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UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to Gaza

November 18, 2024 - 19:53
Council urges immediate increase in aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza, warning that humanitarian situation there is worsening

US Sudan envoy meets army chief Burhan on first visit

November 18, 2024 - 19:04
Humanitarian aid is a priority, says Tom Perriello

UN to resume Haiti aid flights

November 18, 2024 - 18:49
UN paused flights to Haiti's capital last Tuesday after gangs struck three commercial planes with gunfire

Greece to repay chunk of bailout debt early

November 18, 2024 - 18:22
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis describes the move as a signal of the nation’s fiscal recovery

45 pro-democracy activists face wide range of sentences in Hong Kong

November 18, 2024 - 18:21
It's latest development in largest case brought under a national security law that critics say crushed political activism in semiautonomous Chinese city

US House panel to consider releasing report on Trump's attorney general nominee

November 18, 2024 - 18:18
Former congressman Matt Gaetz is under scrutiny for allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use

Militants kill 8 Pakistani soldiers, abduct 7 police officers

November 18, 2024 - 18:17
Attack occurred in Khyber, volatile border district in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, targeting soldiers returning to their base after counterinsurgency operation

Canada foiled Iran plot to assassinate former minister

November 18, 2024 - 18:16
Irwin Cotler, 84, has been a strong critic of Tehran

Zimbabwe urged to put money into cancer treatment services

November 18, 2024 - 17:14
Cancer patients and advocates are urging authorities in Zimbabwe to ensure cancer centers have lifesaving equipment needed to properly treat patients. Some patients say public hospitals do not have working machines to provide radiotherapy.

November 18, 2024 - 2200 UTC

November 18, 2024 - 17:00

U.S. gives Ukraine greenlight to strike Russia with U.S. missile

November 18, 2024 - 17:00
The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden’s shift in policy added an uncertain, new factor to the conflict on the eve of the 1,000-day milestone since Russia began its full-scale invasion in 2022. A conversation with Jennifer Kavanagh, a Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis at Defense...

Nigeria celebrates Miss Universe success amid citizenship controversy

November 18, 2024 - 16:48
Chidimma Adetshina stepped down from competing in Miss Universe South Africa after her Nigerian roots became a subject of xenophobic online attacks

China's Xi highlights 'Global South' measures at G20

November 18, 2024 - 16:47
China, Brazil, South Africa and the African Union to spearhead initiative that ensures technological advances benefit underdeveloped to developing nations

As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers flourish overseas

November 18, 2024 - 16:40
Crackdown has had a chilling effect on China’s publishing industry; some booksellers are closing up shops or relocating

8 killed as super typhoon strikes Philippines

November 18, 2024 - 16:18
Fierce winds and strong rains triggered landslides and storm surges

Ecuador declares national emergency as wildfires, drought intensify

November 18, 2024 - 16:17
Decree comes as nation faces energy crisis, power outages

Jury selection begins in human smuggling case after deaths of Indian family at Canada-US border

November 18, 2024 - 15:59
Couple, two young children froze to death while trying to cross the border in sub-zero temperatures

Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency aid after Hurricanes Helene, Milton

November 18, 2024 - 15:47
Lawmakers are meeting during a lame-duck session to finish key priorities before making way for a new Congress and the incoming Trump administration

Teenage Buddhist lama marks last birthday in US before joining monastery in Himalayas

November 18, 2024 - 15:47
It's the last big party for Jalue Dorje before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of kilometers from his home in suburban Minneapolis

Cracks in G20 consensus over Ukraine as US ramps up aid

November 18, 2024 - 15:25
In his remaining weeks in office, Biden bolsters military and diplomatic support for Kyiv

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