Arab FMs want Israel's complete Gaza withdrawal
CAIRO, Sept 11 (Xinhua/BBC): Foreign ministers (FMs) of Arab countries on Tuesday urged Israel's complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including from the Philadelphi Corridor and the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing.The ministers categorically rejected Israel's plans for "the day after its aggression" and its control over any part...
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Trump claims debate was 'rigged'
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (AFP): Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed-without providing evidence-that the debate between him and rival Kamala Harris was "rigged.""It was a rigged deal, as I assumed it would be, because when you looked at the fact that they were correcting everything and not correcting...
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Polio worker, officer killed in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Sept 11 (AFP): Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan killed a polio worker and a policeman on Wednesday during the latest campaign to vaccinate millions of children in the country, police said.Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic despite an effective vaccine. Militants have...
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Iran president visits Iraq to cement already close ties
TEHRAN, Sept 11 (AFP): Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was due in neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday as he moves to deepen already close ties on his first foreign visit since taking office.Pezeshkian has vowed to make relations with neighbouring countries a priority as he seeks to ease Iran's international isolation...
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UN revises down slightly likelihood of La Nina
GENEVA, Sept 11 (AFP): The United Nations on Wednesday said the probability of the cooling La Nina weather phenomenon appearing this year had decreased slightly since June.There is now a 55-percent chance of La Nina conditions emerging between September and November, and a 60-percent chance between October and next February,...
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