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Pope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says
Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru will go ahead, the Vatican said on Monday, indicating that Leo's recovery from lung cancer surgery was on track and that he was fit enough to make the November 6-17 journey.
The 71-year-old…
Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi missiles, drones attacking kingdom
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles and drones launched by the Houthis towards two regions of Saudi Arabia, as the conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group…
Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran today
Top officials from Mecca Pact countries Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are to meet Iran's leaders in Tehran on Monday in their first high-level contact since the kingdom became a pressure point in the wider Iran conflict.
Saudi Arabia…
Brazil’s Lula reelected president in runoff vote
Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential election, the country's electoral authority said on Sunday, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a runoff to secure a fourth non-consecutive…
Oil slips from near six-months highs despite supply concerns
Oil prices fell on Monday after surging to near six-month highs late last week, although ongoing attacks on Saudi Arabia kept supply concerns in focus.
US crude futures were down $1.60, or 1.55 per cent, at $101.67 per barrel by 0018 GMT.…
US orders non-emergency staff to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks
The US Department of State has ordered non-emergency government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia over safety concerns amid Houthi attacks on airports and critical infrastructure, the US Embassy in Riyadh said on…
Australian MP attacked outside her office, says PM
Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines was deliberately struck by a car on Monday (Oct 19) and suffered "critical injuries", authorities said, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as an attack.
Haines was hit outside her…
Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza
One of the main suppliers of food aid to the Gaza Strip, the World Food Programme (WFP), says that it is being forced to "rastically reduce lifesaving assistance" to the Palestinian territory due to funding shortages.
Overall, the number…
At least 5 killed, 16 injured in Houthi missile strike on Yemen presidential palace, says health…
A Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden killed five people and injured 16 others on Thursday, according to Yemen’s health minister.
The strike targeted military command centres inside the Al-Maashiq…
Venezuela’s Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture charges
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents.
The additional charges, brought last Thursday,…