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2025 US Government shutdown becomes second-longest in history

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The US government shutdown, now in its 23rd day, has become the second-longest in history, trailing only the 35-day closure in 2018-2019. The current impasse stems from a partisa... Read More


2025 US Government shutdown enters Day 23, becomes second-longest in history

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The US government shutdown, now in its 23rd day, has become the second-longest in history, trailing only the 35-day closure in 2018-2019. The current impasse stems from a partisa... Read More


Prime Minister meets with visiting South African President

Hanoi, Oct. 23 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 23 had a meeting with visiting South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, during which the two sides agreed to promote market access ... Read More


Hanoi police move to ensure traffic order for Hanoi Convention signing ceremony

Hanoi, Oct. 23 -- The Traffic Police Division under the Hanoi Department of Public Security on October 22 launched a general plan to ensure smooth traffic during the signing ceremony of the United Nat... Read More


2 boats struck in the Pacific as US continues drug pushback; toll climbs to 37

India, Oct. 23 -- The United States' department of war launched a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific ocean on Wednesday (local time), said secretary of... Read More


Saudi Arabia, US, Qatar, others reject Israeli bills to annex occupied West Bank

Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- Israel's proposed bills to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have drawn swift condemnation from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkiye, Jordan, and the Pales... Read More


Zelensky pushes EU to unlock €140bn in frozen Russian assets

France, Oct. 23 -- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged European leaders to quickly allow his country to use €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to repair the damage caused... Read More


Peacekeeping ops face unprecedented complexities in today's conflicts: CISC

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Modern warfare is increasingly multi-faceted and borderless and conflicts today involve a mix of state forces, non-state militias and terrorist groups, leading to "unprecedented ... Read More


When useless work ethic meets the useless class in northern Nigeria, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu

Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- There is a dangerous philosophical sickness spreading in northern Nigeria. It has taken hold of the minds of many young people who now claim that one's progress in life is not the ... Read More


Vietnam treasures relations with South Africa: State President

Hanoi, Oct. 23 -- Vietnam values its traditional friendship with South Africa, its close friend and first African partner with which it established a partnership for cooperation and development framew... Read More