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Manila: Suspected extremists have killed two soldiers in an ambush in Lanao del Norte province in the southern Philippines, a military general said on Thursday.Major General Gabriel Viray, the commander of an army infantry division, said at least six...

Dhaka: Two people, including a supporter of the boat symbol nominated by Awami League in Munshiganj headquarters and a supporter of an independent candidate in Pirojpur's Mathbaria, were killed in the election violence, according to Dhakatimes24.Separate attacks took place...

Dhaka: Three people, including a woman and her daughter, died and two people were injured when a boiler exploded at a rice mill in Palli Bidyut area of Thakurgaon's Sadar upazila on Thursday morning, media reports said.Firoz Wahid, officer-in-charge...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed a tough response and punishment to both the perpetrators and organisers of the terrorist attack in the city of Kerman, which killed nearly 100 people on Wednesday.A total of 95 people were...

Gaza: The Israeli military has dropped more than 45,000 rockets and bombs weighing over 65,000 tonnes on the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated on October 7, the Government Media Office in Gaza said Wednesday."Aircraft of the Israeli...

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and EU foreign policy chief Josef Borrell, in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, condemned the terrorist attacks in the Iranian city of Kerman and discussed the situation in the Middle East, including the...

Yangon: Myanmar's State Administration Council on Thursday pardoned over 9,000 prisoners to mark the country's 76th anniversary of Independence Day, according to the council's orders.The prisoners, 9,652 from Myanmar and 114 from other countries, were remitted sentences for the...

Wellington: New Zealand beach-goers, especially in Auckland, have been warned of jellyfish stings, which are part of the country's beach summer.It is common to start seeing more jellyfish at the beach at this time of year, The National Institute...

Cairo: The UAE Foreign Ministry said it thanked the Russian and Ukrainian governments for cooperation in prisoner exchanges.Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that 248 Russian servicemen had been returned from Ukrainian captivity with UAE mediation; they will be...

Moscow: Russian air defense systems shot down six Tochka-U missiles and six Vilkha missiles launched by the Ukrainian military against Russia's Belgorod Region on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said."Today, on the morning of January 3, another attempt by...