Tel Aviv, Oct 12, (dpa/GNA) – Rocket alarm sirens sounded in areas of Israel on Saturday, as Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, launched hundreds of…
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Israeli military attacks market in southern Lebanon
Beirut, Oct 12, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli fighter jets attacked a market in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, the state-run Lebanese news agency…
Guinea bans ministers from leaving country till end of 2024
CONAKRY, Oct. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) — The Guinean government has prohibited its ministers from leaving the national territory before the end of this year, a…
Hurricane Milton slams Florida; 3 million without power
Oct 10 (VOA/GNA) – Hurricane Milton brought flooding rains and damaging winds to central and northern Florida on Thursday, destroying homes and leaving at…
200 feared trapped in Brazil’s landslide
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — Some 200 people may have been buried, after a landslide occurred Monday in a port area of…
1 million people experiencing food insecurity in Kenya: authorities
NAIROBI, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — At least a million people in Kenya are struggling with food insecurity and in need of humanitarian assistance, the…
Uganda completes polio vaccination of 2.7 million children
KAMPALA, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — Uganda’s Ministry of Health has completed the polio immunization, targeting 2.7 million children under five in the eastern part…
Hamas marks one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, declares readiness for prolonged conflict
GAZA, Oct. 6, (Xinhua/GNA) — The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, declared on Monday their readiness for a protracted conflict against Israel…
European leaders call for ceasefire, two-state solution in Gaza conflict
BRATISLAVA, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — Many European leaders on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, while repeating their support for…
7 dead, 59 injured in paramilitary shelling of displaced persons camp in western Sudan: official
KHARTOUM, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — At least seven people were killed and 59 others wounded, in an artillery strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support…
UN chief appeals for peace on one-year anniversary of Gaza conflict
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday appealed for peace in the Middle East, in his message to mark…
Ethiopian parliament appoints FM as new president
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — The two houses of the Ethiopian parliament, on Monday appointed Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie as the new…
Tunisian President Kais Saied re-elected: preliminary results
TUNIS, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — Preliminary results showed that Tunisian President Kais Saied, has been re-elected for a second term, after winning 90.69 percent…
Biden condemns Hamas’ massacre, mourns loss of civilian lives in Gaza in call with Israeli president
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — U.S. President Joe Biden, on Monday condemned the massacre of innocent people by Hamas, and mourned the loss of…
AU congratulates Taye Atske Selassie on appointment as Ethiopia’s new president
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Monday congratulated Taye Atske Selassie on his…
TikTok sued for ‘wreaking havoc’ on teen mental health
Oct 8 (BBC/GNA) – More than a dozen states in the US have sued TikTok, accusing the social media platform of helping to drive…
Social media X fined 5.23 mln USD in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Oct. 7, (Xinhua/GNA) — Social media X, formerly known as Twitter, has paid 28.6 million reais (about 5.23 million U.S. dollars) in…
Kenyan entrepreneurs explore opportunities at China Trade Week
NAIROBI, Oct. 7, (Xinhua/GNA) — Dressed in elegant attire, Magdalene Wangui was among the hundreds of visitors, attending the official opening of China Trade…
In Israel, hostages’ relatives call on the world to press for a deal
Tel Aviv, Oct 7, (dpa/GNA) – In Israel, relatives of hostages held in Gaza, called on the international community not to remain silent or…
Mother of murdered hostage says Israel did not want this war
Berlin, Oct 7, (dpa/GNA) – Ricarda Louk, the mother of the murdered German-Israeli hostage Shani Louk, has warns against offsetting the victims of the…