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Iraq conducts first national census in nearly 40 years 

20 November 2024

Iraq is conducting a nationwide census, its first attempt to gather demographic data since 1987 when Saddam Hussein was ...

Will the House ethics panel release report on Gaetz misconduct allegations? 

20 November 2024

Whether Matt Gaetz serves as US attorney general during President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration depends o...

Could artificial rain fix Delhi’s toxic air pollution? 

20 November 2024

Soaring air pollution in India’s capital, New Delhi, has reached “hazardous” levels this week, causing state offic...

Biden has pivoted to allow Ukraine to use US missiles in Russia. Why now? 

20 November 2024

United States President Joe Biden has made unceasing support for Ukraine during Russia’s invasion a hallmark of his on...

How was a UN aid convoy robbed near Israeli military positions? 

20 November 2024

The looting of 97 trucks of a UN aid convoy in sight of Israeli military installations at the Karem Abu Salem crossing (...

ICC sentences Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years over Mali war crimes 

20 November 2024

News|Courts The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a key member of a Malian armed group to 10 years in pri...

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire 

20 November 2024

The United States has vetoed a resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding an “immediate, uncon...

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams western US, leaving one dead and 600,000 without power 

20 November 2024

News|Weather A powerful storm known as a “bomb cyclone” has killed at least one person and knocked out power for hun...

At least 36 killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Palmyra: State media 

20 November 2024

At least 36 people have been killed and 50 wounded in an Israeli attack that hit residential buildings in the Syrian cit...

Elon Musk and Donald Trump add SpaceX rocket launch to their growing bond 

20 November 2024

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, launched the sixth test of his SpaceX rocket with United States President-elect Do...