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At least 16 wounded as blast rocks north...
Pul-e-Khumri [Afghanistan], May 27: At least 16 people have been confirmed wounded after a blast rocked Pul-e-Khumri city, the capital...
Independent candidate wins Gazipur municipal polls in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 27: ZayedaKhatun, an independent candidate, has triumphed in the mayoral race of the Gazipur municipal polls in...
Separatists in Indonesia's Papua threaten to shoot NZ...
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 27: Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in...
South Korea detains passenger after Asiana plane door...
Seoul [South Korea], May 27: South Korean police on Friday detained a man who opened a door of an Asiana...
More time for debt-ceiling deal as U.S. pushes...
Washington [US], May 27: Democratic and Republican negotiators on Friday got more time to reach a deal to raise the...
US will default by June 5 without debt-ceiling...
Washington [US], May 27: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday the government would run short of money to...
Johnson & Johnson to suspend supply of contact...
St Petersburg [Russia], May 26: U.S. company Johnson & Johnson has warned partners in Russia about the suspension of supplying...
106 Ukrainian captives from Bakhmut direction freed in...
Kiev [Ukraine], May 26: A total of 106 Ukrainian soldiers taken captive in the Bakhmut direction have been released following...
Over 200 Americans at risk of fungal meningitis...
Los Angeles [US], May 26: More than 200 American patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical...
Mexico's president urges Hispanics in U.S. to reject...
Mexico City [Mexico], May 26: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged the Hispanic community in the United...
2 suspected terrorists arrested in Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 26: Indonesian police said on Thursday that its anti-terror squad arrested two suspected terrorists in the city...
Man arrested after car crashes into gates of...
London [UK], May 26: A man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving after a vehicle...
Ukrainian counteroffensive under way for days: Zelensky
Rome [Italy], May 26: The long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian troops is under way, according to presidential adviser MykhailoPodolyak.
Russia expels five more Swedish diplomats
Moscow [Russia], May 26: Russia is expelling five Swedish diplomats and the Swedish consulate general in St Petersburg will have...
Dramatic Sydney blaze consumes 7-storey building
Sydney [Australia], May 26: More than 130 firefighters battled towering flames and thick smoke Thursday as a huge blaze consumed...
South Korea hails successful launch of homegrown rocket
Seoul [South Korea], May 26: South Korea said Thursday it had successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket and placed working...
Sunak vows to cut immigration as UK figures...
London [UK], May 26:Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping...
US predicts at least 12 named storms this...
Washington [US], May 26: The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday predicted a "near normal" hurricane season with...
Pfizer's COVID antiviral Paxlovid gains full US approval
Washington [US],May 26: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer's (PFE.N) oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid.
Three killed in shooting and stabbing attack central...
Tokyo [Japan], May 26: Three people have been killed in a stabbing and shooting attack in central Japan, local media...
Biden, McCarthy appear near to deal on US...
Washington [US], May 26: U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy appeared to be nearing a deal...
A Chinese expedition conquered the world's highest peak...
Beijing [China], May 26: ĆOMOLANGMA On May 23, a Chinese expedition arrived at the top of the Ćomolangma mountain, with...
Ron Desantis entered the race for the Republican...
Washington [US], May 26: The governor of the US state of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced tonight that he is entering...
UN peacekeepers 'a beacon of hope and protection':...
New York [US], May 26: The UN's 87,000-plus peacekeepers worldwide are "a beacon of hope and protection" for vulnerable civilians,...
Lebanon imposes travel ban on central bank chief...
Beirut [Lebanon], May 25: Embattled Lebanese central bank governor RiadSalameh was banned from leaving the country by a judge in...
UK man convicted of murder 3 decades after...
London [UK], May 25: A killer in England who boasted he had "got away with it" after being cleared of...
German police academy fires lecturer over comments about...
Berlin [Germany], May 25: A lecturer at a German police academy was fired this week after she spoke publicly about...