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California wildfire forces thousands to evacuate
California [US], November 8: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate a part of California that has been savaged...

Cuba slowly restores power after Hurricane Rafael
Artemisa [Cuba], November 8: Cuban authorities said they had begun restoring power to the eastern half of the island on...

2 dead, 12 missing after fishing boat sinks...
Jeju [South Kore], November 8: Two people died and 12 others remained missing after a fishing boat sank off Korea's...

UAE sends two humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza...
Gaza [Palestine], November 8: Two convoys carrying various Emirati humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip this week via the Egyptian...

Nigeria's national flag to fly at half-mast following...
Abuja [Nigeria], November 7: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast for...

Aid group resumes activities at famine-hit camp in...
Port Sudan [Sudan], November 7: The non-governmental medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Wednesday that it has...

Iranian, Finnish FMs discuss developments in West Asia
Tehran [Iran], November 7: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen on Wednesday exchanged views...

Albania fights bird flu with poultry import ban
Tirana [Albania], November 7: Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday took measures to prevent the spread of...

Trump's victory increases risks for global economy: governor...
Paris [France], November 7: Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election "increases the risks for the global economy,"...

89 still missing after devastating floods in Spain
Madrid [Spain], November 7: The number of people who have died in the flash floods that devastated parts of eastern...

2024 poised to be hottest year on record:...
Brussels [Belgium], November 7: The year 2024 is on track to become the hottest on record, with annual global temperature...

New Zealand sees 1 in 16 households crowded
Wellington [New Zealand], November 7: New Zealand sees more than 100,000 crowded households as household crowding has continued to increase...

Israeli opposition calls for protests
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 7: Leading Israeli opposition lawmakers called for protests after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister...

Egypt joins Turkey call for Israel arms embargo
Cairo [Egypt], November 7: Egypt has joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the...

Zelensky, Netanyahu lead global congratulations for Trump
Washington [US], November 7: Congratulations for Donald Trump poured in from leaders around the world on Wednesday as the former...

Head of UNRWA calls on UN General Assembly...
Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Following the Israeli parliament's decision to ban the main UN agency helping Palestinians in the Middle...

German chancellor sacks finance minister, calls confidence vote...
Berlin [Germany], November 7: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he had sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner, adding...

Dems blame Biden for Harris' loss
Washington [US], November 7: Anger and soul-searching took hold of the Democratic Party early on Wednesday morning, after Vice President...

Five killed after jet crashes into vehicle in...
Phoenix [US], November 7: Five people have been killed after a small jet has crashed into a vehicle after taking...

Trump pledges focus on legal migration
Washington [US], November 7: President-elect of the United States Donald Trump puts stress on legal migration to the USA following...

Harris urges Americans to accept results and honor...
Washington [US], November 7: Kamala Harris has addressed America this morning for the first time since Donald Trump's decisive election...

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 30 people, governor...
Beirut [Lebanon], November 7: Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 30 people around the eastern city of Baalbek...

UAE President participates in UAE Government Annual Meetings
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 7: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated today in the UAE Government...

UAE evacuates 210 patients from Gaza in cooperation...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 7: The United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), conducted a humanitarian...

Zimbabwe to host extraordinary SADC summit on regional...
Harare [Zimbabwe], November 6: Zimbabwe will host an extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and...

Russian court fines Apple over refusal to delete...
Moscow [Russia], November 6: The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined Apple Inc. 3.6 million rubles (about 36,800 U.S....

Netflix's European offices searched over alleged tax fraud
The Hague [Netherlands], November 6: Dutch and French authorities conducted a search of Netflix's offices in Paris and Amsterdam on...