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Oct 16, 2025
New York [US], October 16: The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected 14 member states to serve in the UN Human Rights Council beginning on 1st January, 2026.
Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024: WMO warns
UN accuses Israel of new war crimes as it kills more Gaza civilians
Putin welcomes Syrian president to Moscow despite sheltering Assad
Three hanged for armed robbery in Iran
Brazil showcases finance ministers' plan for $1.3 trln
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Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies at 80
Nairobi [Kenya], October 16: Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who was imprisoned multiple times while fighting one-party autocracy and ran five times unsuccessfully for...
NATO, EU working together on drone wall to protect Europe
Washington DC [US], October 16: NATO chief Mark Rutte said before a meeting with defence ministers that the military alliance and the European Union were...
Madagascar dissolves institutions after military seizes power
Antananarivo [Madagascar], October 16: Madagascar's new military ruler, Michael Randrianirina, said on Wednesday he would soon be sworn in as the country's president as the...
Government shutdown halts pay for US air traffic controllers
Washington DC [US], October 16: More than 13,000 U.S. air traffic controllers face rising stress and financial insecurity after Tuesday's disbursement of what will be...
Microsoft to avoid French probe into search practices, Qwant says
Washington DC [US], October 16: U.S. tech giant Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab looks set to avoid a French antitrust investigation into its search operations...
Aid trucks enter Gaza as Israel prepares Rafah crossing reopening
Gaza City [Gaza], October 16: Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute...
Cameroon opposition's Tchiroma claims election victory
Oct 15, 2025
Yaounde [Cameroon], October 15: Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory late in the country's October 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Biya to accept...
U.S Justice Department confirms Meta deletes Facebook page
New York [US], October 15: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that Meta (META.O), opens new tab had complied with its request to take...
Nations pledge funds for Gaza's $70bn reconstruction, says UN
Gaza [Palestine], October 15: European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza,...
Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings
Damascus [Syria], October 15: The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria's largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.
Israel limits Gaza aid, keeps border closed as Hamas regains control
PowerSchool hacker sentenced to four years for data theft, extortion
French PM Lecornu suspends Macron's pension reform
Racism allegations overshadow exploratory Czech coalition talks
Explosion at farmhouse during police raid kills three officers in Italy
Biden, Clinton praise Trump for role in Gaza ceasefire
Russia strikes Kharkiv hospital, UN convoy as Ukraine seeks US Tomahawks
Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity measures
Torrential rains collapse Venezuelan gold mine killing at least 14
Zelensky revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Odessa mayor Trukhanov
