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Jerusalem, Nov 2 (UNI) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it identified three projectiles flying from Lebanon into Israel, some of which were intercepted. Earlier, the IDF reported that air raid sirens sounded in central Israel following launches from Lebanon. “Following the sirens that sounded in central Israel, three projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon…
Paris, Nov 2 (UNI) At least five people were injured in a shooting on Thursday night in Poitiers, west-central France, leading to a gang brawl involving several hundred people, the French news channel BFMTV reported. According to BFMTV, it was around 10:45 p.m. local time (2145 GMT) when individuals in a car fired gunshots at…
Addis Ababa, Nov 2 (UNI) Confirmed mpox cases in Africa have surged by over 500 percent this year compared to the total for all of last year, with the number of affected countries rising to 19, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). During an online media briefing Thursday evening,…
Belgrade, Nov 2 (UNI) The Serbian government on Friday afternoon decided to declare November 2 a day of mourning across the country in memory of the lives tragically lost due to the collapse of a roof structure at the Novi Sad railway station. Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said the accident marks one of the…
Beirut, Nov 2 (UNI) Fifty-two people were killed and 72 others injured on Friday in Israeli airstrikes on the city of Baalbek and surrounding towns and villages in eastern Lebanon, said the Lebanese Health Ministry. Israeli forces have intensified their attacks on eastern Lebanon over the past days after issuing warnings to citizens, calling for…
Islamabad, Nov 1 (UNI) Four people, including three schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed and 15 others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Friday morning, official sources said. The incident happened in Mastung district of the province, where a police vehicle was targeted by a bomb explosion, the sources…
Gaza, Nov 1 (UNI) At least 16 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on two homes in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. Local sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that civil defence and medical teams swiftly arrived at the scene to recover the dead and injured, transporting them to…
Beirut, Nov 1 (UNI) Israeli airstrikes on eastern and southern Lebanon killed 24 people and injured 19 others on Thursday, according to official and military sources in Lebanon. The Lebanese military sources, who spoke anonymously, told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes and drones carried out 35 airstrikes in southern Lebanon and 12 in the east, including…
Damascus, Nov 1 (UNI) Firefighters in Syria’s northwestern coastal Latakia province were battling a massive wildfire Thursday in the dense forests, local media reported. The fire has been raging in the rural area of Badrousiyah in Latakia as strong winds and thick vegetation drove flames toward the Kasab area near the Syrian-Turkish border. Kasab is…
Beijing, Nov 1 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday exchanged congratulatory messages over the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
