Aid trucks enter Gaza as Israel prepares Rafah crossing reopening
Gaza City [Gaza], October 16: Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute...
Cameroon opposition's Tchiroma claims election victory
Yaounde [Cameroon], October 15: Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory late in the country's October 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Biya to accept...
U.S Justice Department confirms Meta deletes Facebook page
New York [US], October 15: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that Meta (META.O), opens new tab had complied with its request to take...
Nations pledge funds for Gaza's $70bn reconstruction, says UN
Gaza [Palestine], October 15: European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza,...
Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings
Damascus [Syria], October 15: The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria's largest known mass...
Israel limits Gaza aid, keeps border closed as Hamas regains control
Jerusalem [Israel], October 15: Israel restricted aid into Gaza and kept the enclave's border shut on Tuesday while re-emergent Hamas fighters demonstrated their grip by...
PowerSchool hacker sentenced to four years for data theft, extortion
New York [US], October 15: A Massachusetts man who breached the network of education software provider PowerSchool to steal data belonging to millions of students...
French PM Lecornu suspends Macron's pension reform
Paris [France], October 15: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has postponed President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform, delaying the planned increase in the retirement age...
Racism allegations overshadow exploratory Czech coalition talks
Prague [Czech Republic], October 15: Exploratory talks on a future government in the Czech Republic are being overshadowed by serious allegations levelled against a leading...
Explosion at farmhouse during police raid kills three officers in Italy
Rome [Italy], October 15: A large-scale operation to enforce the eviction of a farmhouse in the small northern Italian town of Castel d'Azzano, near Verona,...
Biden, Clinton praise Trump for role in Gaza ceasefire
Washington [US], October 15: Former Democratic presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton on Monday praised US President Donald Trump for helping broker a ceasefire in...
Russia strikes Kharkiv hospital, UN convoy as Ukraine seeks US Tomahawks
Moscow [Russia], October 15: Russian forces have struck a hospital and a United Nations convoy in Ukraine, officials say, in attacks likely to bolster President...
Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity measures
Brussels [Belgium], October 15: A general strike against proposed austerity measures in Belgium has grounded flights and halted public transport networks.
Torrential rains collapse Venezuelan gold mine killing at least 14
Caracas [Venezuela], October 15: At least 14 people have died after torrential rainfall led to the collapse of a Venezuelan gold mine.
Zelensky revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Odessa mayor Trukhanov
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stripped the mayor of the port city of Odessa, Gennadiy Trukhanov, of his Ukrainian citizenship.
Prominent Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvaei dies
Tehran [Iran], October 15: The prominent and highly controversial Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai has died at the age of 84 in a hospital in the...
Iranian court hands long prison terms to 2 French nationals
Tehran [Iran], October 15: An Iranian court has sentenced two French citizens to long prison terms for alleged espionage for Israel.
Recognising Palestinian state helped bring peace to Gaza, says Starmer
London [UK], October 15: Recognising a Palestinian state helped to bring about peace in Gaza, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told lawmakers.
Madagascar's army seizes power after protests against president
Nairobi [Kenya], October 15: Madagascar's military said on Tuesday it has seized power following weeks of protests against the fugitive president, Andry Rajoelina.
Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians
Gaza City [Gaza], October 15: Israel has handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians as part of an agreement with the militant organization Hamas. The...
Gaza ceasefire tested as Israeli forces kill five Palestinians
Gaza City [Gaza], October 15: At least five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza City, medical sources told Al Jazeera, despite...
Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 14: Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Moday, in the most...
Netanyahu absent from Egypt-led Gaza conflict summit
Jerusalem [Israel], October 14: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday's summit on ending the Gaza war in Egypt, his office said, after...
Heavy rains flood Mexico towns, leave nearly 130 dead or missing
Mexico, October 14: Torrential rains that lashed Mexico last week killed at least 64 people and 65 more are missing, the government said, after a...
Israel releases Palestinian prisoners under U.S brokered ceasefire
Jerusalem [Israel], October 14: Joyous Palestinians rushed to embrace prisoners freed under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement as they arrived by bus to the occupied West...
Imprisoned Cuban dissident goes into exile in US
Havana [Cuba], October 14: One of Cuba's best known dissidents went into exile from prison, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said, headed for the U.S. at...
Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests
Antananarivo [Madagascar], October 14: Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina has fled the African nation, the head of the opposition, a military source and a foreign diplomat...