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Toll in Rwanda Marburg outbreak rises to 11 02 Oct 2024 - 11:35 am

Kigali: Five more people in Rwanda have died of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg disease, bringing the number of fatalities to 11, the health...

Danish police probe two blasts near Israeli embassy 02 Oct 2024 - 10:38 am

Copenhagen: Danish police said on Wednesday they were investigating two blasts that went off near the Israeli embassy in the capital Copenhagen. No-one...

Three killed in India helicopter crash 02 Oct 2024 - 10:31 am

New Delhi: A private helicopter crashed in western India on Wednesday, killing three people on board, a fire official said. The chopper burst...

Iran announces cancellation of all flights, Iraq suspends air traffic at all airports 02 Oct 2024 - 12:13 am

Tehran/Baghdad: The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has announced the cancellation of all flights across the country until 10:00 am on Wednesday, October...

Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico's first woman president 01 Oct 2024 - 10:54 pm

Mexico City: Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in on Tuesday as Mexico's first woman president, inheriting a country beset by gang violence and economic...

Mpox vaccination drive delayed in DR Congo 01 Oct 2024 - 08:28 pm

Kinshasa: The mpox vaccination campaign in Democratic Republic of Congo has been pushed back, health authorities told AFP on Tuesday, with the exact...

'No one left': Lebanese man says Israeli strike killed family of 17 01 Oct 2024 - 08:14 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Qassem al-Qadhi left his home in east Lebanon this weekend to buy bread for 17 family members, but when he returned...

Hundreds of firefighters battle a deadly forest fire raging in southern Greece for the third day 01 Oct 2024 - 05:20 pm

Athens, Greece: Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece battled a wildfire for a third day that has killed two people and...

More than 20 feared dead in Thai school bus inferno 01 Oct 2024 - 05:08 pm

Bangkok: Rescuers pulled children's bodies from the charred wreckage of a Thai school bus Tuesday after an accident turned the vehicle into an...

Rescuers search for missing people in Nepal following flooding and landslides that killed 224 01 Oct 2024 - 04:46 pm

Kathmandu, Nepal: Rescuers in Nepal searched on Tuesday for two dozen people still missing and tried to recover the bodies of those killed...

Defence 'geek' Ishiba becomes Japan PM 01 Oct 2024 - 04:09 pm

Tokyo: Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis...

Japan finds body drifting in sea 10 days after severe floods 01 Oct 2024 - 04:00 pm

Tokyo: A body was found drifting in the Sea of Japan that Japanese rescuers said on Tuesday might be a teenager who went...

Germany inaugurates IBM's first European quantum data centre 01 Oct 2024 - 03:49 pm

Ehingen, Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday inaugurated US firm IBM's first quantum data centre in Europe, saying Germany was aiming to be...

France begins low speed limit rollout on Paris ring road 01 Oct 2024 - 03:16 pm

Paris: Paris authorities on Tuesday began to gradually reduce the speed limit on the French capital's congested ring road in a move they...

UNICEF appeals for $105 million aid to assist families, children in Lebanon 01 Oct 2024 - 03:08 pm

Beirut: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that "the dangerous escalation of the conflict in Lebanon has led to a...

Two London teens in hospital after suspected acid attack 01 Oct 2024 - 03:03 pm

London: A suspected acid attack at a London school left two teenagers in hospital Tuesday, one with potentially life-changing injuries, police said. Three...

Anger in Nepal over relief delays as flood toll hits 225 01 Oct 2024 - 02:07 pm

Kavre, Nepal: Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government on Tuesday for inadequate relief efforts during...