200 Bangladeshis abducted during Hasina rule missing

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 6: Around 200 Bangladeshis abducted by security forces during toppled premier Sheikh Hasina's rule are still missing, a commission tasked with investigating...

Women 'stunned' as partners accused in mass rape trial

Avignon [France], November 6: The wives and girlfriends of dozens of men on trial in France accused of raping another woman while she was drugged...

Germany arrests eight members of far-right group

Berlin [Germany], November 6: German police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing extremist group that had trained for what they expected would...

Polls close in key battleground states

Washington [US], November 6: As of 21:00 EST (02:00 GMT), polls have closed in 15 additional states, including critical battlegrounds Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Trump wins Indiana, Kentucky; Harris takes Vermont

Washington [US], November 6: Republican Donald Trump won Indiana and Kentucky in Tuesday's presidential election while Democrat Kamala Harris captured Vermont, Edison Research projected, as...

European Council approves €5 million to enhance Congolese navy operational capabilities

Brussels [Belgium], November 6: The European Council in Brussels has approved aid worth €5 million under the European Peace Facility to enhance the operational capabilities...

IOM warns of cholera outbreak in South Sudan's Upper Nile State

Geneva [Switzerland], November 6: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced today that it is intensifying its response to the cholera outbreak in the Renk...

WHO teams successfully reach Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, deliver medical supplies

Geneva [Switzerland], November 6: Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Oraganisation (WHO) Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, affirmed that the organisation's teams were able to...

Israel reduced number of aid trucks entering Gaza to 30 per day...

Gaza [Palestine], November 6: Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), announced today...

DPRK condemns trilateral joint air drill

Seoul [South Korea], November 5: A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) lashed out at the United States, South Korea and...

UK to 'treat people smugglers like terrorists' in new edict, says PM...

Glasgow [Scotland], November 5: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government will "treat people smugglers like terrorists" as he announced a further £75 million...

Moldovan President Sandu calls for 'solidarity' after re-election victory

Chisinau [Moldova], November 5: Pro-western Moldovan President Maia Sandu is expected to continue leading her country on its reform path towards EU membership, after winning...

Israel notifies UN of ending ties with UNRWA amid warning of famine...

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 5: Israel has officially notified the United Nations of its decision to cut ties with its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)...

German development minister visits Lebanon, repeats ceasefire call

Beirut [Lebanon], November 5: German Development Minister Svenja Schulze arrived in Lebanon on Monday in an expression of support for the millions of refugees and...

Zelensky welcomes increased weapons deliveries

Kiev [Ukraine], November 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted increased arms deliveries from Western allies at a meeting with leading military figures on Monday.

Russian president receives North Korean foreign minister in the Kremlin

Moscow [Russia], November 5: Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the Kremlin for talks on Monday. "Today is...

Robert F Kennedy Jr urges supporters not to vote for him but...

Washington [US], November 5: Former US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has used the eve of the election to call on people not to...

Spain dreads more deaths as rain pounds Catalonia

Valencia [Spain], November 5: Rescuers plunged into inundated garages on Monday to find victims of Spain's deadliest floods in a generation as fresh downpours sparked...

France mass rape trial resumes as more take stand

Avignon [France], November 5: The trial of a Frenchman who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his drugged wife at their home resumed on Monday,...

Harris, Trump make a furious last-day election push

Washington [US], November 5: A US presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple...

Despite sharp decline, inflation remains a sore point for Harris

Washington [US], November 5: For six months or so in 2021, as vaccines paved an economic reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic and fresh waves of...

Georgia top court won't extend ballot deadline in win for Trump

Georgia [US], November 5: The top court in the battleground state of Georgia ruled that Cobb County cannot extend the deadline for counting about 3,000...

Canada judge who headed residential school abuse investigation dies

Ottawa [Canada], November 5: The judge and senator who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into Canadian residential schools' abuse of Indigenous children has died.

Big 5 Global to launch November 26 in Dubai

Dubai [UAE], November 5: Big 5 Global, along with co-located events LiveableCitiesX, GeoWorld and Future FM, will host from 26 to 29 November, five strategic...

UAE chairs 10th meeting of Committee for Development of Arab Tourism Strategy

Cairo [Egypt], November 5: The UAE chaired the 10th meeting of the Committee for the Development of the Arab Tourism Strategy, held today at...

Egypt holds Israel responsible for consequences of ending agreement with UNRWA

Cairo [Egypt], November 5: Egypt condemned in the strongest terms Israel's withdrawal from the agreement regulating the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works...

US bomber joins air drill with S Korea, Japan

Seoul [South Korea], November 4: South Korea, Japan, and the United States on Sunday conducted a joint air drill involving a heavy bomber, Seoul's military...