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Jakarta: The number of people killed by last month's earthquake in the Indonesian province of West Java has been confirmed at 602 after final tabulation, the Cianjur county government said on Friday.A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit West Java's Cianjur...

Washington: A spokesperson for the US administration confirmed that an American citizen detained by Russia during the Russia-Ukraine conflict was released as Moscow and Kyiv conducted a prisoner swap on Wednesday.John Kirby, the National Security Council's coordinator for strategic...

United Nations: Hitting back Pakistan strongly in the UN Security Council, India said that a country that hosted slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and attacked a neighbouring Parliament does not have the credentials to sermonize in the power...

Lusial (Qatar):Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez powered Argentina to the World Cup final with a 3-0 win over Croatia here at Lusail stadium.Argentina will take on the winner of semifinal between Franceand Morocco in the final, scheduled on Sunday.Messi...

United Nations: A UN spokesman said that almost 1.2 million doses of oral vaccines to fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti have arrived in Port-au-Prince."The vaccination campaign is expected to start on Sunday," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman...

Dhaka:The ameer (chief) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, has been arrested for his alleged involvement with the militant outfit, known as Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya.The chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police,...

Los Angeles: The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy.The achievement of fusion ignition was made by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).The DOE on Tuesday called it a "major scientific breakthrough" decades...

Kolkata: Apeejay Surrendra Group and Oxford Bookstores on Tuesday announced that the 14th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) will be hosted in partnership with the Indian Museum on its grounds from January 12 to 15, 2023.After...

Doha: Brazil legend Ronaldo has lent his support to appoint a foreign manager following the team's elimination from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.Friday's quarterfinal loss to Croatia on penalties marked the fifth consecutive time that Brazil has...

Kabul: The extremist militant group Islamic State (IS) has claimed a deadly attack on a hotel here.The IS said in a statement that two of its militants attacked a hotel and detonated two explosive devices hidden inside two bags...