Death toll from Venezuela twin quakes rises to 164
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Thousands feared dead after two major earthquakes strike Venezuela
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Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterways
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Heatwave linked to 212 deaths in Spain Sunday-Wednesday: public institute
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Latest developments in Europe's heatwave
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Europe heatwave is 'price to pay for fossil fuel pollution': UN climate chief
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In photos / Aftermath of twin quakes in Venezuela
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US says it is mobilizing assistance for Venezuela after earthquakes
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Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance
The 44-year-old founded the Youth Against Settlements group, which campaigns against the proliferation of Jewish settlements in the territory -- communities widely regarded as illegal under international law.
3 October 2024, 06:11 AM
Trump's dark route in search of election victory
Trump's version of America is under siege from an "invasion" across its southern border. Girls are "raped and sodomized and murdered" by foreign hordes "poisoning the blood" of the nation. People's pets are on the menu at migrant barbecues.
3 October 2024, 05:08 AM
Five things to know about the Nobel Prize
Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Nobel winners between October 7 and 14, here are five things to know about the prizes and their creator.
3 October 2024, 04:29 AM
Singapore's disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and has held the trade, communications and transport portfolios, pleaded guilty last week to four counts of improperly receiving gifts and one of obstructing justice.
3 October 2024, 04:15 AM
US urgently tries to shape Israel's response to Iran
All sides are aware that any retaliatory strike against Iran's nuclear or oil installations would send the Middle East spiralling even more towards chaos, but Israel seems not to have made a decision yet.
3 October 2024, 03:25 AM
American killed in Israel's military campaign in Lebanon
Israel's recent military campaign in Lebanon has killed hundreds, wounded thousands and displaced over a million. Israel says it is targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
3 October 2024, 03:12 AM
US election like no other enters nail-biting final month
The 2024 race has seen more twists than a Hollywood blockbuster
3 October 2024, 03:07 AM
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 65 Palestinians
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 65 Palestinians overnight, including in a school sheltering displaced families, medics said, as Israeli tanks advanced in areas of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave.
2 October 2024, 18:19 PM
Fierce clashes rage inside Lebanon
Hezbollah’s media chief Mohammad Afif said those battles were only “the first round” and that the group had enough fighters, weapons and ammunition to push back Israel.
2 October 2024, 18:18 PM
Junta takes census amid boycott calls
Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar yesterday for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged people to boycott.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
India does not share vision for ‘Asian Nato’
India does not share the vision for an “Asian Nato” called for by Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Iranian strike shows capability for greater scale
The Iranian ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday was larger, more complex and involved more advanced weapons than the strikes in April, experts say, putting greater stress on missile defences and allowing more warheads to get through.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
VP rivals defend Trump, Harris in polite debate
US vice presidential contenders J D Vance and Tim Walz faced off in a surprisingly civil debate on Tuesday evening, despite tense moments on the hot topics of migration, abortion and the threat of war in the Middle East.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
47 tigers dead in Vietnam zoos
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said yesterday.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah losses strengthen Turkey against Iran: analysts
Israel’s onslaught against Hezbollah in Lebanon is reassuring for Turkey, which could seize the opportunity to strengthen its regional influence in the face of its rival Iran, analysts told AFP.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
How will Israel react to Iranian missile attack?
Israel's pledge to respond to a massive missile strike from Iran has sent diplomats scrambling for ways to avert a full-blown regional war
2 October 2024, 16:17 PM
Jaishankar, Blinken discuss 'Indian-subcontinent' issues in Washington
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington on Tuesday and held discussions on a number of issues, including the "recent developments in the Indian sub-continent"
2 October 2024, 14:32 PM
More than 700,000 displaced in Haiti, half of them children: UN
More than 700,000 people are now displaced from their homes in Haiti, more than half of whom are children, the United Nations said today, as gang violence ravages the country
2 October 2024, 10:50 AM
Israel declares UN chief 'persona non grata' over Iran attack response: foreign ministry
Israel on Wednesday declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata", banning him from entering the country for failing to condemn Iran's missile attack on Israel.
2 October 2024, 10:17 AM
Death toll from Tel Aviv attack rises to seven
A man wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv has died, the medical centre where he was being treated said Wednesday, bringing the number of fatalities up to seven.
2 October 2024, 10:04 AM