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Islamabad: At least 12 people, including nine Chinese workers, died when their bus plunged into a ravine in Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.The accident occurred after a mechanical failure resulted in leakage of gas that caused a blast in the...

Washington: A group of US-based activists started a 1,300-mile rally from the city of Miami to the nation’s capital in order to call on authorities in Washington, DC to lift the embargo on Cuba, participant Phil Wilayto said on...

Moscow: The Russian president's special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said in an interview with Sputnik that the only way for the Afghan warring parties to break the political deadlock and end the violence was to form a transitional...

Kathmandu: Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday.Deuba was administered the oath of office by President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered at a ceremony at the latter's official residence, Sheetal Niwas this evening.Earlier...

Baghdad: Some 64 people were killed and 50 wounded in a huge fire that broke out in a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported."The latest toll...

Mexico City/ Buenos Aires: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that US-funded organizations were behind the recent protests in Cuba.On Sunday, Cuba witnessed its largest protests since 1994, fueled by anger over shortages of basic goods....

Washington: President Joe Biden has asked a US court to dismiss his predecessor Donald Trump’s case against the Chinese social video platform TikTok and its parent ByteDance, a court document revealed.“Defendants-appellants hereby move to voluntarily dismiss this appeal, with...

Buenos Aires: The Venezuelan government is willing to have another round of talks with the opposition, but only if certain conditions are met, President Nicolas Maduro has said."The Kingdom of Norway has arrived to promote a dialogue in Mexico....

Tel Aviv: Israel is easing the blockade of the Gaza Strip starting Monday, expanding the fishing zone up to 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers), Lt. Col. in the Israel Defense Forces, Avichay Adraee, said Monday."In light of the ongoing...

Khartoum: The issue of ratifying the agreement on the creation of a logistics center for the Russian navy in Sudan will be considered by the Sudanese Sovereign Council and the government, Foreign Minister Mariam Sadig al-Mahdi said on Monday.Al-Mahdi...