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Kabul, Oct 16 (UNI) The handover ceremony for China’s first batch of quake-relief materials for Afghanistan was held on Sunday in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. During the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Xing signed handover certificates of supplies from the Chinese government and the Red Cross Society of China respectively with Mohammad Abas…
Oslo, Oct 16 (UNI) There are still 170 Norwegian citizens who need assistance to leave Gaza, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday, but excluding more chartered flights to take them back for the moment. In a press release, Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the situation in Gaza is unclear and is getting…
Tegucigalpa, Oct 16 (UNI) Four people were killed and 27 injured on Sunday in Honduras when a bus carrying migrants plunged into a ravine and fell into a river, the fire department said. The accident occurred at about 3 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), in the northwest community of Santa Rosa de Copan, a municipality…
Tehran, Oct 16 (UNI) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday warned of the expansion of the conflict if Israel continues its attacks on the Gaza Strip. “If the Zionist regime seeks to pay for its defeat through the continuation of these crimes (against Palestinians), the dimensions of the developments will expand,” said Raisi in a…
Kampala, Oct 16 (UNI) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday warned of retaliatory terrorist attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels following the military air strikes on their camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Museveni said in a statement that the military fighter-bombers on Saturday carried out the second airstrike on…
Gaza, Oct 16 (UNI) The number of Palestinian deaths has risen to 2,670, with more than 9,600 injuries reported, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman of the ministry, said the Israeli attacks “continue with all brutality,” noting that the attacks have targeted residential neighborhoods and destroyed homes “on the heads of…
Houston, Oct 15 (UNI) Three people were injured after a shooting Saturday night at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, authorities said. One person is in custody following the shooting near the fair’s food court before 8:00 pm local time (0100 GMT Sunday), the Dallas Police Department said. Officers received reports of the shooting…
Herat, Oct 15 (UNI) At least one person was dead and 90 others were injured following tremors in west Afghanistan’s Herat province on Sunday, Farhad Afzali, a medical doctor in Herat hospital, said. The number of casualties could further go up, a hospital official said. Locals said that the tremors have damaged around 30 villages…
Beijing, Oct 15 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in a phone call on Sunday that Israel’s actions have gone beyond the scope of self-defense and that the country should stop the collective punishment of Palestinians. “Israel’s actions have gone beyond self-defense, Israel should seriously heed…
Ramallah, Oct 14 (UNI) Clashes with Israelis across the West Bank on Friday have left at least 14 Palestinians dead, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry said. Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that clashes erupted in Nablus, Tulkarm, Hebron, and other West Bank cities on the seventh day of the new round of violence between the…
