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US orders embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 — The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes […]
One killed, eight injured in attack on Saudi Arabia’s Dammam airport
ISTANBUL, Oct 22 — One person was killed and eight others injured in an attack late Wednesday on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, the country’s civil […]
Indonesia names 11 companies as suspects in forest fire probes
JAKARTA, Oct 22 — Indonesian police have named 11 companies as suspects in investigations into forest and land fires, including three foreign-invested firms, as authorities intensify enforcement against businesses linked […]
Kyiv residents juggle school runs, power cuts and Russian drone attacks
KYIV, Oct 22 — The air alert ends at 8.15am with an explosion in the distance, allowing Anastasiia Zhmutska to finally take her 14-year-old son Orest to school in Ukraine’s […]
Michigan voters divided over Trump as Iran war, rising prices loom over midterms
WARREN, Oct 21 — Retired Michigan autoworkers Mike and Rich live seconds apart, but the neighbours could not be more politically divided ahead of midterm elections dominated by the soaring […]
Trump backlash and rising fuel costs put Republican Susan Collins under pressure in Maine
ALLAGASH (US), Oct 21 — Early snow is already dusting the north-easternmost US state of Maine, where a canny 73-year-old Republican senator is having to run the race of her […]
WHO finds inequality shapes risk, diagnosis and treatment of major diseases
GENEVA, Oct 21 — Non-communicable diseases account for three-quarters of deaths worldwide but affect different population groups in different ways, a World Health Organization study showed on Tuesday. In its biggest-ever […]
Japan says rare earth yttrium supplies have stalled amid China export controls
TOKYO, Oct 21 — Global exports of the rare earth yttrium have stalled, causing what a Japanese official described as a “supply-demand crunch”, with the Financial Times reporting that Tokyo […]
Trump says US citizen Stephen Hubbard on way home after freed by Russia without a swap
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 — Stephen Hubbard, an American taken captive by Russian forces years ago in Ukraine, has been freed and was “on his way back home”, US President Donald […]
Prabowo berates countries that ‘insult’ Indonesia over wildfires, vows to reveal companies involved
JAKARTA, Oct 21 — Indonesia’s president railed today against “countries that like to insult” his nation over wildfires that have razed vast areas, spewing toxic haze into neighbouring countries. The […]