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Kabul airport Suicide bomber acted alone, US investigation finds

WASHINGTON – February 5 (ONLINE): A suicide bomber who targeted Kabul airport during an evacuation mission in Afghanistan acted alone, a US investigation has found. The attacker, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings,blew himself up at Abbey Gate outside the airport […]

US alleges Russian plot to fake invasion pretext

WASHINGTON – February 4 (ONLINE): US has claimed Russia is planning to stage a fake Ukrainian attack that it would use to justify an invasion. It alleged Moscow was likely to release a graphic video showing the attack on Russian territory or against Russian-speaking people […]

Nigeria says oil ship fire extinguished

Lagos, Feb 4 (AFP/APP): A blaze caused by an explosion on an oil ship that sparked fears of an environmental disaster off southern Nigeria has been brought under control, the government said Friday. Despite being Africa’s largest crude producer, accidents are frequent in Nigeria’s oil […]

Japan should focus on tackling COVID-19 infection rate in children, elderly: virologist

TOKYO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua/APP) –:Japan needs to focus on reducing the infection rate among both children and the elderly, as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to run amok, a virologist assisting the government said Friday. “The number of novel coronavirus cases is starting to […]

Pakistan is strategic partner of US: Ned Price

WASHINGTON, FEB 03 (ONLINE): Spokesperson of United States Department of State Ned Price has said Pakistan is strategic partner of US and we have important relations with Pakistan “We value our relations with Pakistan in diverse sectors”, he said this in a press briefing here. […]

Italy PM lifts some Covid measures, vows further reopening

Rome, Feb 2 (AFP/APP):Italy’s government decided Wednesday to ease several anti-Covid restrictions, including for schools, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised to “continue to advance on this path of reopening”. Among the changes announced was the end of distance learning for primary and secondary students […]

More than 50 killed in DR Congo machete attack

Bunia, DR Congo, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): More than 50 civilians were killed when machete-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo, sources said. Fifty-two people, some of them children, were killed, a source with the UN’s peacekeeping mission MONUSCO said, […]

Murder trial over Bangladesh factory collapse resumes after five years

Dhaka, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): Bangladesh has resumed the murder trial over one of the world’s most devastating factory disasters after five years mired in appeals and court procedure, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday. More than 1,130 workers died in 2013 when a nine-floor warren of […]

63 migrants rescued off Morocco: activists

Rabat, Feb 1 (AFP/APP):The Moroccan navy on Tuesday rescued 63 migrants including 15 women and three children after their vessel started to sink as they tried to reach the Canary Islands, activists said. Alarm Phone, which provides an emergency hotline for migrants in trouble at […]

UK driver who ran over knifeman freed without charge

London, Feb 1 (AFP/APP):A man who ploughed his car into a knife attacker in an attempt to stop him stabbing a woman has been freed without charge, UK police said Tuesday. More than 75,000 people had signed a petition urging police not to charge the […]

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