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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,...
Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion rail link to China
HANOI: Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday approved plans for an $8 billion rail link from...
9 injured in landmine blast in southern Myanmar
YANGON: Nine people, including children, were injured in a landmine explosion in southern Myanmar’s...
Gunmen identify, kill 7 Punjabi travellers in Pakistan: govt official
QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen in volatile southwest Pakistan shot seven bus passengers dead after identifying...
Trump orders dismissal of Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys
KATHMANDU: Former President Donald Trump has ordered the dismissal of all remaining U.S. attorneys...
Russia’s ‘massive’ attack on Odesa leaves residential areas without power
KATHMANDU: Russia’s “massive” attack on the southwestern Ukrainian port city of Odesa has disrupted...
Peru’s 12-Angle Stone vandalized, causing ‘irreversible damage’
LIMA: An allegedly intoxicated man vandalized a 500-year-old archaeological artifact known as the 12-Angle...
IMF urges tighter fiscal controls to save Maldives
MALE, Maldives: The Maldives needs “urgent and stronger” fiscal consolidation to salvage its troubled...
Man gets 10 years’ jail for throwing pipe bomb at Japan ex-PM: reports
TOKYO: A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for attempting to...