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Islamabad, Mar 30 (UNI) At least 10 people were killed in a military operation in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday night, a security source said. The security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity on Saturday that Pakistani security forces launched an intelligence-based operation in the Babuzai area of the Mardan district in…

Yangon, Mar 30 (UNI) The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Myanmar has reached 1,644, with over 3,400 people injured and 139 missing, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing data from the Myanmar government. Earlier reports put the death toll at 1,002, with more than 2,300 people injured. A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck…

Jakarta, Mar 30 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia’s western Aceh province on Sunday, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. Previously, the agency had released the quake’s magnitude at 5.4 before downgrading it. The agency reported the tremors occurred at 09:58 a.m. Jakarta time (0258 GMT) with…

Caracas, (UNI) The Venezuelan government announced Saturday that 229 Venezuelan migrants will return from the United States on Sunday. “Tomorrow, the Return to the Homeland Plan resumes with the arrival of a flight carrying fellow Venezuelans from the United States,” said Jorge Rodriguez, president of the National Assembly and chief negotiator with the United States,…

Los Angeles, Mar 30 (UNI) A small plane crashed in a residential area in the U.S. state of Minnesota on Saturday, setting a house on fire, said the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The SOCATA TBM7 aircraft crashed into the house around 12:20 p.m. local time (1920 GMT) on Saturday, according to the agency. “The plane…

Yangon, Mar 29 (UNI) The death toll from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen sharply to over 1,000, with fears it could climb much higher, media reports said here on Saturday. The quake, whose epicenter was near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, devastated one of the world’s poorest nations as it reverberated through…

Washington, Mar 29 (UNI) American entrepreneur Elon Musk said his company xAI has acquired the X platform. “@xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt),” Musk wrote on X. He said xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. “Today, we…

Colombo, Mar 29 (UNI) While Sri Lanka’s economic reforms are beginning to yield positive results, the country’s economy remains vulnerable, so it is essential to maintain reform momentum to ensure lasting macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said during the Fund’s weekly press briefing in Washington on Thursday. Noting the IMF executive…

Washington, Mar 29 (UNI) European leaders agree that sending troops to Ukraine to provide security guarantees would be impossible without support of the United States, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said in an interview out on Friday. “This is one of the conclusions that we made,” Jonson told Le Figaro. He said that discussions on…

Beijing, Mar 29 (UNI) Chinese military conducted routine patrols in the South China Sea on Friday, said a spokesperson. The action took place amid ongoing efforts by the Philippines to enlist countries outside the region for so-called “joint patrols” and hype and spread its unlawful claims in the South China Sea, said Tian Junli, spokesperson…