Venezuela bans six major airlines after tensions with US escalate
Caracas [Venezuela], November 28: Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to...
US appears to back plan to divide Gaza, rebuild Israeli-controlled side
Washington DC [US], November 28: The United States Department of State has backed plans to establish what it calls "alternative safe communities" (ASC) in Gaza,...
Guinea-Bissau general sworn in as transitional president after coup
Bissau [Guinea-Bissau], November 28: General Horta Nta Na Man has been sworn in as the transitional president of Guinea-Bissau, one day after army officers announced...
Hegseth says 500 more National Guard troops to be sent to Washington
Olympia [Washington], November 28: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said that 500 additional National Guard troops would be sent to Washington following the...
US suspends Afghans' immigration requests after DC shooting incident
Olympia [Washington], November 28: The Trump administration said that the processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals would be suspended "effective immediately," hours...
Floods, landslides kill 34 in Indonesia's Sumatra after days of rain
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 28: At least 34 people have died and 52 others are missing after floods and landslides swept through Indonesia's North Sumatra province...
European Commission president welcomes Ukraine peace deal led by Donald Trump
Brussels [Belgium], November 27: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, welcomed talks on a Ukraine peace deal led by US President Donald...
Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens, report warns
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 27: Authorities worldwide have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a worsening trafficking...
No firm deadline for Ukraine-Russia peace deal, Trump says
New York [US], November 27: US President Donald Trump has adopted yet again an optimistic tone regarding peace plans in Ukraine, saying the only deadline...
Nepal: Gen-Z youths and UML cadres clash in Dhangadhi; 2nd incident of...
Kailali [Nepal], November 27: Gen-Z youths and cadres of the CPN-UML led by KP Sharma Oli clashed in Dhangadhi city on Wednesday, marking the second...
Brazil's Bolsonaro to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
BrasÃlia [Brazil], November 27: Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for...
Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have been released, official says
Abuja [Nigeria], November 27: Twenty-four girls who were abducted from a government boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, the state governor's...
UN kicks off process to elect next secretary-general
New York [US], November 27: The process to elect the next United Nations secretary-general formally kicked off on Tuesday as member states were asked to...
Bangladesh slum fire leaves thousands homeless
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 27: A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka's largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows...
Hong Kong buildings blaze kills at least 36 people, hundreds missing
Hong Kong, November 27: At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise...
Trump told Japan's PM to lower the tone on Taiwan
New York [US], November 27: U.S. President Donald Trump called Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week and advised her not to provoke Beijing on...
Nigeria's Tinubu declares security emergency, orders mass recruitment of police and army
Abuja [Nigeria], November 27: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency and ordered the army and police to recruit thousands of...
National Guard soldiers shot in 'targeted' attack near White House
New York [US], November 27: Two National Guard soldiers were shot on Wednesday near the White House in what officials described as a targeted ambush,...
New Zealand government announces inquiry into Phillips children case
Wellington [New Zealand], November 27: The New Zealand government announced an inquiry into the disappearance of the Phillips children, who were hidden by their fugitive...
Indonesia's Jakarta now the world's largest city, Tokyo falls to third: UN
New York [US], November 27: A new United Nations report has found that Indonesia's capital Jakarta is the world's largest city with 41.9 million people...
Army officers say they seized power in Guinea-Bissau
Bissau [Guinea-Bissau], November 27: A group of army officers said they had seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, on the eve of the expected...
Storms, floods bring new challenges to Gazans
Gaza [Palestine], November 27: Israel's more than two-year genocidal war has forced nearly all of Gaza's two million people from their homes to live in...
Trump announces simultaneous meetings with Russia & Ukraine
Geneva [Switzerland] / Washington [US], November 27: President Donald Trump hasannounced two simultaneous meetings of US representatives with Russia and Ukraine to negotiate the final...
Thousands homeless after fire ravages more than 1,500 shanties in Dhaka
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 27: A fire at one of the largest slums in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka has destroyed more than 1,500 shanties, firefighting...
Dozens killed as catastrophic floods hit southern Thailand, Indonesia
Bangkok [Thailand], November 27: Catastrophic floods have affected millions of people in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Colombia's Petro says US military presence in Caribbean 'about oil'
Buenos Aires [Argentina], November 27: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said the increased US military presence in the Caribbean has more to do with Venezuela's...
Ukraine announces agreement with US on most important points of peace proposal...
Kyiv [Ukraine], November 26: Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's former defense minister and currently the secretary of its National Security and Defense Council, told Germany's dpa news...