Hurricane Milton hits Florida, some places with 'once in a thousand years'...
Florida [US], October 10: Hurricane Milton made landfall near the city of Siesta Key, Florida, USA on the evening of October 9 (local time, this...
California confirms third bird flu case
California [US], October 10: California reported a third human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a dairy worker who had contact with infected cattle...
Saudi Arabia misses U.N. seat
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], October 10: Saudi Arabia narrowly failed on Wednesday to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a blow to...
Hezbollah, Israeli troops clash at border
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 10: Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday its fighters had pushed back advancing Israeli forces in clashes along the border, including in...
Ras Al Khaimah Police launches Beware of Cybercrime campaign
Ras Al Khaimah [UAE], October 10: Ras Al Khaimah Police General Command has launched a public awareness campaign titled 'Beware of Cybercrime', in collaboration with...
16 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital, 4 shot in...
Gaza border [Israel], October 10: At least 16 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens injured today in an Israeli airstrike targeting...
End 'collective amnesia' over COVID-19, says WHO
Copenhagen [Denmark], October 10: The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that humanity's "collective amnesia" about the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic "should...
Mongolia's foreign trade turnover increases by 13 pct in first 3 quarters
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], October 9: Mongolia's foreign trade turnover rose by 13 percent year-on-year, reaching 20.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first three quarters of...
Brunei to hold Islamic calligraphy festival
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], October 9: The International Islamic Calligraphy Festival is set to be held in Brunei from Oct. 16 to 18, local media...
Saudi crown prince reassures public about king's health
Cairo [Egypt], October 9: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reassured the public regarding King Salman's health, state media reported on Tuesday, two days...
France issues an entry ban against Osama bin Laden's son
Paris [France], October 9: France has imposed an entry ban on Omar bin Laden, son of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, citing national...
Five Russian climbers found dead in Nepal's Himalayas
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 9: Nepali officials said on Tuesday that five Russian climbers have been found dead on the 8,167-metre Mount Dhaulagiri I in the...
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as grisly anniversary passes
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 9: Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on northern and central Gaza as the besieged territory marks the...
Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking grain ships in the Black Sea
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 9: Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile hit a Palau-flagged grain ship in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa on Oct. 7,...
Artificial Intelligence 'sublimates' at the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
Washington [US], October 9: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to an American-Canadian duo for their achievements in machine learning, key to the...
Ms. Harris gives CBS interview, Mr. Trump refuses
Washington [US], October 9: Yesterday (Vietnam time), ahead of the US presidential election, CBS News broadcast the program "60 Minutes" interviewing US Vice President Kamala...
Fluctuating with world gold prices
Washington [US], October 9: Gold prices continue to fluctuate at high levels while the long-term trend seems to be still increasing, while also posing many...
Hurricane Milton reaches peak strength, President Biden says evacuation is a matter...
Florida [US], October 9: Hurricane Milton has strengthened into a Category 5 storm (the highest level on the hurricane scale) and is expected to make...
North Korea reappoints defense minister amid warming ties with US-South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], October 9: The National Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has passed many important issues and appointed new positions in...
Biden cancels major trip to deal with super storm of the century
Washington [US], October 9: The situation with Hurricane Milton about to hit the US could affect plans to hold an important meeting of Ukraine's allies...
PM condemns 'brutality and cruelty' of October 7 attack
Sydney [Australia], October 9: Anthony Albanese has marked the anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel, while also acknowledging Palestinians being killed in Gaza.
Hurricane Milton threatens Florida as Category 5 storm, thousands flee
Florida [US], October 9: Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida's battered Gulf Coast as an enormous Category 5 storm on Tuesday, triggering massive traffic jams and...
Australians return home on Lebanon evacuation flights
Sydney [Australia], October 9: Hundreds of Australians have arrived home after being evacuated in the latest round of flights from Lebanon, as bipartisanship on the...
UK seeks to move migrants held on secretive island
London [UK], October 9: The UK has offered dozens of stranded migrants, held for years in a camp on a secretive UK-US military island in...
Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon up to 2,119 fatalities,10,019 wounds...
Beirut [Lebanon], October 9: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 36 people have been killed, and 150 others wounded as a result of Israeli...
Over 6% of Gazans killed or injured in one year: WHO
Gaza border [Israel], October 9: Over 6% of the entire population of Gaza has been killed or injured as Israel's devastating military campaign nears one...
New law blocking UNRWA 'would be a catastrophe', Guterres warns
New York [US], October 9: Two bills before the Israeli parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of UN Palestine relief agency, UNRWA,...