1.17 mn evacuated as Super Typhoon Fung-Wong slams Philippines
Manila [Philippines], November 10: Super Typhoon Fung-Wong made landfall over the northern Philippines on Sunday, bringing destructive winds, torrential rains and storm surges that forced...
Iraqi forces, displaced people vote in parliamentary elections
Baghdad [Iraq], November 10: Members of Iraq's security forces and its internally displaced population have begun casting their ballots in the parliamentary elections - the...
Syria unveils anti-IS clampdown
Cairo [Egypt], November 10: Syria has announced the launch of a nationwide security campaign against the terrorist Islamic State militia, just before a landmark visit...
Tsunami warning issued after quake strikes off Japan
Tokyo [Japan], November 10: The Japanese weather agency issued a tsunami advisory on Sunday for parts of north-eastern Japan after a powerful earthquake struck off...
US flight delays, cancellations accelerate as air traffic controller shortages surge during...
Washington DC [US], November 10: Airlines canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights on Sunday.
Two trains crash in Slovakia injuring multiple passengers
Bratislava [Slovakia], November 10: Two trains crashed in Slovakia on Sunday evening after one ran into the back of the other, injuring dozens of passengers,...
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, two dead
Manila [Philippines], November 10: Super Typhoon Fung-Wong made landfall in the Philippines with two fatalities reported and 1 million people evacuated ahead of one of...
BBC boss and head of news quit after Trump documentary edit criticism
Washington DC [US], November 10: The BBC's boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following criticism over bias at the British broadcaster, including...
Boat with Rohingya migrants sinks off Malaysia, hundreds missing
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 10: A boat carrying members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar has sunk near the Thai-Malaysian border, with hundreds missing, seven...
Shots fired in Chicago at immigration officers
Chicago [Illinois], November 9: A man in Chicago fired shots at U.S. Border Patrol agents during an immigration enforcement operation, the Department of Homeland Security...
Seminar on Chinese aid training programs held in Zambia
Lusaka [Zambia], November 9: The Chinese embassy in Zambia on Friday held a seminar where Zambian public workers who took various short-term aid training programs...
Sudan's poverty rate soars to 71 pct amid ongoing conflict: media
Khartoum [Sudan], November 9: Sudan's poverty rate has surged from 21 percent to 71 percent due to the ongoing conflict, leaving 23 million citizens below...
Egypt unveils new gas discovery in Western Desert
Cairo [Egypt], November 9: Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced Saturday a new gas discovery in the country's Western Desert.
Tanzania to hold horticulture summit to boost investment, exports
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], November 9: More than 400 stakeholders from Tanzania and abroad are expected to attend a horticulture summit to be held...
Ancient Shu civilization highlighted through exhibition, symposium in England
Oxford [England], November 9: An exhibition and academic symposium highlighting the civilization of the ancient Shu Kingdom in China opened on Saturday in Oxford, England,...
Ferosplavna-1 line reconnected to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Vienna [Austria], November 9: The 330 kilovolt Ferosplavna-1 line was reconnected to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) after repair work on Saturday, providing back-up...
Bolivia, U.S. to restore full diplomatic ties
La Paz [Bolivia], November 9: Bolivia and the United States will restore full diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level after a 17-year break, Bolivian President...
Los Angeles event highlights China-U.S. cultural exchanges through film, TV
Los Angeles [California], November 9: A local event on Friday highlighted China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges through film and television, with participants enjoying the role of visual...
Ukrainian officer accused of deadly soldier gathering
Moscow [Russia], November 9: A court in the industrial city of Dnipro on Saturday detained a Ukrainian commander who allegedly gathered 100 soldiers for a...
At least 11 killed as Russia hits residential, energy sites in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], November 9: At least 11 people have been killed, and more parts of Ukraine have been plunged into darkness, after another night of...
Nobel laureate James Watson, who co-discovered structure of DNA, dies
New York [US], November 9: World-renowned scientist James Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for helping discover the structure of...
Court in Brazil provisionally rejects former president Bolsonaro's appeal
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 9: Brazil's Supreme Court has provisionally rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro's appeal against his conviction for an attempted coup.
NATO chief plans to flag nuclear capabilities as deterrent
Berlin [Germany], November 9: NATO chief Mark Rutte has said that he intends to highlight the Western defence alliance's own nuclear capabilities more prominently in...
Storm damage in US has gone up tenfold since 1980
Munich [Germany], November 9: Damage caused by severe storms and flooding has multiplied in major industrialized nations since 1980, according to the world's largest reinsurer,...
Trump is wrecking not only the White House but the nation: Biden
Washington [US], November 9: Former US president Joe Biden lashed out at his successor Donald Trump, saying the current president had not only taken a...
Poisoned water deepens Gaza humanitarian crisis
Gaza City [Gaza], November 9: Israel's war on Gaza has not only razed entire neighbourhoods to the ground, displaced families multiple times and decimated medical...
Israeli strikes kill three in Lebanon amid escalation
Cairo [Egypt], November 9: Three people were killed and 11 others injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes in different parts of Lebanon, Lebanese authorities said....