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Up to 15 trapped under collapsed building in Georgia

Tbilisi, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):A five-storey building collapsed Friday in Georgia’s second city Batumi as authorities deployed hundreds of firemen and medics to rescue victims. Georgian police said “around 10 to 15 people” were trapped under debris and that it was doing “everything” to get them […]

Suicide bomber kills at least 55 at mosque in Afghanistan

Kunduz, Afghanistan, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 55 people Friday, in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country. Scores more victims from the community were wounded in […]

Croatia admits violent migrant pushbacks, Greece to probe reports

Zagreb, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Croatia on Friday confirmed violent migrant pushbacks as Greece promised to probe fresh reports of similar rights breaches on its border following pressure from the European Union. Investigations published Wednesday in several European media used video recordings and documents to show an […]

US envoy on Yemen returns as UN drops abuse probe

Washington, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):The US envoy on Yemen on Friday started a fresh peace bid that includes a stop in Saudi Arabia, which succeeded in scuttling a UN-backed probe into abuses in the conflict. Tim Lenderking, tasked by President Joe Biden with working to end […]

5.6-Magnitude quake jolts western Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (XINHUA/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Indonesia’s western province of Aceh on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. The quake hit at 17 : 04 a.m. Jakarta time (1014 GMT) with the epicenter at 29 km southwest Calang […]

Japan, Russia to continue talks on peace treaty

Tokyo – October 8 (Online): Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to move forward with negotiations on a post-war peace agreement between the two countries. Speaking to the press after his first phone call […]

Journalists Ressa, Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize

Islamabad – October 8 (Online): Philippine and Russian journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won Noble Peace Prize for their ‘courageous efforts for press freedom in their native countries. According to international media, the committee called the pair “representatives of all journalists who stand […]

Poland wants to stay in EU, PM says despite legal challenge

Warsaw, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday said that Poland wanted to stay in the European Union, a day after a landmark court ruling that experts said could instead lead to “Polexit”. The ruling from Poland’s Constitutional Court challenged the primacy of EU […]

US special forces quietly training Taiwanese: official

Washington, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):US special operations forces have been quietly training Taiwanese troops for months, a move which China warned Friday could cause “serious harm” to relations between Washington and Beijing. A contingent of around 20 special operations and conventional forces has been conducting the […]

US nuclear sub damaged in underwater collision

Washington, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):A US nuclear submarine was damaged after hitting an unidentified object while operating underwater in Asia, the US Navy said Thursday. The USS Connecticut, a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, “struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of Oct. 2, while operating in […]

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