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Yerevan, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): An explosion at a market in the Armenian capital Yerevan sparked a fire and left victims, the emergency situations ministry said on Sunday. The blast, the cause of which was not immediately known, ripped through the “retail market in Surmalu. According […]

Sydney, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): A gunman fired around five shots inside Canberra’s main airport Sunday, sending passengers fleeing but injuring no one before he was detained by Australian police. Images posted on social media showed a police officer restraining a man on the ground inside […]

Jerusalem, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): Israeli police Sunday arrested a suspect in a pre-dawn shooting spree targeting a bus just outside Jerusalem’s Old City that wounded eight people, including a pregnant woman and several US citizens. “The terrorist is in our hands,” police spokesman Kan Eli […]

RAWALPINDI, Aug 14 (APP): The President Dr Arif Alvi on the occasion of 75th Independence Day celebrations conferred Military awards to the officers and soldiers of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force. He gave two Sitara-i-Basalat, 68 Tamgha-i-Basalat, 33 Imtiazi Asnad, 68 COAS Commendation Cards, […]

Washington, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): FBI agents seized records marked “top secret” during their search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate, according to documents made public Friday in a probe that includes possible violations of the US Espionage Act. The search warrant and related materials, […]

HONGKONG – August 12 (ONLINE) Hong Kong’s government says its population has shrunk for a second year as anti-virus controls hampered the inflow of new workers and births declined, but it made no mention of an exodus of residents following a crackdown on a pro-democracy […]

MOSCOW – August 12 (ONLINE) The level of Russian citizens’ confidence in President Vladimir Putin has increased by 0.5 percentage points to 81.3% over the week, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center published on Friday. “When asked about [their] confidence […]

Podgorica, Montenegro, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): At least 11 people were killed during a mass shooting in Montenegro’s central city of Cetinje on Friday, the country’s public broadcaster said. “Eleven people were killed, while six were wounded, including a member of the police,” Montenegro’s public broadcaster […]

Johannesburg, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): It starts with a tense standoff that will end up in slaughter. Hundreds of police officers watch thousands of striking mineworkers gathers on a barren hill near South Africa’s Marikana platinum mine. Some hold spears, machetes and wooden clubs. It’s August […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (APP):The “alarming” situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had reached a “grave hour,” the head of U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said Thursday, as he called for an immediate inspection of the facility by international experts. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director […]