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Islamabad: At least 15 people have died as a result of the 5.7 earthquake that hit northern Pakistan, the Agence France-Presse reported on Thursday, citing Pakistani officials.The tremor was registered at 22:01 GMT on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (8.7 miles)...

Washington: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday dismissed accusations that the social network prioritizes profit over its users' safety.Former Facebook product manager and whistleblower Frances Haugen told a congressional testimony on Tuesday that the social network was allegedly...

Bamako: The Malian Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador to the country over the "unfriendly" statements by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding Mali, the ministry said on Tuesday.The minister notified the French diplomat of the outrage and condemnation on...

Washington: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told visiting senior Israeli officials that diplomacy remains the best way to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons but also did not rule out other options to achieve this goal, National Security Council...

Santiago: Chile's opposition parties agreed on Tuesday to initiate a constitutional impeachment process to remove President Sebastian Piñera from office following the release of the Pandora Papers documents revealing his offshore business.The parliamentarian, who represented all opposition parties, explained...

Bucharest: The Romanian coalition government led by Prime Minister Florin Citu collapsed on Tuesday, losing a censure motion initiated by main opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) and supported by all oppositions in the parliament plus the second largest party...

Brussels: The European Commission will begin negotiations with the United Kingdom on working out an agreement on Gibraltar, whose geography as British overseas territory and headland on Spain's south coast, prevented it from being included in the 2020 bilateral...

Washington: Frances Haugen, a former product manager at Facebook who leaked internal documents proving corporate willingness to overlook hate speech and disinformation where profits are concerned, will testify before Congress on Tuesday, just several hours after Facebook experienced unprecedented...

Stockholm: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann "for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming", and the other half to Giorgio Parisi...

Puducherry: Lt.Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday said that cruise service between Karaikal and Sri Lanka will be commenced after getting approval from the External Affairs Ministry.Talking to newspersons after flagging off an ocean Expedition of the National Cadets Corps...