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VALENCIA — Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Costa del Sol region of southern Spain after a red weather alert was issued for extreme rain and flooding. Spain’s Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones in Málaga province after 22:00 local time (21:00 …

JAKARTA — Several airlines have canceled flights to and from Bali due to dangerous ash clouds from a volcano near the Indonesian holiday island. Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia advised passengers of the disruptions on Wednesday, saying the ash from Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki made it unsafe to fly. The volcano …

The Saudi Cabinet called on the world countries to join the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, launched by the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee on the sidelines of the 79th UNGA. The Cabinet affirmed during today’s session chaired by HH Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia …

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal …

KYIV — Maria Troyanivska had come home early the night a Russian drone hit her bedroom. “It flew in through the window, right into her room,” her mother Viktoria tells the BBC. After the explosion, she and her husband Volodymyr ran from the next room to find their daughter’s room …

BAKU — The president of COP29’s host country has told the UN climate conference that oil and gas are a “gift of God”. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev criticized “Western fake news” about the country’s emissions and said nations “should not be blamed” for having fossil fuel reserves. The country …

GAZA — The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains critical and could deteriorate further, warns the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA). Speaking to Euronews in Brussels, director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza Scott Anderson called on all parties to the conflict to respect the sanctity of …

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira DALLAS — Let’s be honest — people have a habit of bringing their phones to the bathroom. I’ve been guilty of it myself, and chances are that someone is on the toilet reading this article right now. A three-minute trip to the loo can easily turn into …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said on Tuesday that Israel made good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and that it, therefore, would not limit arms transfers to Israel as it threatened to do a month ago. However, relief groups say conditions are worse …

Saudi Gazette report BAKU — Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman is leading Saudi Arabia’s delegation participating in the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), currently being held in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. The conference, under the theme “In Solidarity …