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Los Angeles: Four people were killed in a shooting in Aurora, a city with over 380,000 residents in Colorado, with the suspect still at large, local police said.The Aurora Police Department (APD) said it received a report of a...

Mogadishu: Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia's Education Ministry building here on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday.After visiting the bombing site early Sunday, Mohamud...

Rome: The Italian government has donated "20 to 30" M109L self-propelled howitzers to Kiev as part of the fifth military aid package, Italian media reported on Sunday.Italy has already provided Ukraine with M113 armored personnel carriers, six PzH 2000...

Baghdad: A tanker truck explosion in northeastern Baghdad on Saturday killed at least eight people and wounded another 18, Iraqi security sources have said.The moving truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas exploded after a road accident with another car in...

Seoul: At least 151 people were killed and 82 others injured in a stampede that occurred Saturday night at Itaewon, a district of the South Korean capital Seoul, during Halloween gatherings, local authorities said on Sunday.Nineteen foreigners were among...

Moscow: Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a "massive" drone attack on the headquarters of its Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol.The attack began at 4.20 am local time and involved nine aerial and...

Manila: A severe tropical storm has killed at least 45 people in the Philippines, unleashing floods and landslides in southern provinces, officials say. Earlier on Saturday officials gave a death toll of 72, but that has been revised.Storm Nalgae...

Washington: A Nasa satellite captured an image of what appears to be a happy face pattern on the sun earlier this week, prompting the US space agency to say the sun was seen “smiling”.Despite its friendly look, experts warn...

San Francisco: Advertisers plan to boycott Twitter if Elon Musk allows Donald Trump back on the platform after taking over as the social media boss, The Wall Street Journal reported.After paying $44 billion to close the deal he tried...

New Delhi: India will make a voluntary contribution of half a million US dollars to the UN Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar announced here on Saturday.He was delivering a keynote address...