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Beirut: Hezbollah and the Islamic Group on Monday launched attacks on several military sites in northern Israel using Katyusha rockets and drones. Hezbollah said in separate statements that its fighters had launched squadrons of suicide…

Abuja: At least 48 people were killed after a gasoline-laden tanker exploded on a busy highway in Niger, a state in Nigeria's central region, local authorities have said. The ill-fated tanker had a head-on collision with an oncoming…

Beijing: The China Meteorological Administration on Sunday identified Super Typhoon Yagi as the strongest autumn typhoon to make landfall in China since 1949. Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, maintained Super Typhoon status for 64…

Jerusalem: Two battalion commanders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement were killed in a recent Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. The IDF said on Saturday that…

Ramallah: A Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli gunfire in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, Palestinian sources said. Medical sources told Xinhua news agency on Friday that 13-year-old Bana Baker died…

Haikou: The southern Chinese province of Hainan had relocated 419,367 residents as of Friday noon with super typhoon Yagi approaching, said local authorities. Yagi, the 11th typhoon of the year, has developed into a super typhoon at…

Damascus: Three Syrian soldiers were killed in an armed attack on a military vehicle near the Naima Bridge, east of the southern province of Daraa on Thursday, local Sham FM radio reported. The attack occurred in the early morning hours…

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced an immediate cancellation of all crop loans taken by farmers, following requests from several farmer associations, according to the President's Media Division (PMD) on Tuesday. The PMD…

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the new Chancery of the Indian High Commission in Brunei amid a rousing welcome and chants of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' from members of the Indian diaspora present…

Kinshasa: At least 129 prisoners were killed and 59 others injured in an escape attempt at the Makala Central Prison in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the government announced on Tuesday. The provisional death…