
US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran
The departure is celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.
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The departure is celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.
The Israeli PM says Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, displayed "extraordinary bravery" by fighting back after being stabbed.

Media witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday.
The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before judges from a lower court paused the execution.

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An appeals court had paused Christa Pike’s execution to consider her claim that sexual abuse she faced as a child should impact her punishment.
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Manchester City breached Premier League financial rules by creating ‘sham’ contracts to help inflate revenue and reduce costs by more than £900m over a nine-year period, an independent commission found

Israel’s government said its military had targeted and killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, who it said was involved in planning attacks and recruiting. Hamas confirmed his death.

The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.

Australia's central bank raised its cash rate to a 15-year high of 4.60% on Tuesday in its fourth hike of the year, saying inflation was too high and it was prepared to hike further if needed.

The blasts that wounded three South Korean soldiers last week were apparently caused by North Korean mines, Seoul said Tuesday, accusing Pyongyang of an armistice violation and warning of "corresponding…

The attack, at a school in the southwest of the country, was reportedly carried out by a student.

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a village in the north of the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday, wounding three members of Israel’s security forces and burning two Palestinian homes, authorities and residents said.

Hundreds of riders were allegedly injured on X2, which has seats that spin 360 degrees.

Switzerland's financial watchdog said Tuesday the bank Julius Baer committed "serious" regulatory violations, but the wealth manager's share price surged as investors turned the page on a probe partly…

Head of Hamas's armed wing in northern Gaza killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City.

Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit

Founder Elon Musk's rocket, the largest ever built, is meant to carry NASA mission to moon and beyond.

The Protect College Sports Act, which would set national rules for NIL deals, the transfer portal and more, was passed by the Senate on Monday night.

Poland’s centre for security upgraded a upgraded a warning to ‘threat of an air attack’ and told residents in eastern Poland to shelter

The incident was the deadliest aerial assault in Rakhine State since the start of the current conflict nearly three years ago

Heavy rains have killed eight people in Thailand since mid-September, the government said Monday as Bangkok battled flooding for a fourth consecutive day, with at least eight more confirmed dead in neighbouring…

The latest outbreak of fighting in the South West State city stranded civilians unable to flee or reach hospitals.

Russia has placed the local assets of German retailer Metro AG under temporary administration, according to a presidential decree published on Monday, amid heightened Ukraine-linked tensions between Moscow and Berlin.

Hurricane Polo made landfall early Tuesday in the Mexican state of Baja California with flash flooding and winds described by forecasters as “life-threatening.”

Russian strikes on Kyiv on 28 September injured 24 people, including three children, and killed a woman, Mayor Vitali Klitschko says.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged strikes, resulting in the deaths of at least eight people in Ukraine and one in Russia.
National Rally and allies gain record 14 seats and can form senate group for first time after indirect vote by local officials

UK police arrested five men close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range bombers on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses.
Two giant pandas have arrived in Atlanta as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments.
Police say the US shooting followed an altercation at an after-hours venue, and four people are in hospital.

McNulty is the race's first U.S. champion since Lance Armstrong in 1993.

France's far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies emerged from Sunday polls with a record 14 seats in the right-wing dominated Senate, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber…

Russia's Lavrov dismisses Wadephul's call to abandon 'dangerous path of escalation' with Europe.

Most of those killed and wounded are security personnel, police say.

More than 50 members of Niger's security forces have been killed in two attacks in the west of the landlocked Sahel nation, where jihadists including members of the regional Islamic State affiliate are active, two security sources said.

Incessant rain has hammered several areas of Thailand’s capital, disrupting traffic and forcing thousands to evacuate. Authorities declared the city a disaster area.
The spate of murders since July has sparked fears that a serial killer or killers are responsible. The killings have also generated anger in South Africa where femicide and violent crime are prevalent.

Governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency in some counties.

Munich will bid to bring the Olympics back to Germany for the first time in more than 60 years after seeing off a rival bid from Cologne to become the focus of the country's push to host a Summer Games
