U.S.-British coalition launches airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah: Houthi TV
Sanaa [Yemen] October 19: Warplanes of the U.S.-British coalition launched two airstrikes on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah late Friday night, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV...
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 19: Russia and Ukraine have each swapped 95 prisoners of war with the United Arab Emirates acting as mediator.
Woman dead, search for children missing in bay waters
Floyd Bay [Australia], October 19: A woman has died and a major search is continuing for two children missing in waters in Sydney's southwest.
N.Korean troops in Russia 'ready for combat in Ukraine'
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 19: North Korea has shipped 1500 special forces troops to Russia's far east for training and acclimatising and will likely be...
Harris, Trump spar over who has stamina to be president
Washington [US], October 19: Kamala Harris has raised questions about Donald Trump's physical stamina to serve effectively as president as the rivals tore through the...
Russia returns remains of 500 soldiers to Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], October 19: Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities say, in what appears to be the biggest repatriation...
Nepal's former home minister arrested over alleged cooperative fraud
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 19: Nepal's former deputy prime minister and home minister Rabi Lamichhane was arrested on Friday evening over his alleged involvement in cooperative...
All Sydney beaches reopened following tar ball pollution
Sydney [Australia], October 19: All Sydney beaches reopened on Saturday after several were closed due to tar ball pollution.
Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs at ruling party HQ,...
Tokyo [Japan], October 19: A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters...
Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership ability'
Manila [Philippines], October 19: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on October 18 harshly attacked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying he lacked leadership ability.
Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel
Ramallah [Palestine], October 19: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which...
WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 19: The WTO Secretariat, led by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will once again have a presence at the UN's annual Climate Change Conference....
International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says UN-mandated commission
Geneva [Switzerland], October 19: All countries and international organisations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring an end to Israel's unlawful...
Death toll from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion rises to 170
Abuja [Nigeria], October 19: Nigerian authorities confirmed today that the death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in the north of the country last Tuesday...
Guterres submits report of investigation into death of Dag Hammarskjold in 1961
New York [US], October 19: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted an updated report to the President of the UN General Assembly on the...
190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between Russia, Ukraine
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 19: The UAE has successfully mediated a new exchange of captives between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine,...
Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with Russia
New York [US], October 18: Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia.
After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles
New York [US], October 18: Joe Biden is expected to use Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...
Kenya senate votes to remove deputy president from office
Nairobi [Kenya], October 18: Kenya's senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment.
UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans
Geneva [Switzerland], October 18: The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called for an investigation into reports that a large group of Afghan migrants had been...
Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by Pro-Trump Republicans
Georgia [US], October 18: A judge on Wednesday overturned controversial changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board, the latest defeat for...
Nebraska law allowing felons to vote upheld by state court
Nebraska [US], October 18: Nebraska's top state court upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people...
Colombian farmers embrace green pivot
Bogota [Colombia], October 18: A transformation has taken root in Colombia's jungle heartland, as farmers once engaged in coca cultivation and deforestation are switching to...
Jimmy Carter, 100, fulfils his wish and votes in the US election
Washington [US], October 18: Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former US president and the only one to have reached the age of 100, cast his...
Kamala Harris duels with host during conservative Fox TV interview
Washington [US], October 18: In her first TV interview with the conservative US broadcaster Fox News, US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris engaged in a...
Former One Direction star Payne dies in Argentina balcony fall
Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 18: Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.
Boy, 8, dies in UK on rabbit shooting hunt
London [UK], October 18: An eight-year-old boy was killed with a shotgun during a rabbit shooting expedition in England, an inquest hearing was told. Jay...