Published On: October 29, 2023 11:06 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Israel said Saturday that it was recalling its diplomats from Turkey over “increasingly harsh statements” coming from the government in Ankara. The announcement came after Turkey’s president told a massive protest crowd in Istanbul that his government was preparing to declare Israel a “war criminal” due to its actions in the Gaza Strip.
Published On: October 29, 2023 08:05 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry, who starred as sarcastic-but-sweet Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54.
Published On: October 28, 2023 04:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, Oct 28: Israel is expanding its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by “massive” strikes from the air and sea, the Israeli military spokesman said Saturday.
Published On: October 27, 2023 08:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68.
Published On: October 25, 2023 08:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four North Koreans were found in a small wooden boat in South Korean waters on Tuesday in what is likely a rare case of North Koreans taking a risky sea voyage to flee to the South, Seoul officials said.
Published On: October 24, 2023 06:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, Oct 24: Hamas on Monday released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.
Published On: October 23, 2023 07:43 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese militaries conducted their first-ever trilateral aerial exercise on Sunday in response to evolving North Korean nuclear threats, South Korea’s air force said.
Published On: October 22, 2023 09:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home Saturday on a chartered plane from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London as he seeks to rally supporters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January.
Published On: October 20, 2023 06:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil.
Published On: October 18, 2023 09:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, Oct 18: A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants.
Published On: October 17, 2023 12:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad.
Published On: October 13, 2023 01:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, Oct 13: Hamas says Israel’s heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed 13 hostages, including foreigners, held by the group.
Published On: October 10, 2023 01:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct 10: Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months, while actors remain in negotiations to find a way out of their own strike.
Published On: October 9, 2023 02:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Ovt 9: “The Exorcist: Believer” drove out all foes at the box office, but its numbers didn’t entirely make heads spin.
Published On: October 6, 2023 03:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
OSLO, Norway: Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi, who has campaigned for women’s rights, democracy and against the death penalty in Iran for years, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
Published On: October 5, 2023 10:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press
After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday.
Published On: October 4, 2023 12:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Twenty-three Indian army soldiers were missing Wednesday after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the northeastern state of Sikkim, the army said in a statement.
Published On: October 3, 2023 02:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct 3: Late-night talk shows began their return to the air after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors completed the first day of talks that could end their own long work walk-off.
Published On: October 1, 2023 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal.
Published On: October 1, 2023 12:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MALE, Maldives: Opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz won the Maldives presidential runoff on Saturday, securing more than 53% of the vote, local media reported.