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13 pct of German retirees staying in work: Destatis

13 pct of German retirees staying in work:...

Berlin [Germany], October 29: About 13 percent of German retirees aged 65 to 74 remained employed last year, according to...

Russia, Belarus FMs vow to strengthen ties amid Eurasian security talks

Russia, Belarus FMs vow to strengthen ties amid...

Moscow [Russia], October 29: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has met his Belarusian counterpart Maxim Ryzhenkov in Minsk, agreeing to...

25 U.S. states sue Trump administration for blocking food aid funding

25 U.S. states sue Trump administration for blocking...

Washington [US], October 29: Democratic governors and attorneys general from 25 U.S. states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration...

U.S. consumer confidence index slightly declines

U.S. consumer confidence index slightly declines

New York [US], October 29: The U.S. Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index released on Tuesday stood at 94.6 in October,...

Pentagon hits 4 alleged drug-trafficking boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14

Pentagon hits 4 alleged drug-trafficking boats in eastern...

Olympia [Washington], October 29: The U.S. military destroyed four vessels allegedly transporting narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday,...

Canadian arrested with 18.2 kg of hashish at Sri Lanka's main airport

Canadian arrested with 18.2 kg of hashish at...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 29: Sri Lanka Customs' Narcotics Control Unit (NCU) on Tuesday arrested a Canadian national at Bandaranaike...

Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs

Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs

San Francisco [California], October 29: Amazon plans to lay off roughly 30,000 corporate employees starting on Tuesday, local media reported...

Mexico, U.S. agree to extend tariff deadline

Mexico, U.S. agree to extend tariff deadline

Mexico City [Mexico], October 29: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her U.S. counterpart Donald Trump agreed to postpone...

Arab League warns of wars' impact on development progress

Arab League warns of wars' impact on development...

Cairo [Egypt], October 29: The Arab League has warned against the escalation of wars in the region and the...

UAE, Italy discuss judicial cooperation, combating transnational crime

UAE, Italy discuss judicial cooperation, combating transnational crime

Dubai [UAE], October 29: Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice, met with Carlo Nordio, Minister of...

DIHAD, Kuwait Association for Needy Families hold panel discussion in Kuwait

DIHAD, Kuwait Association for Needy Families hold panel...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], October 29: Under the patronage of Dr Khaled Amer Al Ajmi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Social...

Japan's Takaichi hopes for 'golden age' for security alliance with the US

Japan's Takaichi hopes for 'golden age' for security...

Tokyo [Japan], October 29: The United States and Japan aim to further strengthen their security alliance as Japan's new Prime...

Israel orders new Gaza strikes

Israel orders new Gaza strikes

Gaza City [Gaza], October 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to carry out intense strikes on...

UN chief urges immediate ceasefire talks in Sudan

UN chief urges immediate ceasefire talks in Sudan

New York [US], October 29: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for immediate talks to end the fighting in Sudan...

Russian drones making southern Ukraine uninhabitable

Russian drones making southern Ukraine uninhabitable

Moscow [Russia], October 29: Constant Russian drone strikes on civilians are making Ukrainian-held areas along the lower Dnipro River in...

Category 5 hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, NHC says

Category 5 hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica,...

Kingston [Jamaica], October 29: Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday (local time) as a category five hurricane, the...

Israeli PM orders 'powerful attacks' in Gaza

Israeli PM orders 'powerful attacks' in Gaza

Gaza City [Gaza], October 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to "carry...

US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats in Pacific

US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged...

Washington DC [US], October 29: US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on four alleged drug boats in the...

Trump rules out 2028 VP gambit

Trump rules out 2028 VP gambit

New York [US], October 28: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would technically be eligible to run for...

Sweden, hit by gang crime, plans prisons for 13 year old offenders

Sweden, hit by gang crime, plans prisons for...

Stockholm [Sweden], October 28: Sweden, which has been plagued by severe gang-related crime, on Monday announced plans to place offenders...

Zelensky warns of wider drone, missile attacks on Russia

Zelensky warns of wider drone, missile attacks on...

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday that Kiev plans to expand its drone and missile...

Strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela goes into force

Strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela goes into...

Moscow [Russia], October 28: Russia and Venezuela have entered into a strategic partnership intended to expand their cooperation in the...

UK 'in touch' with US authorities after commentator detained by ICE

UK 'in touch' with US authorities after commentator...

London [UK], October 28: A British commentator who travelled to the US for a speaking tour has been detained by...

US fighter jet and helicopter crash in South China Sea; all crew rescued

US fighter jet and helicopter crash in South...

Washington [US], October 28: A US fighter jet and a military helicopter went down in the South China Sea within...

Spain's Sanchez sees hold on power weaken

Spain's Sanchez sees hold on power weaken

Madrid [Spain], October 28: The left-wing minority government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Spain is losing one of its...

'Int'l forces unlikely to enforce Gaza peace'

'Int'l forces unlikely to enforce Gaza peace'

Jerusalem [Israel], October 28: Countries would reject being asked to "enforce" peace in Gaza if deployed under the Trump ceasefire...

International Minifootball Federation approves organisation of Asian Champions League in Jakarta

International Minifootball Federation approves organisation of Asian Champions...

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 28: The International Minifootball Federation (IMF) has approved the organisation of the Asian Champions League, to be...