Polls show Harris gaining on Trump
New York [US], September 23: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in an NBC News poll released...
US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles
New York [US], September 23: The U.S. Commerce Department is expected on Monday to propose prohibiting Chinese software and hardware in connected and autonomous vehicles...
Musk's SpaceX to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars
New York [US], September 23: SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk has said in...
Harris targets voters with abortion rights bus tour
New York [US], September 23: An intimate crowd gathered around a blue bus and listened intently while Hadley Duvall, an abortion rights advocate and a...
Trump won't run again if he loses, 'that will be it'
New York [US], September 23: Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the US presidency if he loses...
Four people dead and 18 hurt in Alabama mass shooting
Birmingham [UK], September 23: At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say.
30 miners killed by gas blast in Iran
Tehran [Iran], September 23: At least 30 miners have been killed and a further 17 injured in a gas explosion in a coal mine in...
UN reform pact passes at New York summit, despite Russian obstruction
New York [US], September 23: Despite Russian efforts to derail the agreement, the international community adopted a UN reform plan at the Summit of the...
Swiss reject referendum on biodiversity and one on pension reform
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23: Swiss voters rejected two referendums on Sunday - one on an expansion of nature conservation and the other on a partial...
Classes resume at Bangladesh university at heart of anti-Hasina protests
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 23: Students have returned to classes at Bangladesh's Dhaka University, after a weeks-long shutdown sparked by a student-led uprising that toppled former...
Militants target diplomats with a bomb amid surge in attacks in Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23: A group of diplomats travelling in north-western Pakistan was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb, killing a policeman escorting the group, officials...
Hezbollah vows to continue fighting Israel despite heavy blow
Beirut [Lebanon], September 23: The pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement vowed on Sunday to continue to fight Israel and support its main ally Hamas in Gaza despite...
Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera bureau in occupied West...
Gaza [Palestine], September 23: Israeli soldiers have raided the Al Jazeera office in the occupied West Bank and ordered the bureau to shut down amid...
7 killed as Israel strikes Gaza school sheltering displaced
Gaza [Palestine], September 23: Israeli forces have hit a school-turned-shelter housing refugees in northern Gaza, killing at least seven people in yet another attack targeting...
Iran's President Pezeshkian aims for constructive dialogue with West at UNGA
Tehran [Iran], September 23: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told state broadcaster IRIB that he plans to use the upcoming UN General Assembly to resume...
US, Australia, India, Japan to boost maritime security cooperation
Washington DC [US], September 23: The United States, Japan, Australia and India will increase cooperation on maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region, in the face...
Russian airstrike injures 21 as drone strikes knock out power
Kiev [Ukraine], September 23: A Russian airstrike on an apartment block in Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine injured 21 people, while some 145 kilometres south-west of...
Sharp criticism in Italy over smiling Meloni selfie with Mel Gibson
Italy [Rome], September 23: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni drew sharp criticism on Sunday from some social media users for posting a selfie of herself...
Voting ends in Sri Lanka's first presidential poll after economic woes
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 23: Voting in Sri Lanka's first presidential election since a major economic crisis closed on Saturday, officials said.
Ukraine bans officials from using Telegram
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 22: Ukraine has banned government and military officials from using the Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices because of concerns about Russian...
German police investigate shooting incident at watch shop in Cologne
Berlin [Germany], September 22: German police are investigating a shooting at a watch shop in Cologne on Saturday as possibly having a connection with a...
Italy declares state of emergency for two flood regions in north of...
Rome [Italy], September 22: Italy declared a state of emergency on Saturday for two flood regions in the north of the country after days of...
1 dead, several missing as heavy rains hit Japan's earthquake zone
Tokyo [Japan], September 22: One person has been killed amid heavy rains battering a region in western Japan that was hit by an earthquake at...
Biden can still help Ukraine; talks with Putin possible, says President Zelensky
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 22: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes outgoing US President Joe Biden can still make important decisions before leaving office in January that...
New Zealand pilot hostage freed by Indonesia's Papua rebels 'very happy' to...
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 22: A New Zealand pilot held captive for 19 months by separatist rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region was freed on Saturday,...
US Secret Service details failures in lead up to Trump rally shooting
Washington [US], September 22: The US Secret Service on Friday detailed gaps in communication and lack of diligence uncovered by a review into the assassination...
Israeli attack on Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians kills 22
Gaza [Palestine], September 22: At least 22 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack that hit a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City,...