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Mount Fuji is still snowless as of the end of October, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago

With rising violence towards migrant workers and recent assaults on foreign food delivery drivers in Limassol, the Alliance Against the Far Right, Fascism, and Racism has called for a response to ‘far-right incidents’ during an anti-racist event

A Royal Decree was issued approving the Judicial Council's decision to appoint 25 Sharia judges, effective as of November 10; the initiative was saluted as a needed step to improve Islamic justice

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati criticised the 'expansion' of Israel's attacks on his country, saying they indicate a rejection of efforts to broker a truce after more than a month of war

The annual nature and wildlife photography exhibition 2024, organised by the Young Zoologists' Association of Sri Lanka, opened at the JDA Perera Gallery in Colombo and will continue until Sunday

The polling station locations for the 2024 referendum on the constitutional amendment project have been announced by the General Referendum Committee; the referendum will also be held in electronic form

The UAE will welcome dozens of women entrepreneurs from the Indian Women Network of the Confederation of Indian Industry to study AI governance in education and medical innovation

Georgia's Election Commission said a partial recount of votes confirmed the victory of the ruling, populist, pro-Russian Georgian Dream party

"The 'caste' column and any references to caste in undertrial and/or convicts’ prisoners’ registers inside the prisons shall be deleted.” - with these 21 words, India’s Supreme Court ended a centuries-old system of caste-based work in prisons

Import duty on cigarettes and vape will double after the parliamentary committee approved the amendments tabled by the government

Insecurity Insight identified 1500 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Myanmar from the military coup on 1 Feb 2021 to 1 Oct 2024 in which 930 health workers have been arrested and 126 killed, health facilities damaged 327 times

Weekly oil exports to the US increased last week to 237.000 barrels, announced the Iraqi Energy Information Administration

The ban on importing Apple's latest products has been lifted; the ban on importing iPhones had been in place since 2023 and now the models 14, 15 and 16 will be also registered in Iran