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Houthis Militia Attack Saudi Airbase With Bomb-Laden Drone
Houthis Militia Attack Saudi Airbase With Bomb-Laden Drone

Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia said they launched a new attack on Tuesday at the King Khalid Airbase in Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait city. “The attack hit the target accurately,” Xinhua news agency quoted Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea as saying in a statement. However, the Saudi-led coalition forces said earlier on Tuesday that they had […]

China To Permit Indians To Return Home Only If They Take Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines
China To Permit Indians To Return Home Only If They Take Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines

Beijing/New Delhi: China has made it mandatory for people coming from India and 19 other nations to get Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines if they want to travel to this country. “For the purpose of resuming people-to-people exchanges in an orderly manner, starting from 15 March, 2021, the Chinese Embassies and Consulates in India will provide the […]

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8 Killed In Shootings At 3 Atlanta-Area Massage Parlours

Atlanta: Shootings at two massage parlours in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt. Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed at a spa […]

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European Union Threatens To Restrict Vaccine Exports

Brussels: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned that the European Union (EU) might restrict vaccine exports to countries who have higher inoculation rates, stressing the necessity to ensure reciprocity and proportionality of the vaccine exports. “We are in the crisis of the century, and I’m not ruling out anything for now, because […]

New Corruption Charges Levelled Against Aung Sang Suu Kyi
New Corruption Charges Levelled Against Aung Sang Suu Kyi

Yangon: New corruption allegations against Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the detained former de-facto leader of Myanmar, were aired on national television on Thursday, as the military seemed to seek to strengthen the case for its February 1 coup against her government. In the broadcast, U Maung Weik, a business owner, is shown explaining how he […]

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Death Toll Rises To 51 In Taiwan Train Derailment Tragedy

Taipei: At least 51 people were killed when a train collided with a truck and derailed in eastern Taiwan on Friday, officials said, noting that the death toll may rise…

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Man Rams Car Into 2 Capitol Police; 1 Officer, Driver Killed

Washington: A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the US Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife,…

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41 Killed, Dozens Injured In Taiwan Train Derailment

Taipei: At least 41 people were killed in a deadly train derailment in Taiwan’s in Hualien county on Friday, officials said, adding 72 passengers were still trapped. At 9.28 a.m. (local time), the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) No. 408 Taroko train en route from Shulin, New Taipei, to Taitung, suddenly derailed as it entered the […]

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One In Five Children Globally Faces Water Scarcity: UNICEF

United Nations: More than 1.42 billion people across the world, including 450 million children, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability. This means one in every five children worldwide does not have enough water to meet their everyday needs, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday. According to a new UNICEF […]

Finland Retains Title As World's Happiest Country
Finland Retains Title As World's Happiest Country

Helsinki: For a fourth consecutive year and despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Finland has been ranked the world’s happiest country, a UN report said on Friday. The researchers said this was “no surprise”, citing that Finland has “always ranked very high on the measures of mutual trust that have helped to protect lives and livelihoods during […]

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Pak PM Imran Khan Isolates After Testing Covid Positive

New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination confirmed the development on Saturday. Sultan said that the 68-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has quarantined himself at home. “PM Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 and […]

Massive Earthquake Rocks Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
Massive Earthquake Rocks Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued

Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck north-eastern Japan on Saturday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for Miyagi prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of up to a 1-metre high tsunami in Miyagi and the first tsunami wave has already swept ashore in the city of Ishinomaki, dpa news agency […]

Pakistan Journalist Ajay Lalwani Shot Dead In Sindh Province
Pakistan Journalist Ajay Lalwani Shot Dead In Sindh Province

New Delhi: A 31-year-old Hindu journalist in Pakistan has been shot dead by some unidentified assailants while getting a haircut at a barber shop in the country’s Sindh province, the police said on Saturday. Ajay Lalvani, a reporter with a private Royal News TV channel and an Urdu language newspaper Daily Puchano, died on Thursday […]

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Natural Disaster Declared In Australian State, Evacuations On

Sydney: Flooding in parts of New South Wales (NSW) was declared a natural disaster on Sunday and residents in flood-hit areas west of Sydney were evacuated as Australia’s most populous state continued to be hammered by heavy rain. Sixteen areas, primarily in the north of the state, were declared “disaster ridden”, dpa news agency quoted […]

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US Defence Secy Meets Afghan Prez Ashraf Ghani

Kabul: In an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met President Ashraf Ghani during which they both expressed concerns over the increase of violence in the war-torn country, according to authorities in Kabul. Austin arrived in Kabul on Sunday, following his two-day trip to New Delhi. In a tweet on Sunday evening, […]

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