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The IDF denies claims made by the World Health Organization and Hamas that it carried out a strike against a vaccination center in Gaza City on 2 November

248 political appointees were dismissed from their posts as part of cost-cutting measures announced by President Mohamed Muizzu

The Neo Nomad visa was introduced for foreign tourists working remotely while travelling from one country to another, reported the press service of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports

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