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Cairo: Countries in the Middle East and the European Union have condemned Israel's airstrike on tents housing displaced civilians in northwestern Rafah of the Gaza Strip, which reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 45 Palestinians…

Wellington: Australia and New Zealand have pledged millions of dollars of aid to Papua New Guinea in the wake of a deadly landslide. Several villages in the province of Enga were hit when part of a mountain collapsed in the early hours…

Seoul: United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will make a state visit to South Korea on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand cooperation in energy, defence and other areas. Mohamed will visit South Korea for a…

Tel Aviv: Republican party leader and former US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley has blamed Iran, China and Russia for the October 7 attack in southern Israel in which 1,200 people were brutally killed and 250 taken as hostages by…

Washington: At least 11 people were killed and several others injured as tornadoes wreaked havoc in the US states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, destroying buildings, power and gas lines, and a fuel station where many people were…

Tel Aviv: An Israeli airstrike near the southern Gaza city of Rafah hit tents housing displaced people, Palestinian medics said on Sunday evening. The Palestinian Red Crescent said on X that there were "numerous" people killed and…

Moscow: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened Poland with the prospect of "radioactive ash" in response to remarks on the use of nuclear weapons from Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski over the weekend. Sikorski…

Tokyo: The Japanese government on Monday said that North Korea was preparing to attempt a new satellite launch in the coming days. The government in Tokyo said it has been notified that Pyongyang intends to launch a satellite into space…

Beijing: Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Tunisia's President Kais Saied, and the United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will pay state visits to China from May…

Lhasa, May 25 (IANS) China and Nepal reopened their traditional border trade points on Saturday, marking a step forward in enhancing bilateral economic and trade ties. The reopening ceremony took place in Zhentang Township on the…

Rome, May 26 The Group of Seven (G7) finance meeting has concluded, touching upon global economic trends, financial support for Ukraine and multilateral development banking. After a 3-day meeting in Italy's Stresa, G7 finance ministers…

Gaza, May 26 The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Sunday announced the capture of an unspecified number of Israeli soldiers during an operation in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip. "Our fighters were able…

London, May 26 A British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot was killed after a Spitfire crashed near an RAF base in Lincolnshire, an RAF spokesperson has said. "It is with great sadness that we must confirm the death of an RAF pilot in a…

London, May 26 Eighteen-year-olds would be forced to carry out a form of national service if the Tories are voted back in at the July 4 election, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The Prime Minister said Britain has…

Sao Paulo, May 26 The death toll from storms and floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since April 29 has risen to 166, the Civil Defense agency has said. According to the agency, more than 637,000 people have been…

Seoul, May 26, Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan are set to meet on Sunday and Monday in Seoul for summit meetings, resuming their trilateral dialogue for the first time since 2019. South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol will have…

While the ruling by the International Court of Justice is a blow to Israel’s international standing, the court does not have a police force to enforce its orders.

Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for generations, but they are widely regarded by many in the country’s Buddhist majority, including members of the Rakhine minority, as having illegally migrated from Bangladesh.

Those killed were two German women, aged 20 and 30, a 44-year-old Senegalese man and a 23-year-old Spanish woman who worked at the venue, a police spokesman said.

The army said they were killed on the day of the attack at the Mefalsim intersection and their bodies were taken to Gaza.