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Male to seek bailout from New Delhi

MALE, Oct 06 (BBC): Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu has told the BBC that he is confident that India will come to the aid of the island nation as it faces an economic crisis.Muizzu, who begins a five-day visit to India on Sunday, is expected to seek a bailout worth hundreds...

Israeli strikes on Gaza mosque and school leave 26 dead

GAZA, Oct 06 (BBC/AP/AFP): The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 26 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on a mosque and school housing displaced Palestinians in the centre of the territory.Dozens of people were also injured in strikes that hit Ibn Rushd school and Al-Aqsa Martyrs mosque...

Incumbent Saied set for re-election

TUNIS, Oct 06 (AFP): Tunisians voted Sunday in a presidential election largely expected to see incumbent Kais Saied secure another five years in office while his main critics-including one contender-are behind bars.Three years after Saied staged a sweeping power grab, the election is seen as a closing chapter in Tunisia's...

Iran ready for response to any Israeli attack

TEHRAN, Oct 06 (AFP): Iran has prepared a plan to respond to a possible Israeli attack following the Islamic republic's retaliatory missile strike against it last week, local media reported on Sunday."The plan for the necessary response to a possible action by the Zionists (Israel) has been fully prepared," Tasnim...

Israeli demand to move UN's Lebanon troops 'outrageous,' says Ireland

DUBLIN, Oct 06 (AFP): The president of Ireland on Saturday sharply criticised Israel's demand that UN peacekeepers leave their positions in southern Lebanon."It is outrageous that the Israeli Defence Forces have threatened this peacekeeping force and sought to have them evacuate the villages they are defending," President Michael Higgins said...

UK PM's chief of staff resigns after 'intense commentary'

LONDON, Oct 06 (AFP): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Sue Gray resigned on Sunday after facing intense scrutiny during the Labour government's first few months in power.Gray said she was standing down after it "become clear to me that intense commentary around my position risked becoming a...

News in Brief -2024-10-07

Trump rallies at site of failed assassinationBUTLER, Oct 06: Donald Trump defiantly returned Saturday to the site of a campaign rally where an assassin's bullet almost killed him in July, questioning whether his opponents were responsible and declaring he would "never quit." "Exactly 12 weeks ago this evening, on this...