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Kathmandu: All 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines flight, which crashed in Nepal on Sunday have died, airline spokesperson Pemba Sherpa confirmed."No survivors in this crash. There are 72 people dead including crew members," Sherpa said.Earlier in the...

Kathmandu: At least 36 dead bodies have been recovered after a local passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed in the Pokhara region in central Nepal on Sunday, and a search and rescue operation is continuing, officials said.Thirty-six bodies...

Tegucigalpa: Honduras declared a national, 90-day health emergency due to an outbreak of avian flu, according to an executive decree published in the official gazette.The measure came after the presence of avian flu was confirmed in waterfowl including brown...

Dhaka: The 21st Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) kicked off to a colourful start on Saturday in the capital city Dhaka.The festival was inaugurated at the National Museum auditorium by Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen. The biggest...

Jerusalem: Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in different Israeli cities to protest the new government's plan to implement widespread reforms of the judicial system.Israeli media quoted the police as saying that over 80,000 protesters held the main protest...

Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned British Ambassador Simon Shercliff to protest the United Kingdom's (UK's) "unconventional interference" in Iran's internal affairs.The director general of the Western Europe Department of the Iranian Foreign Ministry delivered to Shercliff Iran's protest...

Jakarta:An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 rocked off Indonesia's western province of Bengkulu on Saturday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.The quake occured at 05:41 a.m. Saturday local time with its epicenter located at 55...

Manila: The death toll from the floods in the Philippines has reached 20, while another eight people were injured, the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) informs.On Friday, NDRRMC said that at least 17 people had...

Lima: A total of 41 civilians and one police officer have died during nationwide clashes between supporters of former President Pedro Castillo and security forces in Peru that have lasted more than a month, the Attorney General's Office said.In...

Kiev: Sounds of explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital and the Mykolaiv region on Saturday morning, according to Ukrainian media reports.Explosions were also reported in the city of Bucha in the Kiev region, as well as the Ukraine-controlled...