US war on Iran: Oil tops $100 a barrel for first time since July
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US strikes five Iranian oil tankers
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RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA PORT CITY / Ukraine strikes oil terminal, naval base
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AIR TRAFFIC GLITCH / Cyberattack ruled out as more UK flights axed
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In Brief / Trump gave $45K cash gift to aide, says report
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In Brief / Nepal turns to drones to deliver flood relief
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In Brief / Yemen rebels report dozens of Saudi strikes
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BALOCHISTAN / Pakistan security forces kill 11 terrorists
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Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Saturday asked his 62.5 million followers on Twitter in a poll if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.
7 November 2021
Pledges pile up amid ghosts of past failures
Dozens of nations pledged on Saturday to do more to protect nature and overhaul farming at the COP26 UN climate talks, amid misgivings about past failures.
7 November 2021
Libya FM suspended days before int’l conference
Libya’s presidential council suspended Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush from her duties Saturday days before an international conference is to make a new push to restore stability to the war-battered nation.
7 November 2021
UAE to allow non-Muslim marriage, divorce under new law
Under a civil law in Abu Dhabi, Non-Muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce and get joint child custody, according to a new decree issued on Sunday by its ruler, state news agency WAM said.
7 November 2021
Decades of child abuse: France's bishops kneel in penance
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes on Saturday (Nov 6), a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
7 November 2021
Israel suggests US open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem
Israel stepped up its public opposition on Saturday to a plan by President Joe Biden's administration to reopen a US consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem, suggesting such a mission should be in the occupied West Bank.
7 November 2021
Slave room found at Pompeii
Pompeii archaeologists yesterday said they have unearthed the remains of a “slave room” in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.
6 November 2021
Fuel tanker blast kills 99 in Sierra Leone
At least 99 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the capital of Sierra Leone late on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said.
6 November 2021
US offers up to $5m reward for tips to help capture Mexican drug kingpins
The US State Department announced Friday it would offer up to $5 million each for information that would help authorities capture and convict four Mexican drug cartel kingpins, including the brother of infamous trafficker “El Chapo.”
6 November 2021
Passengers run off after plane makes emergency landing in Spain
One of Spain’s busiest airports, Palma de Mallorca, was forced to close for nearly four hours after several passengers ran off when their plane made an emergency landing, according to airport authorities.
6 November 2021
US to convene foreign ministers next week
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he would convene a virtual meeting of foreign ministers from around the globe to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic next week, pledging to work to address global inequalities in access to vaccines.
6 November 2021
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Several people were wounded yesterday in a knife attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany, local police said, adding the alleged perpetrator had been arrested.
6 November 2021
‘Sacrifice’ to save Ethiopia
Ethiopia must be ready to make “sacrifices” to “salvage” the country, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday, as fighting in the north intensifies between government forces and Tigrayan rebels who threaten to advance on the capital.
6 November 2021
This day in history
1917 - October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government.
6 November 2021
Several wounded in knife attack on train in German
Several people were injured in a knife attack on an express train between the south German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg on Saturday and a male suspect has been arrested, police said.
6 November 2021
Portugal’s president calls early election by January 2022
Portugal is in the midst of a political crisis over the proposed national budget for 2022, with early elections expected in January.
6 November 2021
At least 91 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker blast
Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said.
6 November 2021
8 killed at Texas music festival stampede
At least eight people were killed and many were injured in a crush when fans surged toward the stage during the opening night of the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston, officials said.
6 November 2021
Man who fell to death from Russian embassy in Berlin was a spy, claims German security services
German security services believe that a man found dead in a street outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of Russia's FSB intelligence service, Der Spiegel reported on Friday.
5 November 2021
Debates spark in Poland over woman's death post abortion ban
The death of a pregnant Polish woman has reignited debate over abortion in one of Europe's most devoutly Catholic countries, with activists saying she could still be alive if it were not for a near total ban on terminating pregnancies.
5 November 2021