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Oct 29, 2025
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 29: Sri Lanka Customs' Narcotics Control Unit (NCU) on Tuesday arrested a Canadian national at Bandaranaike International Airport, seizing a total of 18.253 kg of hashish, local officials said Tuesday.
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Diani [Kenya], October 29: A light plane crash has killed 11 people, mostly foreign tourists, in Kenya's coastal region of Kwale while flying to Maasai...
Israel orders new Gaza strikes
Gaza City [Gaza], October 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to carry out intense strikes on the war-devastated Gaza Strip, after...
UN chief urges immediate ceasefire talks in Sudan
New York [US], October 29: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for immediate talks to end the fighting in Sudan after the paramilitary Rapid Support...
Russian drones making southern Ukraine uninhabitable
Moscow [Russia], October 29: Constant Russian drone strikes on civilians are making Ukrainian-held areas along the lower Dnipro River in the south of the country...
Category 5 hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, NHC says
Kingston [Jamaica], October 29: Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday (local time) as a category five hurricane, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC)...
Israeli PM orders 'powerful attacks' in Gaza
Gaza City [Gaza], October 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to "carry out powerful attacks" in Gaza...
US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats in Pacific
Washington DC [US], October 29: US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on four alleged drug boats in the Pacific, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth...
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New York [US], October 28: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would technically be eligible to run for vice president after his current...
Sweden, hit by gang crime, plans prisons for 13 year old offenders
Stockholm [Sweden], October 28: Sweden, which has been plagued by severe gang-related crime, on Monday announced plans to place offenders as young as 13 in...
Zelensky warns of wider drone, missile attacks on Russia
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday that Kiev plans to expand its drone and missile strikes to additional Russian regions.
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