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Hospitalised Pope had peaceful night, up and eating: Vatican

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, “got up and had...

BJP’s Rekha Gupta takes oath as Delhi’s 4th woman CM

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rekha Gupta was sworn in as chief...

Iran executed 975 people in ‘horrifying’ 2024 escalation: rights groups

PARIS: Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a “horrifying escalation” of...

West Bank crackdown triggers a wave of displacement unseen in decades

WEST BANK: By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight...

Trump says trade deal with China is ‘possible’

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested a trade deal was “possible” with China...

Trump calls Zelensky a ‘dictator’ as rift between two leaders deepens

KATHMANDU: President Trump has spent the day attacking Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him...

Six wild elephants killed in collision with train in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Six wild elephants were killed and two others injured on Thursday morning when...

Romania issues severe cold weather warning

BUCHAREST: Romania’s National Meteorological Administration on Wednesday issued a yellow warning for exceptionally cold...

Hamas agrees to release 6 hostages on Saturday

JERUSALEM/GAZA: Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement to release the remaining six living...

Egypt postpones emergency Arab summit on Palestinian issue

KATHMANDU: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has postponed the emergency Arab summit on the Palestinian issue,...