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Brasilia: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) was sworn in as president of Brazil for a four-year term.The inauguration of Lula da Silva and his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin took place at 3:00 pm local...

Mexico City: Ten guards and four inmates died after an attack on a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office reported.On Sunday morning, gunmen in armored vehicles opened fire against the security...

Tehran: Iranian foreign minister said nearly 60 US officials have been blacklisted by Tehran for their involvement in the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.In a televised interview ahead of the third anniversary...

Geneva: Alain Berset from the Social Democratic party of Switzerland on Sunday took office as President of the Swiss Confederation for the second time.Berset is also head of the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs. Born in Fribourg on...

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the United States, under the pretext of strengthening cooperation with South Korea and Japan, was creating an "Asian version of NATO.""In 2022 the U.S. frequently deployed various nuclear...

Kiev: At least six people were killed in a hospital in the city of Pervomaisk in the Luhansk region, as a result of Ukrainian troops’ shelling, Tatyana Kovaleva, deputy chief physician of the hospital, told Sputnik."The death toll is...

Kampala:At least nine people were killed, and several others injured in a New Year stampede in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said on Sunday.According to police, the incident involved several juveniles who were attending a music show. "It is alleged...

Beirut: The Lebanese army said that it carried out a rescue operation with the support of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to evacuate 232 illegal migrants from a sunken ship off the coast of the city...

Vatican City: Former Pope Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at his Vatican residence, he was 95 years old.Pope Benedict XVI was at the helm of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013, when he resigned because of ailing...

Jerusalem: The observation satellite EROS-C3, developed and manufactured by the state-owned company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), was launched into space, the IAI said.With a weight of about 400 kg and a height of 4.58 meters, the satellite was launched...