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COP29 opens in Azerbaijan for talks centred on climate funding 

11 November 2024

The annual United Nations climate summit has started in Azerbaijan, with countries readying for tough talks on finance a...

Kremlin says reports that Trump spoke to Putin are ‘pure fiction’ 

11 November 2024

The Kremlin has denied reports that claimed the US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladim...

Israeli wars in Gaza, Lebanon on Arab-Islamic summit agenda in Saudi Arabia 

11 November 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has demanded that Israel immediately stop its military aggression in G...

Japan’s PM Ishiba survives parliament vote, to lead minority government 

11 November 2024

Japanese legislators have voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost...

Photos: Pakistan’s record smog affects children, forces people home 

11 November 2024

On the streets of Pakistan’s second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can aff...

Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth concedes defeat in parliamentary election 

11 November 2024

Pravind Jugnauth, the incumbent prime minister of Mauritius, has conceded defeat in the parliamentary election, saying h...

COP29 in Azerbaijan: What’s at stake at the 2024 global climate summit? 

11 November 2024

The UN annual climate summit is now under way in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, with thousands of representatives from the...

Israel sees ‘progress’ in ceasefire talks with Lebanon, but no deal yet 

11 November 2024

Israel says there has been “certain progress” in talks about a ceasefire in Lebanon, although the Iran-backed Hezbol...

Europe braces for a ‘swift and brutal transition’ to the world of Trump 

11 November 2024

European Union leaders took to social media on Wednesday morning to congratulate Donald J Trump on a sweeping presidenti...

Zelenskyy says Ukraine up against 50,000-strong force in Russia’s Kursk 

11 November 2024

Russia is trying to push Ukrainian forces from its western Kursk region with tens of thousands of soldiers, Ukraine’s ...