Polish parliament lifts immunity of ex-justice minister Ziobro over corruption charges

Warsaw [Poland], November 8: Poland's lower house of parliament, the Sejm, on Friday voted to lift the immunity of former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, paving...

Greece to toughen gun laws after deadly Crete shooting

Athens [Greece], November 8: Greece will tighten laws on illegal gun possession to curb gun violence, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said Friday.

Polish energy giant to supply U.S. LNG to Ukraine in early 2026

Warsaw [Poland], November 9: Poland's leading energy company Orlen S.A. has signed an agreement with Ukraine's Naftogaz Group for future supplies of liquefied natural gas...

Four dead as train hits car near Bucharest

Bucharest [Romania], November 8: Four people were killed on Friday when a passenger train collided with a car at a level crossing between the Vidra...

Roundup: Germany's steel summit sparks debate over protectionist remedies

Frankfurt [Germany], November 8: As Germany considers European Union (EU)-level tariffs to shield its struggling steel industry, experts warn that such protectionist measures could backfire,...

Lithuania's trade deficit widens as exports fall, imports surge in 2025

Vilnius [Lithuania], November 8: Lithuania's trade deficit widened in the first three quarters of 2025 as exports slipped 1.1 percent year on year while imports...

Eastern segment of China-funded submarine cable in Africa activated

Nairobi [Kenya], November 8: The eastern segment of China Mobile's 2Africa submarine cable was officially activated on Friday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, with an...

Libya strikes migrant smuggling boats in NW port

Tripoli [Libya], November 8: Libya's Ministry of Defense, under the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), announced on Friday that it targeted several boats used...

Cornell University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal funding

Olympia [Washington], November 8: Cornell University, one of the eight schools in the Ivy League, announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with U.S....

U.S. stocks close little changed after weak consumer sentiment data

New York [US], November 8: U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as investors weighed weak consumer sentiment data and questioned whether the artificial intelligence...

Urgent: 5.7-magnitude quake hits 75 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico -...

Mexico City [Mexico], November 8: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 75 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico at 1204 GMT on Friday,...

Hurricane Melissa claims at least 75 lives, impacts nearly 5 mln people...

London [UK], November 8: Hurricane Melissa has claimed at least 75 lives and impacted nearly 5 million people in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, one week...

21st Chinese American film, TV festivals open in Los Angeles

London[UK], November 8: The 21st Chinese American Film Festival and the Chinese American TV Festival kicked off in Los Angeles, the U.S. state of California,...

U.S. consumer sentiment falls in November: survey

Prague [Czech Republic], November 8: The preliminary reading of the U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers...

Canada's employment rises 0.3 pct in October

Russia [Moscow], November 8: Canada's employment increased by 67,000, or 0.3 percent, in October, the second consecutive monthly increase, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.

Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal

Brasília [Brazil], November 8: A majority of judges on a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to reject former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal...

Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza hostage

Palestine [Jerusalem], November 8: Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday as part of the Gaza ceasefire...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints drone air defence commander

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 8: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed a new commander responsible for drone air defences, seen as a critical element in defending against...

Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit

Washington DC [US], November 8: President Donald Trump said that no U.S. government official would attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month.

Polish parliament strips former justice minister of immunity

Warsaw[Poland], November 8: The Polish lower house of parliament voted to strip a former justice minister of immunity, which opens the way for him to...

Trump administration has revoked 80,000 non-immigrant visas, US official says

New York [US], November 7: President Donald Trump's administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offenses ranging from...

US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown

New York [US], November 7: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10% cut in flights at 40 major...

Mediators propose deal to get Hamas fighters out of Gaza's Israeli zone,...

Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza would surrender their arms in exchange for passage to other...

One dead in South Korea power plant collapse

Seoul [South Korea], November 7: A worker has died and six remain trapped after the collapse of a large structure at a power station in...

Israel launches airstrikes on south Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], November 7: The Israeli military carried out heavy airstrikes on southern Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for several locations, saying Lebanese armed group...

British woman on death row leaves Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 7: A 69-year-old British woman who was on death row in Indonesia on drug offences departed the country early after Jakarta and...

Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

New York [US], November 7: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords to have normalized relations between Israel...