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Usgs: 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra island: USGS
JAKARTA: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island in western Indonesia on Monday, shaking homes of panicked residents but causing no casualties or damage. The…
Massive Fire In Bangladesh Market: Firefighters, army work to douse massive fire in Bangladesh market
DHAKA: Firefighters and army personnel were working on Tuesday to douse a massive fire that raged through a shopping complex with 3,000 shops in Bangladesh‘s…
Papua New Guinea: At least four dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake
SYDNEY: At least four people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea, an official said…
Australia bans TikTok from federal government devices
CANBERRA: Australia has become the last of the “Five Eyes” security partners to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from its federal government‘s devices.Attorney-General Mark…
Jordan: Iraqis in asylum limbo in Jordan fashion their future
Amman: In a Jordanian church, Sarah Nael sews a shirt for a project that has provided scores of women who fled violence in neighbouring Iraq…
Omicron: New variant of Covid-19’s Omicron detected in Nepal, 10 confirmed cases found: Health ministry
KATHMANDU: Nepal on Monday confirmed the detection of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 identified as “XBB1.16” and said that at least 10 out of…
Kenya First Satellite: Kenya to launch first operational satellite next week
Nairobi: Kenya will launch its first operational satellite next week in a landmark achievement for the country’s space programme, the government said on Monday. Taifa-1,…
Sudan: UN experts name S.Sudan officials for rights abuses
Nairobi: A panel of UN rights experts on Monday named several high-ranking South Sudanese officials they say warrant criminal investigation and prosecution for their part…
Jewish Principal Guilty Of Sexual Abuse: Jewish school principal in Australia guilty of sexual abuse
MELBOURNE: The former principal of a Jewish girls’ school in Australia was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer, 56, a Tel…
7.0-magnitude quake hits western Papua New Guinea: USGS
SYDNEY: A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook a remote region of northwestern Papua New Guinea before dawn Monday, toppling a few homes but with no immediate…