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Houston, Apr 13 (UNI) One person was killed and 13 others were injured after a stolen semitrailer rammed into a Department of Public Safety office on Friday in Brenham, U.S. state of Texas, authorities said. Eight of the injured were treated on the scene and released, while six others, including the fatality, were transported to…
Islamabad, Apr 13 (UNI) Three children were killed and one other was injured in a landmine blast in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, officials said. The incident happened in the tribal district of North Waziristan where the children stepped on the landmine while playing, and three out of them were killed right at…
Islamabad, Apr 13 (UNI) One man was killed and four others were injured in a clash between security forces and militants in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Friday night, officials said. The incident happened in the Nushki district of the province, where five to six armed militants with flags of the banned outfit Balochistan Liberation…
Beijing, Apr 13 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Peter Pellegrini on his election as president of Slovakia. In his message sent on Thursday, Xi said that the traditional friendship between China and Slovakia has grown stronger over time, and that bilateral relations in recent years have maintained sound momentum of development, with broad…
Havana, Apr 12 (UNI) Three officers were killed Thursday after a military helicopter crashed in the eastern Cuban city of Santiago, the Ministry of Armed Forces (Minfar) reported. The aircraft crashed at an airport in the country’s second most populous city located about 860 km east of Havana, Minfar said in a statement, adding that…
Mexico City, Apr 12 (UNI) The Mexican government formally denounced Ecuador’s government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena announced on Thursday. “We want to test the international justice system,” Barcena said alongside President Andres Manuel Lopez…
Tripoli, Apr 12 (UNI) Clashes broke out on Thursday between rival armed groups in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, as witnesses reported heavy gunfire in different parts of the city and military mobilization on the streets. Heavy gunfire has caused panic among the people, witnesses said. The Emergency Department under the Ministry of Health has…
Seoul, Apr 11 (UNI) South Korea’s liberal opposition bloc won more than three-fifths of seats in parliamentary elections, the National Election Commission said Thursday. The main liberal opposition Democratic Party took 161 directly-contested constituency seats, while its satellite party secured 14 proportional representation (PR) slots, with 99.99 percent of the votes counted. The minor liberal…
Manil, Apr 11 (UNI) A helicopter crashed on Thursday morning at Cavite City in the Philippines, killing two people, said a military spokesperson. The Robinson R22 training helicopter of the Philippine Navy executed emergency procedures at about 6:45 a.m. local time (1045 GMT) before crashing near a public market in Cavite City, said the spokesperson….
Rome, April 10 (UNI) An explosion at an Italian power station on Tuesday killed at least three people and left 4 others missing. Another four people were hospitalized with serious burns. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. local time at a hydroelectric power station on Lake Suviana in the Apennine Mountains, some 70 km…
