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Islamabad: A policeman was killed with two others injured in a firing incident in the Tank district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Sunday.The incident happened on Saturday night when some unknown militants ambushed a police...

Port Moresby: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 124 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea at 0554 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 1.2 km, was initially determined to...

Dhaka: A total of 130 readymade garment (RMG) factories in two major industrial hubs, Savar and Ashulia, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, have suspended operations for an indefinite period due to ongoing worker protests for higher wages.Mohammad...

Beirut: Israel on Saturday advanced attacks into Lebanese areas 20 km deep from the border, killing a member of the Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement in an artillery strike.Three other members of the movement were injured in the strike that destroyed...

Milan: China's sports films "Beijing 2022" and "Me and My Winter Games" won the top prize Guirlande d'Honneur here on Saturday at the 2023 Milano International Sport Movies & TV Festival.17 films and videos from China were selected into...

United Nations: Palestine appreciates the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ position on the Gaza conflict, however, the aid is not sufficient, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour told Sputnik."We appreciate the position of the Secretary-General, who is calling...

Moscow: The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been adjusted by 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) before the arrival of Russia's new Progress MS-25 cargo spaceship, Russian state-run space corporation Roscosmos said Friday."Before the arrival of the new...

Gaza: Six people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the area adjacent to Al Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the hospital's director told the Sky News Arabia broadcaster on Friday."Six people have been killed, and others...

Washington: Sixteen Democratic and Republican members of US Congress have called for US President Joe Biden to withdraw the extradition request by the United States against Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a document published by Assange's wife,...

Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had struck Syria in response to a drone launch to the city of Eilat in southern Israel."The IDF struck in Syria in response to the launch of a UAV to Eilat,"...