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Michelle Obama admits fear over vote result, slams Trump

International —27 October, 2024 14:19

Michelle Obama on Saturday aired her "genuine fear" that Donald Trump could retake the White House as the popular former first lady made a passionate appeal…

Michelle Obama admits fear over vote result, slams Trump

Israel launches attack on Iran

Israel announced the launch of ‘precise strikes’…

Israel launches attack on Iran
Kiribati's pro-China president eyes third term

Kiribati's pro-China acting president Taneti Maamau sought…

Kiribati's pro-China president eyes third term

More than 150 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia: UN

More than 150 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia: UN

More than 150 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued off the coast ofIndonesia after their boat languished at sea for days, the United Nations refugee agency…

Harris calls Trump 'fascist' after ex-aide's Hitler comparison

Harris calls Trump 'fascist' after ex-aide's Hitler comparison

Vice President Kamala Harris said that she believes that Donald Trump "is a fascist" after his longest-serving chief of staff said the former president praised Adolf Hitler while in…

Putin says Middle East 'on brink of full-scale war'

Putin says Middle East 'on brink of full-scale war'

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a BRICS summit on Thursday that the Middle East was on the verge of full-scale war. "The military action that started a year ago in Gaza has now…

Explosion outside Turkish aerospace HQ near Ankara

Explosion outside Turkish aerospace HQ near Ankara

An explosion took place in front of the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace (TAI) just outside Ankara on Wednesday, Turkish media reported, saying there was also the sound of gunshots. Initial images shown by Turkey's private NTV television channel showed a large cloud of smoke in front of the site's entrance some 40 kilometres outside the capital, saying the blast took place at around 4 pm (1300 GMT).

It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade: UN

It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade: UN

United Nations agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns…

Harris and Trump push for every vote with just 14 days to go

Harris and Trump push for every vote with just 14 days to go

 One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a special pitch to Latino voters as Democratic…

Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital

Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital

Taiwan has rejected South Africa's demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg, in the latest…

Erdogan rival Gulen dies in exile at 83

Erdogan rival Gulen dies in exile at 83

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged 83, his movement and the Turkish government…

S Korea calls for immediate withdrawal of N Korean troops allegedly in Russia

S Korea calls for immediate withdrawal of N Korean troops allegedly in Russia

South Korea on Monday demanded the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia as it summoned the Russian ambassador to protest deepening military cooperation…

US defense chief visits Kyiv for Ukraine support talks

US defense chief visits Kyiv for Ukraine support talks

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

Musk to give away $1m per day to Pennsylvania voters

Musk to give away $1m per day to Pennsylvania voters

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he will give away $1m (£766,000) a day to a registered voter in the key swing state of Pennsylvania until the US presidential election in…

Trump says China respects him because Xi knows he is 'crazy'

Trump says China respects him because Xi knows he is 'crazy'

Donald Trump has said that if he returns to the White House China would not dare provoke him because President Xi Jinping knows the Republican is "crazy". Speaking to the Wall Street…

Gaza war, settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest

Gaza war, settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest

After a year of relentless war, Gaza's olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks. For generations,…

Japan's ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs

Japan's ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs

A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party in Tokyo Saturday, then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister's residence, Tokyo…