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Damascus, June 27 (UNI) Two people were killed and one military personnel wounded as a result of a new Israeli missile attack that hit several military sites in southern Syria on Wednesday night, the Syrian Ministry of Defence said. Israel initiated an aerial attack on the southern region of Syria late Wednesday from the occupied…

Manila, June 27 (UNI) Seven suspected rebels have been killed in a clash in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, the Philippine military said on Thursday. In a report, the military said the fighting broke out between a band of the New People’s Army rebels and government forces on Wednesday afternoon in Pantabangan town. No…

Islamabad, June 26 (UNI) “Pakistan does not believe in perpetual hostility” with India, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said, adding that Islamabad is open to dialogue. Speaking at the 51st founding anniversary of the government-run think tank Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), Dar, who also holds the portfolio of foreign minister,…

Islamabad, June 26 (UNI) At least 25 people were killed and thousands have been admitted to hospitals after suffering heatstroke during an intense heatwave in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi over the last three days, rescue teams and local media said. Doctors on Tuesday said many patients became dehydrated due to the high temperatures…

Yaounde, June 26 (UNI) At least five people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident in Cameroon’s West region, according to police and medical authorities. The tragedy occurred Tuesday evening after the brake of a passenger bus failed as it was descending a steep hill at La Falaise locality in Dschang town…

Gaza, June 26 (UNI) Hamas said on Tuesday that Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi’s talk about a “post-war day plan” in northern Gaza will not find a way to be implemented. In a statement sent to Xinhua, Hamas emphasized that Hanegbi’s discussion on Gaza’s “post-war future” and his plan reflect the Israeli government’s insistence…

Harare, June 26 (UNI) One person was killed and seven others injured when a train rammed into a bus at a railway crossing in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, police have confirmed. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the police said the accident happened around 4:30 a.m. early Monday(0230 GMT) “A bus with 66…

Mexico City, June 26 (UNI) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hailed the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after he was held in a high-security prison in England for five years. “I congratulate Julian, his family, his father, his brothers, his friends, and the millions of Mexicans and all the countries in the world…

Washington, June 26 (UNI) Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with U.S. Justice Department to avoid further prison time and ending the years-long legal…

Hong Kong, June 26 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean at 01:24:14 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.02 degrees north latitude and 90.42 degrees east longitude.