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Tokyo: Kato Tomohiro, a 39-year-old man behind the car-ramming and mass stabbing attack in Tokyo 14 years ago, was executed by hanging on Tuesday, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported, citing government sources.In June 2008, Kato, who was 26 at the...

Islamabad: The death toll from monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan has reached 312 since June, Geo TV reported on Tuesday.Citing the national disaster management authority, said the deaths included two people who died on Monday from electric shock...

Washington: The US has urged China to increase its pressure upon Myanmar after the military junta executed four democracy activists, BBC reported on Tuesday.State Department spokesperson Ned Price said China had influence over Myanmar more than any other...

Islamabad: Two planes belonging to the Pakistan International Airlines flying on the same route narrowly avoided a mid-air collision in Iranian airspace, Geo News reported on Tuesday.According to reports both the planes were at the same altitude near the...

London: The National Health Service of the United Kingdom (NHS) is facing the worst shortage of workforce in its history, which threatens the safety of both employees and patients, the Health and Social Care Committee of the House...

Berlin: Germany has accelerated gas input to its underground storage facilities after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline recovered transit after maintenance, which had lasted from July 11-21, the data of the Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) association showed on Monday.During...

Naypyidaw: Four people, including two pro-democracy activists, have been executed in Myanmar for the first time in decades, the state media reported on Monday.Kyodo News quoted local media as stating that there had been no executions of political...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Ministry of Energy has announced that the fuel distribution program under the National Fuel Pass QR system will not be implemented as scheduled on Monday.Only a few fuel stations will be distributing fuel under the...

Ottawa: Two people, including Brothers Keepers gangster Meninder Dhaliwal, were shot dead in Canada's Whistler Village.According to Vancouver Sun, at the time of the shooting on Sunday (local time) near the Sundial Hotel in the heart of Whistler Village,...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces are advancing "step by step" into the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson.His statement came during a late night address on Saturday after the Russian troops attacked the port city just hours...