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Nigerian police investigate suspected church abduction in SW...
Lagos [Nigeria], July 4: An investigation is underway into a case of suspected abduction of 77 people by church pastors...

Israel's interim PM Lapid holds 1st cabinet meeting
Jerusalem [Israel], July 4: Israel's interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday pledged to run a functional government despite...

Israeli archaeologists reassemble 3,500-year-old huge jars
Jerusalem [Israel], July 4: Israeli researchers have reassembled three ancient pottery jars that dated to about 3,500 years ago, the...

Time, venue of new round of nuclear talks...
Tehran [Iran], June 4: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said Sunday that the time and venue of a...

Jordan reveals cause of Aqaba port gas leakage
Amman [Jordan], July 4: An investigation showed the main cause of the gas leak incident in Aqaba port was the...

Glacier collapse kills at least five in Italy:...
Rome [Italy], July 4: A huge block of ice has collapsed from the Marmolada mountain in Italy, leaving at least...

Active COVID-19 infections in Italy surpass 1 million
Rome [Italy], July 4: The number of active cases of coronavirus surpassed 1 million in Italy on Sunday, the result...

3 killed, 3 critically injured in Copenhagen shopping...
Copenhagen [Denmark], July 4: Three people were killed and several others injured, three of them critically, in a shooting at...

Extreme drought conditions persist in California
Fernley (Nevada) [US], July 4: The latest data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) showed that California remained mired...

Vietnam reports 512 new COVID-19 cases
Hanoi [Vietnam], July 4: Vietnam recorded 512 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down by 218 from Saturday, according to its...

Narcotics smuggling attempt foiled at Pakistani airport, 3...
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics and arrested three people...

Singapore reports 6,127 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, July 4: Singapore reported 6,127 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 1,467,234.

Philippines logs 1,323 new COVID-19 cases
Manila [Philippines], July 4: The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,323 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, the highest...

1 injured in firing on polio eradication team...
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4: A health worker of a polio eradication team was critically injured in a firing by unknown...

Australia's Sydney faces emergency wet weather, flood warnings
Sydney [Australia], July 4: Heavy rainfall across Australia's southeast coast since Saturday last week has once again inundated Sydney and...

FM reiterates Yoon's participation in NATO summit does...
Seoul (South Korea), July 3: Foreign Minister Park Jin on Saturday reiterated the government's earlier explanation that President Yoon Suk-yeol's...

Cuba starts summer break amid decline of COVID-19...
HAVANA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Cuba officially started the 2022 summer break season from Saturday as the continuing decline of...

Israel says downs 3 Hezbollah drones flying to...
Jerusalem (Israel), July 3: The Israeli military said it shot down on Saturday three Hezbollah drones flying toward one of...

In 1st speech, Israeli interim PM warns Iran,...
Jerusalem (Israel), July 3: In his first televised speech as Israeli interim prime minister, YairLapid on Saturday reached out to...

Malaysia reports 2,527 new COVID-19 infections
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), June 3: Malaysia reported 2,527 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to...

New York passes new law after U.S. Supreme...
New York [US], July 3: New York State Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday signed into law a bill restricting concealed...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases stay over 10,000...
Seoul (South Korea), July 3: South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 10,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday as...

Umbrella union stages massive rallies in Seoul amid...
Seoul (South Korea), July 3: The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a major umbrella labor group, on Saturday staged...

N. Korea lashes out at closer security ties...
Seoul (South Korea), July 3: North Korea lambasted South Korea, the United States and Japan on Sunday for their move...

Syrian president accuses Turkey of aggression as Iran...
Damascus (Syria), July 3: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday accused the Turkish leadership of committing aggression against Syria, even...

Nigerian president welcomes berthing of first ship at...
Abuja (Nigeria), July 3: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday welcomed the successful berthing of the first ship at the...

Afghan official thanks China for aid to quake-affected...
Barmal (Afghanistan), July 3: MawlawiMansoor, head of Natural Disaster Management Authority of Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, on Saturday thanked China...