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Islamabad: At least seven people were killed, and three others injured on Thursday evening after a trailer crushed a rickshaw in the Lodhran district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue department said.According to a statement from state-run rescue...

Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Banda Sea at 0350 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 6.05 degrees...

Moscow: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Israel and Palestine needed new leadership to revive the settlement process."You have to create the environment in which there is a chance to revitalize the peace process,"...

Doha: A US military base near the Al-Omar oil field east of the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zur was shelled with at least 15 missiles overnight, Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing local sources.Earlier in the day, US...

Buenos Aires: Veteran defender Marcelo has urged Argentina national team boss Lionel Scaloni to include in-form striker German Cano in his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil.The comments came after Cano continued his rich vein of...

Islamabad: Two policemen were killed and three others injured when an oil drilling company's plant was attacked in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police said.The incident happened in Drazanda area of Dera Ismail Khan district when 20...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply saddened by the earthquake in Nepal, said his spokesman on Monday."Having just recently returned from Nepal, and with the hospitality and the spirit of the country's people fresh in his heart,...

Los Angeles: Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays, using NASA telescopes, the agency said.The black hole is at an early stage of growth that had never been witnessed before, where its mass is...

Tokyo: Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized economies will meet in the Japanese capital for two days starting Tuesday to discuss a number of international affairs.Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, whose country holds the rotating presidency of...

Ramallah: At least three Palestinians were killed, and one was seriously injured on Monday by Israeli forces in Tulkarm, northern West Bank, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.The ministry reported that the three deceased and the injured were...