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Beirut, Mar 11 (UNI) Three members of al-Fajr Forces, the military wing of the Islamic Group, were killed, and one member wounded on Sunday in an Israeli air strike on the village of Hebbariye in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Israeli warplanes fired four…
Lisbon, Mar 11 (UNI) Portugal’s Democratic Alliance, led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), stood out as the winner in the parliamentary elections on Sunday with a relative majority, exit polls show. The center-right coalition, led by PSD leader Luis Montenegro, won with between 29 percent and 33 percent of votes, according to the projection…
Jerusalem, (UNI) Hezbollah militants launched about 35 rockets at northern Israel on Sunday morning, prompting another round of Israeli strikes, Israeli and Lebanese sources reported. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the rockets were fired towards the Meron area in Upper Galilee. Seven of the launches were intercepted by Israel’s air…
Islamabad, (UNI) Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the 14th president of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President’s House on Sunday, according to a statement from the President’s Office. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath of office to the newly-elected president at the ceremony attended by the outgoing President…
Gaza, Mar 10 (UNI) At least 13 women and children were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera broadcaster reported on Sunday. On October 7, 2023, Palestinian movement Hamas launched a large-scale rocket attack against Israel from Gaza and breached the border, killing 1,200 people…
Islamabad, Mar 10 (UNI) Ten terrorists were killed and three others injured in two separate operations in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military has said. The security forces conducted intelligence-based operations in North Waziristan district of KP, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement…
Naira, Mar 10 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Banda Sea at 0305 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 98.4 km, was initially determined to be at 7.30 degrees south latitude and 129.27 degrees east longitude.
Beirut, Mar 10 (UNI) An Israeli air strike on a residential area in the southern Lebanese village of Kharbet Selm resulted in the deaths of three civilians and injuries to nine others on Saturday night, according to Lebanese military officials. The deceased were members of the same family, and the injured, including children and the…
Washington, Mar 10 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his actions regarding Gaza, is harming Israel more than helping it, turning the whole world against the Jewish state, US President Joe Biden said. “He [Netanyahu] has the right to defend Israel, the right to continue to pursue Hamas, but he must, he must, he…
Islamabad, Mar 9 (UNI) Ruling coalition candidate Asif Ali Zardari won the presidential election of Pakistan with an overwhelming lead on Saturday, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced. Zardari won the election by taking 411 votes from all the electoral colleges, including parliament and four provincial assemblies, the commission said. Zardari got 255 votes in…
