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Moscow, June 24 (UNI) Dagestan head Sergei Melikov said that more than 15 police officers and several civilians were killed in terrorist attacks in Russia’s Dagestan. “More than 15 police officers fell victim to today’s terrorist attack while holding weapons in their hands and defending the peace and quiet of Dagestan. Several more civilians also…

Rome/New Delhi, (UNI) The widow of an Indian farm labourer whose horrific death has shocked Italy and raised calls to smash gangmastering has received a special “justice” stay permit to end her illegal status in Italy, a report said. Satnam Singh, 31, was dumped outside his hut outside Latina south of Rome on Monday with…

Washington, June 23 (UNI) The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group will replace next week the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower nuclear aircraft carrier in the Red Sea after the latter has been withdrawn from the region, the US Defense Department said. “The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) departed the US Central Command…

Tunis, June 23 (UNI) The death toll among Tunisian pilgrims who performed Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 53, Tunisia’s state television Wataniya 1 reported. “Until this Saturday, the number of Tunisian pilgrims who died in holy places in Saudi Arabia while performing the Hajj rituals, increased further from 49 to 53,” said the…

Washington, June 23 (UNI) The death toll from a shooting in the US state of Arkansas increased to four, with nine more people injured, the CBS News broadcaster reported, citing state police. On Friday, police said two people were killed in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce. One police officer was also reportedly…

Tokyo, June 23 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck off Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Sunday, the country’s weather agency said. No tsunami warnings have been issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Baghdad, June 23 (UNI) Seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in two airstrikes on their hideouts in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Saturday. Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on IS hideouts and a tunnel used by the extremist militants in a mountainous area in…

Bogota, June 23 (UNI) Three people were killed and nine others injured in a car bomb attack in the Colombian city of Taminango in the southern department of Narino on Friday, local authorities said Saturday. In a statement, Luis Alfonso Escobar, the governor of Narino, confirmed that the killed were two citizens and a young…

Changsha, June 23 (UNI) Eight people are missing after a landslide in central China’s Hunan Province early Sunday, local authorities said. The landslide happened in Douxi Village, Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County of Huaihua City, and was reported to the county’s emergency response center at around 4 a.m. Sunday. It led to the collapse of four…

Moscow, June 23 (UNI) Recent drone attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on the city of Energodar, home to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), have raised serious concerns about the safety of the nuclear facility, local authorities said on Saturday. ZNPP Director Yuriy Chernichuk said that several divisions of the ZNPP were left without…