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Canberra, Nov. 12 (UNI) A Qantas flight from South Australia (SA) to the national capital of Canberra was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing shortly after take-off on Wednesday morning due to smoke in the cabin. Flight QF1972 turned around and landed back at Adelaide Airport shortly after taking off at 6:10…

Moscow, Nov. 12 (UNI) Forty-three people were injured in the collapse of a wooden structure during a funeral in Russia’s Chechnya, the regional ministry of health said Tuesday. The regional administration said that the collapse involved a temporary wooden structure installed above a basement space at a private house during the funeral. According to the…

New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) World leaders and foreign envoys have expressed grief and solidarity with India following the deadly explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday evening, which killed at least 13 people and injured 24 others. Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said he was “shocked” by the incident and expressed confidence that…

New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) The United States is coming closer to sealing a trade deal with India, said President Donald Trump, adding that at some point, the US would bring down tariffs on India. Trump’s remarks came during the swearing-in of Sergio Gor as the Ambassador to India. “We’re making a deal with India….

Moscow, Nov. 11 (UNI) Russian telecom operators have introduced a new mechanism to protect against drone activity, the Ministry of Digital Development announced on Monday. During the trial period starting Monday, Russian subscribers whose SIM cards have been inactive for 72 hours or who have just returned from international roaming will face a 24-hour “cooling…

Washington, Nov. 11 (UNI) The U.S. military launched two strikes targeting two boats allegedly transporting narcotics in international waters in the eastern Pacific on Sunday, killing all six aboard, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday. “Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated…

Moscow, Nov 10 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Approximately 200 civilians remain trapped in tunnels under the Gaza Strip, and Turkey is working to secure their safe passage, reported, a high-ranking Turkish official said. “We are working to ensure the safe passage of some 200 Gazan civilians currently trapped in the tunnels,” the official said. Earlier reports indicated that…

Bratislava, Nov 10 (UNI) Two trains collided on Sunday evening in western Slovakia, leaving at least 18 people injured, the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) reported. The collision occurred between the town of Pezinok in the Bratislava region and the capital city, Bratislava. State-run passenger carrier ZSSK said it is working with railway…

Seoul, Nov. 10 (UNI) Two sailors were rescued, and nine others went missing Monday after a Chinese fishing boat capsized off Eocheong Island near Gusan, about 180 km southwest of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, according to the Yonhap news agency. The 99-tonne vessel was overturned in the waters, some 150 km southwest of the island…

Quito, Nov 10 (UNI) At least four inmates were killed on Sunday in a prison riot in Machala, the capital of Ecuador’s southern coastal province of El Oro, the national prison administration agency SNAI said. The unrest broke out in the early hours at Prison No. 1 in Machala, SNAI said in a statement. Local…