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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Afghanistan's Herat
A shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked western Afghanistan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, the latest to hit a region where entire villages have been flattened and over 1,000 killed by a series of tremors this month
15 October 2023, 04:24 AM
US sends second aircraft carrier 'to deter hostile actions against Israel'
The United States is sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean "to deter hostile actions against Israel or any efforts toward widening this war following Hamas's attack," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Saturday
15 October 2023, 03:47 AM
Window for Gazans to flee closes
Netanyahu visits border as Israel readies troops for ground invasion defying ceasefire calls
14 October 2023, 18:21 PM
Israeli missile killed Reuters journalist
Lebanon said yesterday that Israel was behind cross-border fire that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six others near the border the previous day.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Magnitude 5.3 quake rattles Taiwan
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast yesterday, the island’s weather bureau said, briefly shaking buildings in the capital Taipei but with no immediate reports of damage.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
2 dead in Vietnam floods
Two people died after being swept away in floodwaters in central Vietnam, state media reported yesterday.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
2020 Nobel laureate poet Louise Gluck dies
American poet Louise Gluck, winner of the Nobel prize for her distinctively austere writing that touched on themes of mythology and the universal human experience, has died, a Yale University spokeswoman said on Friday.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Conservative Luxon wins
New Zealand’s centre-right National Party led by Christopher Luxon will form a new government with its preferred coalition party ACT, as Prime Minister Chris Hipkins conceded his Labour Party could not form a government after yesterday’s general election.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
N Korea recently sent arms to Russia
North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia in recent weeks for use in Ukraine, the White House said Friday.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Israel army 'very sorry' for journalist's death in Lebanon: spokesman
Israel army said it is “very sorry” for the death of a Reuters journalist, who was killed while working in southern Lebanon on Friday, its spoke person said.
14 October 2023, 08:33 AM
More than 1,300 buildings destroyed in Gaza: UN
More than 1,300 buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed, the United Nations said Saturday, after nearly a week of fierce bombardment by Israeli forces
14 October 2023, 07:45 AM
Reuters journalist dead, AFP reporters among 6 wounded in Lebanon
A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organisations said.
13 October 2023, 18:55 PM
Nasa launches probe to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
Nasa yesterday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Teacher fatally stabbed in school attack
A man of Chechen origin stabbed to death a teacher and severely wounded two other adults yesterday at a school in northeastern France, with prosecutors opening a probe into a suspected act of terror.
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Israeli artillery fires on Gaza every 30 secs
Like clockwork, every 30 seconds Israeli artillery goes into action against a barely visible target somewhere in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Ground attack on Gaza would be unacceptable
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday called for an end to the bloodshed in the Middle East and cautioned Israel that a ground offensive in Gaza would lead to an “absolutely unacceptable” number of civilian casualties.
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Thousands hold protest rallies around the world
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated across the world yesterday in support of the Palestinians and against Israeli airstrikes pounding Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict erupting as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion in the coastal strip.
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Panic in Gaza after Israel’s ultimatum
Palestinians carried belongings through the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza City Friday in search of refuge as Israel's army warned residents to flee immediately before an expected ground offensive in retaliation against Hamas for the deadliest attack in Israeli history
13 October 2023, 14:36 PM
Nasa unveils newly returned carbon-rich asteroid sample
A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, Nasa revealed on Wednesday, offering more evidence for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Putin in Kyrgyzstan for first trip abroad since court arrest warrant
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday called for strengthening military ties with Kyrgyzstan in a trip to the Central Asian country, his first foreign visit since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM