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3 dead, dozens injured in blast at Armenian market

3 dead, dozens injured in blast at Armenian...

Yerevan [Armenia], August 15: At least three people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion at a market...

Cambodia arrests 9,151 drug suspects, seizing 3.27 tons of narcotics in first 7 months of 2022

Cambodia arrests 9,151 drug suspects, seizing 3.27 tons...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 14: Cambodia has seen a significant rise in both drug arrests and seizures during the first...

Foreign stock ownership dips to 13-year low amid Fed's aggressive rate hikes

Foreign stock ownership dips to 13-year low amid...

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: Foreigner ownership of South Korean stocks hit a 13-year low this month, the bourse operator...

N. Korea hits out at U.N. chief over remarks on denuclearization

N. Korea hits out at U.N. chief over...

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: North Korea accused U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday of lacking impartiality as head of...

Heavy rain-caused deaths stand at 14; number of missing revised down to 4

Heavy rain-caused deaths stand at 14; number of...

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: The deaths from last week's heavy rains stood at 14 and the number of people...

New COVID-19 cases down for 4th day; critical cases at over 3-month high

New COVID-19 cases down for 4th day; critical...

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases dropped for the fourth straight day Sunday, but the number...

Yoon to mark first 100 days in office amid unusually low approval ratings

Yoon to mark first 100 days in office...

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: One hundred days into office, President Yoon Suk-yeol has seen his approval ratings more than...

Yoon renews pledge to honor people who sacrificed themselves for nation

Yoon renews pledge to honor people who sacrificed...

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday renewed his determination to create a nation where those who...

PM calls for preemptive response to heavy rains

PM calls for preemptive response to heavy rains

Seoul [South Korea], August 14: Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday called for a preemptive response to minimize damage caused...

Iraq receives 50 IS prisoners from Syria

Iraq receives 50 IS prisoners from Syria

Baghdad [Iraq], August 14: Iraq announced on Saturday that it had received 50 prisoners who were militants of the Islamic...

U.S. steals 89 tankers of oil from Syria: state media

U.S. steals 89 tankers of oil from Syria:...

Damascus [Syria], August 14: The U.S. forces sent 89 oil tankers to carry stolen oil from Syria to U.S. bases...

Iranian FM warns U.S. against using "language of threat"

Iranian FM warns U.S. against using "language of...

Tehran [Iran], August 14: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday warned Washington against using "language of threat" against the...

Smuggler's van overturns in Austria, killing 3

Smuggler's van overturns in Austria, killing 3

Vienna [Austria], August 14: Three people were killed on Saturday after a van smuggling 20 migrants overturned near the Austrian...

Portugal announces financial aid to farmers

Portugal announces financial aid to farmers

Lisbon [Portugal], August 14: The Portuguese government on Saturday announced several financial aid packages to the agricultural sector to mitigate...

Pakistan condemns terror incident in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah

Pakistan condemns terror incident in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14: Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday strongly condemned the recent terrorist incident in Saudi Arabia's...

Vietnam reports 1,815 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam reports 1,815 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 12: Vietnam recorded 1,815 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 487 from Friday, according to its...

Philippines logs 4,679 new COVID-19 cases, 48 more deaths

Philippines logs 4,679 new COVID-19 cases, 48 more...

Manila [Philippines], August 14: The Philippines reported 4,679 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

Myanmar reports 32 COVID-19 cases with Omicron sub-variants in August

Myanmar reports 32 COVID-19 cases with Omicron sub-variants...

Yangon [Myanmar], August 14: Myanmar has detected 32 new COVID-19 cases with the Omicron BA.2.75, BA.2.76, BA.4 and BA.5...

10 killed, 26 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours

10 killed, 26 injured in rain spells across...

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14: At least 10 people were killed and 26 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods...

Tension between pro-government forces flares up in Yemen

Tension between pro-government forces flares up in Yemen

Aden [Yemen], August 13: Tension between units of the Yemeni government forces flared up on Friday as the newly-formed Presidential...

ICBC Turkey receives 4 prizes at Global Banking and Finance Awards 2022

ICBC Turkey receives 4 prizes at Global Banking...

Istanbul [Turkey], August 13: The Turkish branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) received four prizes at...

Thousands rally in Budapest to protect forests

Thousands rally in Budapest to protect forests

Budapest [Hungary], August 13:Thousands of Hungarians demonstrated in Budapest on Friday after the government suspended nature conservation rules, particularly those...

Polish president signs bill to subsidize coal-heated families

Polish president signs bill to subsidize coal-heated families

Warsaw [Poland], August 13: Poland's President Andrzej Duda has signed a bill to help households buy coal for heating in...

Fire destroys 16,000 hectares in Portugal's largest protected area

Fire destroys 16,000 hectares in Portugal's largest protected...

Lisbon [Portugal], August 13: More than 16,000 hectares of land in the largest protected area in Portugal, Serra da Estrela...

Italy emerges as European hotspot for West Nile fever outbreaks

Italy emerges as European hotspot for West Nile...

Rome [Italy], August 13: Italy is emerging as a hotspot in Europe for the new outbreak of the West Nile...

U.S. judge unseals search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate

U.S. judge unseals search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago...

Washington [US], August 13: A U.S. judge unsealed the search warrant on Friday afternoon for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago...

Canada confirms 1,059 monkeypox cases

Canada confirms 1,059 monkeypox cases

Ottawa [Canada],August 13: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed 1,059 cases of monkeypox in the country as of...