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Takaichi set to be Japan's first female PM

TOKYO, Oct 04 (Reuters): Japan's ruling party picked conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country's first female prime minister in a move set to jolt investors and neighbours.The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for almost all of the...

Russia launches largest strike on Ukraine's gas facilities

KYIV, Oct 04 (AP/AFP): Russia carried out its biggest attack of the war overnight, targeting natural gas facilities operated by Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz Group, Ukrainian officials said Friday.Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched 381 drones and 35 missiles, aiming to damage the country's power and gas infrastructure ahead of...

Young Moroccans protest for 7th day in a row

RABAT, Oct 04 (AFP): Youth-led protests demanding reforms to public healthcare and education took place on Friday in several Moroccan cities for a seventh day in a row, an AFP journalist and local media reported.The protests, called by the online-based GenZ 212 group whose organisers remain unknown, also called on...

Dutch Supreme Court orders govt to review licence

THE HAGUE, Oct 04 (AP/AFP): The Netherlands' highest court on Friday ordered the Dutch government to reconsider its suspended license for the export of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel, amid concerns the parts could be used in violations of international law.The Supreme Court ruled that the suspension of exports...

Afghan Taliban foreign minister to visit India for first time

KABUL, Oct 04 (AFP): Afghanistan's Taliban foreign minister will visit India this month after the UN Security Council Committee temporarily lifted a travel ban, Kabul's foreign ministry confirmed to AFP on Saturday.Amir Khan Muttaqi will become the first senior Taliban leader to visit India since they returned to power in...

Egypt opens one of Valley of the Kings' largest tombs to public

LUXOR, Oct 04 (AFP): The tomb of Pharoah Amenhotep III, one of the largest in southern Egypt's Valley of the Kings and Queens, was officially opened to the public Saturday, after years of restoration.Egypt's tourism and antiquities minister, Sherif Fathy, unveiled to reporters the newly refurbished tomb, which dates back...

Iran executes 6 members of 'terrorist' group

TEHRAN, Oct 04 (AFP): Iran's judiciary said on Saturday it had executed six members of a "terrorist" group convicted of waging armed attacks in the southwestern province of Khuzestan."The death sentence for six separatist terrorist elements, who in recent years had carried out a series of armed operations and bombings...