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Oct 19, 2025
Washington [US], October 19: The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil rights era, sought by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther King, passed by Congress and signed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in 1965.
Record number of tourism nights in EU: Eurostat
ASEAN Renewable Energy Long-term Roadmap launched in Malaysia
Trump threatens to "go in and kill" Hamas members if Gaza killings continue
Oct 18, 2025
Sri Lanka establishes voluntary rehabilitation center for addicts: justice minister
U.S. port association voices strong opposition to Washington's tariff policies
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NAM ministers renew call for multilateralism at Uganda meeting
Kampala [Uganda], October 18: Foreign ministers from member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Wednesday opened a two-day meeting in Uganda's capital Kampala, renewing...
Putin highlights Russia's green energy mix
Moscow [Russia], October 18: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia boasts one of the "greenest" energy mixes worldwide and holds about 90 percent...
Groundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty & climate crisis
New York [US], October 18: Nearly 80% of the world's poor - 887 million people - live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat,...
UN demands global action to democratise water governance
New York [US], October 18: Governments must abandon market-driven models and embrace democratic, rights-based approaches that recognise water as a common good essential to life,...
UN Women calls for placing women, girls at heart of every humanitarian, reconstruction effort
Gaza [Palestine], October 18: The UN Women called for ensuring that the ceasefire in Gaza translates into safety, recovery, and rights for women and girls,...
Korean import prices rise for 3rd straight month in September
Seoul [South Korea], October 18: Import prices in the Republic of Korea increased for the third consecutive month in September, according to data released on...
Astronomers observe rings forming around icy celestial body Chiron
New York [US], October 18: The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of the solar system, with a diametre of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000...
UN Security Council welcomes Lebanese Government's commitments to exercise its sovereignty over its territory
New York [US], October 18: The members of the UN Security Council welcomed the efforts and commitments of the Lebanese Government to exercise its sovereignty...
'Day after' in Gaza: Türk urges all actors to ensure human rights are central to recovery, peacebuilding processes
Geneva [Switzerland], October 18: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on all actors to ensure that human rights are central to recovery and...
Ahead of Zelenskyy's White House visit, Trump says will hold second summit with Putin on Ukraine in Budapest
Washington, DC [US], October 18: Ahead of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House, US President Donald Trump said that his country cannot deplete its own stockpile of Tomahawk cruise missiles by supplying them to Ukraine.
Nepal PM briefs foreign diplomats, a month after formation of interim government
US Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel, sources say
Trump says Maduro offers deal as US boosts Caribbean military presence
Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire during Doha talks
Fossils in Kenya reveal hand, foot bones of extinct human relative
Mexico floods kill 66, dozens missing amid relief criticism
Hamas maintains Gaza security control, resists disarmament demands
Oct 17, 2025
News Analysis: Britain's economic outlook dims as confidence faltered despite marginal growth
Swiss surgeons perform Europe's first partial heart transplant on 12-year-old child
