Asia
30 Oct
Hamas on Monday released a video it said showed three women from the more than 230 people Israel says were abducted by militants and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks.
30 Oct
World oil prices sank Monday as traders hoped a region-wide conflict could still be avoided as Israel said its forces killed dozens of Hamas militants in clashes in Gaza.
30 Oct
A dozen Indonesians died and four were in critical condition after drinking illegal bootleg liquor, authorities said Monday, the latest deaths caused by home-made alcohol in the Muslim-majority country.
30 Oct
Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh held protests demanding nearly three-fold minimum wage hikes on Monday, with one person killed during clashes with security forces, police said.
30 Oct
Iran said Monday attacks on US forces in Iraq and elsewhere in the region were a result of "wrong American policies" including support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
30 Oct
Ground battles raged inside the northern Gaza Strip on Monday and Israeli tanks were seen on the outskirts of its largest city in the war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
30 Oct
The death toll from a homemade bomb blast during a Christian prayer meeting in India has risen to three, police said Monday, as authorities questioned a man claiming responsibility.
30 Oct
At least three people were killed in the restive southern Philippines on Monday as millions turned out to vote for village leaders following months of deadly poll-related violence.
29 Oct
A suspected bomb blast during a Christian prayer meeting in India's southern state of Kerala killed one person and wounded 36 others, police said Sunday.
29 Oct
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday said Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza "may force everyone" to act in the latest warning issued by the Islamic republic since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
29 Oct
Myanmar's former information minister has been arrested and charged with encouraging dissent against the military, the junta said Sunday, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests.
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Rivers State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor and his Finance counterpart, Isaac Kamalu, who rejected their redeployments by the Governor Siminialayi Fubara administration to the Ministries of Special Duties (Government House) and Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment, have resigned from the cabinet.
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Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has revealed that about 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023, showing a worldwide increase of 24 million from the previous year.
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A Professor of International Relations from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Alade Fawole, and the Head of Department, Political Science and International Relations, KolaDaisi University, Ibadan (KDU-I), Dr. Adebukola Ayoola...
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A traditional ruler in Osun State, Oba Adetoyese Oyeniyi, Odugbemi I, Olufi of Gbongan, has officially announced the indefinite suspension of three chiefs, who occupy different positions within the Gbongan Chieftaincy hierarchy.
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Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), John Asien, and Executive Secretary, Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Emmanuel Abimbola, have appealed to the media and security agencies to collaborate with the commission in the fight against piracy.
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Ogun State government has sealed three religious centres over alleged contravention of the state laws on noise pollution as well as defying government’s repeated order on the menace.
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More than 50 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Ebonyi State Government has said as soon as it completes the construction of the 3.2 kilometre runway for Wilberforce Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, it will float an airline.
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A Professor of Social History at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Ezekiel Adeoti, has urged vice-chancellors of public universities to be more prudent in their spending of scarce school resources.
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has officially launched the Lagos State Social Intervention programme, tagged "EKO CARES," with the distribution of foodstuff to 500,000 households and vulnerable people.