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Rio de Janeiro, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):A sea of streamers and mini-Brazilian flags flutters over Freedom Alley, one of myriad narrow streets criss-crossing Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela, Rocinha, which decks itself out in World Cup splendor every four years. But residents vetoed a graffiti portrait […]

Beijing, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said Tuesday, with authorities blaming workers for illegal welding. The fire broke out at a plant in Anyang City in Henan Province on […]

Cianjur, Indonesia, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Rescuers searched for survivors buried under rubble on Tuesday after an earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in collapsed buildings. As bodybags emerged from crumpled buildings in Indonesia’s most populous […]

ISTANBUL 20 Nov (Online): A total of 89 targets were destroyed in the ongoing Operation Claw-Sword in northern Iraq and Syria, and “many terrorists” were “neutralised,” the Turkish Ministry of National Defence has announced. “Among the terrorists neutralised by the air operation are the so-called […]

TEHRAN 20 Nov (Online): Iranian security forces have killed at least 378 people (including 47 children) in a crackdown on protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, a rights group said in an updated toll on Saturday. The Islamic republic has been gripped by protests that […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres termed as a “step towards Justice” the agreement at the COP27 climate summit to establish a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters, after days of intense negotiations that stretched into […]

Seoul, Nov 18 (AFP/APP):North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday in one of its most powerful ever tests, with Japan saying the weapon may have had the range to hit the United States mainland. The missile was believed to have landed in Japan’s […]

Przewodow, Poland, Nov 16 (AFP/APP):Western leaders played down fears Wednesday that a deadly missile blast in eastern Poland could herald a dangerous escalation in the war Russia launched against Ukraine, blaming stray anti-aircraft fire. The United States said it backed an assessment by Warsaw that […]

LAHORE 16 Nov (Online): Mini drone jet crashed near Orange Line Train in Thokar Niaz Baig area of Lahore on Wednesday. Bomb disposal Squad found no explosive material in jet during checking: Police Special protection unite took remote control drone jet into custody. The investigations […]

Jerusalem, Nov 15 (AFP/APP):Israel swore in a new parliament on Tuesday hours after a deadly attack, as veteran hawk Benjamin Netanyahu advances talks on forming what could be the country’s most right-wing government ever. Of the 120 lawmakers elected on November 1, 64 have endorsed […]