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Washington: A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has died in the US state of California after the local police used a Taser on him following a traffic incident, which he presumably had caused, a body-cam footage...

London:More than 70,000 employees at 150 universities in the United Kingdom will go on an 18-day strike over pay and attacks on pensions between February and March, University and College Union (UCU) announced on Thursday."UCU announced that more than...

Dhaka:The 21st edition of Bangladesh's largest film festival- Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will be inaugurated on Saturday, January 14.Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen will be the Chief Guest on the occasion. Announcing this at a press...

Kabul: The Islamic State terror group (IS, banned in Russia) has claimed responsibility for the deadly blast that erupted outside the Afghan Foreign Ministry building in Kabul, the Al Arabiya broadcaster reported, citing a relevant statement.Kabul Police Command chief...

Los Angeles: At least 16 people have died in a barrage of severe winter storms in California as the most populous state in the United States braces for more floods and mudslides.California storm death toll reached 16 on Tuesday...

Tokyo: About 100,000 chickens will be culled in Japan due to a new outbreak of bird flu, registered in Miyazaki Prefecture on Tuesday, the Agriculture Ministry said.The disease was suspected on Monday when egg farm employees in the city...

Washington: A Virgin Orbit rocket launched from the United Kingdom on a mission to deploy a payload of nine satellites into space failed to reach orbit after experiencing an anomaly, the company said in a statement."We appear to have...

Kiev: Air raid warnings have been issued in Ukraine's Kharkiv Region and the Kiev-controlled part of Russia's Zaporizhzhia Region, according to the online air raid alert map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.Russia began striking Ukrainian infrastructure on...

Brussels: The European Union and NATO should "cooperate more closely" amid the Ukrainian conflict, with European defense complementing NATO's collective defense, the two organizations said in a draft declaration, as quoted by Belgian newspaper L'Echo.On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General...

Lagos: Thirty-one passengers were taken hostage after gunmen attacked a train station in south Nigeria's Edo state, a spokesperson for the state government said.A group of gunmen broke into the Igueben train station on Saturday evening, firing shots sporadically...