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76 dead as Philippine authorities begin victim identification in Palawan ferry fire 12 Sep 2026 - 06:57 pm

Coron, Philippines: The death toll from the M/V June Aster ferry fire off Coron, Philippines, increased to 76 on Saturday after the Philippine...

Iraqi president condemns attacks targeting Saudi Arabia 12 Sep 2026 - 06:38 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi President, Nizar Amidi on Saturday strongly condemned the attacks targeting Saudi Arabia and affirmed, "Iraq does not accept the use of...

Casualty toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza strip rises to 73,783 killed and 174,738 injured 12 Sep 2026 - 06:33 pm

Gaza: The casualty toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 73,783 killed and...

Worst DR Congo Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases 12 Sep 2026 - 04:11 pm

Kinshasa: More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst outbreak of the deadly disease ever, according...

Explosions, fire at Bulgarian ammunition storage site 12 Sep 2026 - 03:45 pm

Sofia, Bulgaria: An explosion and fire have hit an ammunition storage site in Bulgaria, police said Saturday, weeks after a blaze at another...

China, Russia, Iran leaders gather in India as BRICS nations seek common ground 12 Sep 2026 - 02:22 pm

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping joined the leaders of Russia, Iran, India and other BRICS nations in New Delhi on Saturday, seeking...

French police suspect train derailment was sabotage: police source 12 Sep 2026 - 12:00 pm

Paris, France: Investigators suspect that a train derailment in northwest France which injured 44, one gravely, was the result of sabotage, a police...

Trump asks Smithsonian to install George Washington statues, exhibition 12 Sep 2026 - 11:35 am

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution on Friday to install statues of George Washington, in his latest bid...

Egyptians budget for bread after mass food aid cuts 12 Sep 2026 - 10:53 am

Cairo: Standing outside a bakery in Cairo's working-class El-Marg district, Eman Abdel Fattah thumbed a handful of crumpled banknotes, calculating how much bread...

First bodies of Philippines ferry fire victims land as toll hits 35 12 Sep 2026 - 10:47 am

Coron, Philippines: The bodies of passengers killed in a ferry fire off the Philippines arrived at a port near the resort town of...

How China and Nepal are battling flood rumours online 12 Sep 2026 - 09:51 am

Hong Kong: China and Nepal have taken different approaches to information after a Himalayan flood, shaping what the public saw of a disaster...

Children in flood-hit Nepal grapple with loss, cling to hope 12 Sep 2026 - 09:25 am

Nuwakot, Nepal: At 12, Nepali schoolgirl Ritu Maya Tamang has already learned how a close-knit family can be torn apart in a matter...

Belgium authorities investigate first probable local West Nile human infection case 12 Sep 2026 - 05:00 am

Brussels:Health authorities in Flanders have detected five probable locally acquired cases of West Nile virus (WNV), marking the first domestic human infections reported...

Eight people rescued from clandestine CJNG cartel facility in Mexico 12 Sep 2026 - 04:00 am

Guadalajara,Mexico: An operation near Guadalajararesulted in the rescue of eight people from forced cartel labor, Mexican officials confirmed on Thursday, September 10. The...

Sheinbaum says 'Mexico is nobody's pinata' in response to Rubio 12 Sep 2026 - 03:00 am

Mexico City: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum voiced her rejection ofwhat she described as use of Mexico "in their elections" in response to comments...

Zambia could face 'acute food insecurity' as El Nino drought looms: official 12 Sep 2026 - 02:00 am

Lusaka: Between October of this year and March of next year, an estimated 1.2 million people in Zambia are at risk of experiencing...

UK police ban masks at planned protests 12 Sep 2026 - 01:00 am

London: Police in southern England have banned demonstrators from wearing face coverings or masks during planned anti-immigration rallies and counter-protests this weekend. Anti-migrant...

Researchers develop antibodies against Epstein-Barr virus 11 Sep 2026 - 09:12 pm

Washington: Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington have developed novel monoclonal antibodies to prevent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)...