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Indonesia's president says locked doors, steep stairs key factors in deadly stampede 05 Oct 2022 - 09:22 pm

JAKARTA: Locked stadium doors were a key reason why an Indonesian soccer riot turned so deadly, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, ordering...

Germany, Spain stick to plan to build new gas pipeline as leaders meet 05 Oct 2022 - 08:56 pm

LA CORUNA: Germany and Spain are sticking to their plan to build a new gas pipeline across the Pyrenees in defiance of French...

France taps strategic fuel reserves as refinery strike grinds on 05 Oct 2022 - 08:56 pm

PARIS: France has tapped its strategic fuel reserves to resupply petrol stations that have run dry, the government said on Wednesday, amid strikes...

Serbia's police prevent 200 migrants from entering Hungary, seize money, weapons 05 Oct 2022 - 08:38 pm

Belgrade: Serbian police prevented 200 migrants from crossing into the country's northern neighbour Hungary and seized money and weapons, the interior ministry said...

Russian TV protester confirms she has gone on the run 05 Oct 2022 - 08:19 pm

Moscow: Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, famous for staging an on-air protest against Russia’s war in Ukraine, confirmed she had escaped house arrest...

Ghana raises cocoa farmgate price by 21% for 2022/23 season 05 Oct 2022 - 08:11 pm

ACCRA: Ghana has raised the guaranteed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers to 12,800 cedis ($1,248.78) per tonne for the main crop of...

Iranian police deploy at universities as unrest over Mahsa Amini's death churns on 05 Oct 2022 - 06:23 pm

DUBAI: Iranian security forces deployed at universities in several cities on Wednesday, witnesses said, stepping up efforts to quell more than two weeks...

Congo rejects US request to pull oil blocks from auction 05 Oct 2022 - 06:17 pm

KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo's government has rejected a request by US climate envoy John Kerry to withdraw some oil blocks put up...

Blast hits Kabul mosque in vicinity of interior ministry, kills 2 05 Oct 2022 - 04:40 pm

Kabul:A blast hit a mosque in Afghanistan's capital in the vicinity of the heavily fortified interior ministry compound on Wednesday, officials said, killing...

Nobel prize goes to pioneers of molecule-building "click chemistry" 05 Oct 2022 - 02:06 pm

Stockholm: Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022NobelPrize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering reactions that let molecular building...

Shaken by heatwaves, US clinics get tips on staying cool 05 Oct 2022 - 11:59 am

Nags Head, North Carolina: The day a patient collapsed out in the parking lot, nurse practitioner Alexis Hodges realized she needed a plan...

Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount 05 Oct 2022 - 11:55 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, even as its military is struggling to hang on...

Roadside bomb kills three UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic 05 Oct 2022 - 11:36 am

Dakar: A roadside bomb killed three United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh and injured several others in northwest Central African Republic on Monday, the...

Japan reopens embassy in Ukraine after 7-month closure 05 Oct 2022 - 11:19 am

Japan reopened its embassy in Kyiv todayfollowing a seven-month closure due to Russia's warinUkraine, the Foreign Ministry said, as the security situation has...

Ethiopia, Tigray head invited to peace talks in South Africa 05 Oct 2022 - 10:59 am

The leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the central government have been invited to peace talks in South Africa this weekend as...

Palestinian youth shot by Israeli forces turns out to be alive 05 Oct 2022 - 10:10 am

Basl Basbous, who was shot by Israei forces yesterdaymorningduring a military raid into the north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah,...

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes northwestern Iran 05 Oct 2022 - 09:40 am

A magnitude 5.7earthquakestruck northwestern Iran on Wednesday, and state television said medical authorities in the area reported that at least 276 people had...

US Navy's newest carrier deploys to train with NATO nations 04 Oct 2022 - 10:36 pm

NORFOLK: The US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier embarked on its first-ever deployment Tuesday and will train with other NATO countries amid Russia's...