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Ramallah: Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported attacks in at least six communities...

Cairo: Qatar said Sunday that six people have been confirmed killed in a Qatari helicopter crash in the Persian Gulf nation's territorial waters. The Interior Ministry said one person is still missing from the crash, which took place the day before. The Defence Ministry blamed...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government Sunday urged the public to use fuel and electricity sparingly to cushion potential shortages amid volatile global oil markets. This came as the island nation raised fuel retail prices at midnight, the second such hike in a week. As a...

Dhaka: At least 12 people were killed and 20 others injured early Sunday when a mail train ploughed into a bus at the Padua Bazar level crossing in Comilla, in one of the deadliest rail-road collisions in recent times, according to The Dhaka Tribune. The...

Cairo: At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organisation said Saturday. The strike on the Al Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur Friday also injured...

New Delhi: Amid the global supply chain crisis, a large cargo ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the US has arrived at the Mangalore Port in the country. Pyxis Pioneer cargo ship, carrying LPG from the US state of Texas, successfully docked at the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened that the United States would target Iranian power plants if Iran fails to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the...

Cairo: Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel's main nuclear research centre. At the same time, President Donald Trump warned the US will "obliterate" Iranian power plants if it...

Dubai: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will "increase significantly" in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was considering "winding down" military operations in the Mideast even as the United States announced it was...

Kyiv: A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia Saturday killed at least two people, an official said, ahead of expected US-Ukraine talks. A man and a woman were killed and six people wounded, including two children, when a Russian drone hit a...