Mon 28 October 2024: North Korea helping Russia in Ukraine is “very dangerous,” U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that North Korean troops are in Russia and that military units have been deployed to a border region. Putin’s ‘desperation’ NATO chief Mark Rutte on Monday decried the […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday he had “received indications” hours before Israel launched an attack on military sites. “We had received indications since the evening about the possibility of an attack that night,” Araghchi told reporters without specifying the nature of the indications. On Saturday, Israel carried out air strikes on military […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an initiative proposed by Egypt on Sunday for a short-term cease-fire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the proposal, according to Israeli media. “We proposed a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip for two days to exchange four (Israeli) hostages […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Beijing says latest arms package violates China’s sovereignty, endangers peace in the region. China has slammed the latest round of United States arms sales to Taiwan, vowing to take “all necessary measures” to assert its sovereignty over the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The US State Department on Friday […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned about existing challenges in mpox surveillance as the number of cases since this year have surpassed 45,000. During an online media briefing Thursday evening, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said that since the beginning of this year, a total […]
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Sun 27 October 2024: South Africa is set to submit a detailed memorial against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, aiming to substantiate its case that Israel is committing genocide in Palestine, diplomatic sources confirmed to Anadolu on Sunday. A South African diplomatic source told Anadolu, requesting anonymity as he was […]
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Sun 27 October 2024: The governing Georgian Dream party is leading the crucial parliamentary elections, according to early results announced by the electoral body, but the pro-Western opposition groups are claiming victory, setting the stage for confrontation over the future of the former Soviet republic. Early official results with 70 percent of precincts counted, showed the governing […]
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Fri 25 October 2024: Some 479,498 children under the age of five in Kenya’s 23 arid areas are facing acute malnutrition and need treatment, the country’s National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said Thursday. Although malnutrition cases remain high, the number represents a decline from 760,488 in July, according to NDMA’s September update released in Nairobi, […]
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Sun 27 October 2024: Voting began Sunday in Japan’s general election as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is seeking a new mandate amid scrutiny about political fund scandals within the ruling party. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), alongside its coalition partner, Komeito, wants to keep its majority in the 465-member House of Representatives. Media polls, however, […]
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Sat 26 October 2024: A global anti-money laundering watchdog has added Lebanon to its “grey list” of nations that are subject to increased monitoring of financial transactions. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Friday that Lebanon had made progress on several recommended actions and would continue to implement reforms. Lebanon has been […]
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