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Beirut, Jan 27 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli attacks on crowds of Lebanese trying to return to their homes in southern Lebanon has risen to 22, including six women, with 124 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Sunday. The injured included 12 women and a paramedic from the Islamic Scout Association, who was…

Helsinki, Jan 27 (UNI) The Swedish Prosecution Authority has confiscated a ship suspected of damaging un underwater fiber optic cable linking Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland, it said in a press release issued late Sunday. A criminal investigation into suspected serious sabotage has been launched, the authority said, though it did not disclose…

Gaza, Jan 27 (UNI) The Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement demanded on Sunday the Israeli government release 30 Palestinians in exchange for Israeli female hostage Arbel Yehud. Mohammed al-Hindi, deputy secretary-general of the movement, told Xinhua that the movement has informed international mediators that Yehud was still alive. The movement agreed to the conditions that would…

Bogota, Jan 27 (UNI) Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday said he will not authorize the entry of U.S. military flights carrying deported Colombian migrants, which is part of a new immigration policy put into effect by U.S. President Donald Trump. Noting that the United States cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals, Petro said in…

Beijing, Jan 27 (UNI) China is inviting local and international journalists to cover the annual sessions of its national legislature and national political advisory body, both of which will be held in March, according to an official statement released Monday. News coverage of the two sessions can be carried out through various means, but mainly…

Minsk, Jan 27 (UNI) Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko has won the presidential election of Belarus, according to the preliminary results released early Monday by the country’s Central Election Commission. The preliminary data from the Central Election Commission showed that Lukashenko received 86.82 percent of the vote. Sergei Syrankov, Oleg Gaidukevich, Anna Kanopatskaya and Alexander Khizhnyak…

Doha, Jan 27 (UNI) Palestinian movement Hamas will release three Israeli hostages, including soldier Erbil Yehud, by Friday, and three more hostages will also be released on Saturday, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said. “As part of the ongoing efforts led by the mediators, an understanding was reached between the two parties that…