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Gaza, Feb 26 (UNI) At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza City on Sunday, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. Medical sources told Xinhua that 15 people, including children, were killed and several others were wounded after warplanes hit a residential building in the Zaytoun neighborhood south of the Gaza City…

Manila, Feb 26 (UNI) Three women, including a person with disability, died on Sunday night when a fire burned down their house in Rizal province, east of Metro Manila, a firefighter said on Monday. John Randolph Baldonado told reporters that the fire broke out before 9 p.m. local time on Sunday from the victims’ house…

Moscow, Feb 25 (UNI) The leaders of the G7 countries have pledged to impose sanctions on Russia in connection with the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, according to a joint statement. “We will hold those culpable for Navalny’s death accountable, including by continuing to impose restrictive measures in response to human rights violations…

Washington, Feb 25 (UNI) Former US President Donald Trump held a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei in Washington, according to former US presidential aide Dan Scavino. “Happening now!” Scavino said Saturday on X, posting a video of the meeting between Trump and Milei. The media reported earlier in the week that Milei was expected…

Sanaa, (UNI) Yemen’s Houthi group said on Sunday it attacked a U.S. oil tanker and U.S. navy ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea with missiles and drones, while the U.S. military responded with airstrikes. The attacks on Saturday were in support of the Palestinians and a response to the U.S.-British “aggression”…

Washington, Feb 25 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 44 km South South East of Tari in Papua New Guinea early on Sunday, , the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 5-29 am Indian Standard Time. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at…

United Nations, Feb 24 (UNI) China encouraged NATO to reassess its approach, move beyond Cold War attitudes, and stop fostering bloc confrontations, China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun said during a UN Security Council meeting. “We encourage NATO to do some soul searching, come out of the cage of cold war mentality…

Washington, Feb 24 (UNI) Huntington Ingalls of Newport News has received an $80 million contract extension from the US Navy to continue and complete work on refueling and overhauling the atomic reactor of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, the Department of Defense announced in a press release. “Huntington Ingalls Newport News, Virginia is…

Sydney, Feb 24 (UNI) Three men and a woman died in a single-vehicle crash in the northern part of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) early Saturday morning. NSW police said in a report here on Saturday morning that emergency services were called to Back Channel Road, Wardell, shortly after 5:45 a.m. local time…

Nanjing, Feb 24 (UNI) Fifteen people were killed after a building fire broke out Friday morning in Nanjing, capital city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, the municipal government said on Saturday morning. At around 4:39 a.m. on Friday, the local fire department received an alarm about the fire in a residential building in the Yuhuatai…