18: A bill that critics say could muzzle the media has sparked an outcry in the Maldives...

Aid groups call on world leaders to stop Israel's Gaza genocide

Aid groups call on world leaders to stop...

Gaza City [Gaza], September 18: The heads of more than 20 aid agencies working in Gaza have called on world...