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NEW DELHI,Feb 26 (Xinhua/APP):An aircraft belonging to India’s private airline IndiGo was diverted to the nearest airport after being hit by a bird on Sunday, according to the country’s civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The plane landed safely and no injuries […]

DHAKA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua/APP): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a social media campaign titled ‘#Click4Wildlife’ to create mass awareness about wildlife conservation in order to mark the World Wildlife Day on March 3. The first of its kind, the online campaign calls […]

Awka, Nigeria, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Nigerians of all ages were determined to ensure a credible election outcome, monitoring polling centres as initial results from a presidential election trickled in on Sunday. In the southern city of Port Harcourt, a dozen people were still at their […]

LAHORE, FEB 25 (Online): Love conquers all and All is fear in love and war are sayings that have been with us since we start hearing the truths of this universe and that is what happened between a couple with a girl hailing from Hyderabad […]

COLOMBO 25 Feb (Online): Sri Lanka’s election commission indefinitely postponed local polls on Friday after the president — installed by parliament last year after his predecessor fled — refused to fund the vote. The March 9 polls would only have picked local councillors but would […]

TEHRAN 25 Feb (Online): An Iranian general on Friday warned that his country is still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo in revenge for assassination of top commander Qasem Soleimani. Tehran has repeatedly vowed to avenge […]

Bayonne, France, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Prosecutors on Friday charged a 16-year-old boy with murder over the fatal stabbing of his Spanish teacher during class earlier this week in southwest France, his lawyer said. The teenager reported a “little voice” suggested he kill Agnes Lassalle, 52, […]

Edinburgh, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Three candidates — two women and a Muslim man — will battle it out to replace Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, it was announced Friday, in a race already mired in controversy. Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf all met […]

Athens, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Fifteen EU states on the migration front line on Friday called for stronger borders and agreements to be struck with third-party countries to accept migrants. “It is worthwhile exploring the possibility of, and where relevant legally enabling, safe third-country arrangements with […]

BRUNEI, Feb 24 (XINHUA/APP): Brunei held a massive parade and performances with about 7,000 participants in the capital on Thursday to celebrate its 39th National Day. Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, together with other members of the royal family, attended the celebration at Taman Haji Sir […]