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Tunis: Tunisia's naval guards have rescued 305 Italy-bound illegal migrants from sinking boats off the country's coasts late Saturday night, National Guard Spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli said.The naval guards have foiled eight attempts by illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to...

Dakar: About 40 people have died and at least 100 injured in a road accident after two buses smashed into each other in Senegal's Kaffrine, the Senenews media outlet reported on Sunday, citing sources.The report said that the preliminary...

Beijing: Twenty leading engineers and scientists of the Chinese Academy of Engineering have died less in a month after the lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions, which is more than the average annual mortality among academics, Chinese media reportedThe Chinese...

Nanchang: Seventeen people were killed and 22 others sustained injuries early Sunday morning, following a severe road accident in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province.The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. The cause of the accident is...

Baghdad: The Iraqi Ministry of Planning said that the poverty rate in the country was 25 per cent in 2022, the Iraqi official news agency reported."The high poverty rate is due to several reasons, including the repercussions of the...

Mexico City: At least one person died and 16 others were injured in a crash of Mexico City Metro trains, local authorities said.Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Twitter that the wounded had been taken to local hospitals...

Tehran:Two men accused of killing a Basij officer during recent protests in Iran have been executed, Iranian media reported on Saturday.Basij is one of the five forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite branch of the...

Moscow: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been shot down by air defense systems over the Russian city of Sevastopol in Crimea, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said."Air defense… shot down a UAV over the Northern Pier," Razvozhayev said on Telegram...

London: A meeting of justice ministers from different countries will be held in March in London, to discuss practical support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the UK government informs."The meeting at Lancaster...

Tokyo: Japan could invite South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as the leaders of Australia and India, to the G7 summit in May, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Saturday citing government sources.The South Korean, Australian and Indian...