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Giza(Egypt): Over 40 people are reported killed after a fire broke out at a Coptic church in Egypt's Giza city. Officials say the number of dead is at least 41, including children, with dozens left injured.Many people were crushed...

Moscow: Moscow has vowed to "expand comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations" with North Korea, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.In a letter sent to his counterpart Kim Jong-un on Pyongyang's Liberation Day, Putin said the move would be in...

Dhaka: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is currently in Dhaka on a four-day visit.This is the first-ever visit by any UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Bangladesh since the establishment of the Office of the...

Cairo: At least 40 were killed and 45 others injured as a result of a fire inside a church in the city of Giza in Egypt, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing security sources.The sources told the media that 5,000...

London: Authors around the world have expressed their shock and sadness at the attack on Salman Rushdie in New York state.The stabbing came after years of Islamist death threats against Rushdie over The Satanic Verses, published in 1988.Fellow...

Aden, Yemen: Tension between units of the Yemeni government forces flared up on Friday as the newly-formed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) insisted on removing rebellious security officers from their positions in the oil-rich province of Shabwa, an official told...

New York: The FBI seized top secret files from former US President Donald Trump's estate in Florida this week during its raid, according to a search warrant.Agents removed 11 sets of documents, including some marked "TS/SCI", a designation...

Washington: US House of Representatives passed the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care, and climate change, a few days after the Senate approval.The bill on Friday, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, is scaled down from the massive...

New Delhi: Salman Rushdie, literally the "midnight's child" draws a close relation to his most celebrated title -- being born in 1947, when India too announced her "tryst with destiny".The Indian-born novelist catapulted to fame with "Midnight's Children" in...

New York: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie, whose "Satanic Verses" drew death threats in the 1980s, is on ventilator after a New York stabbing incident.Rushdie's agent told the media nerves in the novelist's arm were severed; and his liver was...