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Gaza, May 29 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday denied its involvement in a Tuesday bombing on a camp in the Al-Mawasi area near Rafah city that killed at least 21 and injured dozens more. In a statement, the IDF said that “contrary to the reports from the last few hours, the IDF…

Quito, May 29 (UNI) Two people were killed and one was injured on Tuesday when their small plane crashed in Santa Rosa, Ecuador’s southern coastal province of El Oro, the General Directorate for Civil Aviation said. The Piper-34 light aircraft was flying from the southwest coastal city of Guayaquil towards Santa Rosa, the agency said…

Kathmandu, May 28 (UNI) An Indian climber rescued from Mount Everest has succumbed in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said on Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world’s highest mountain to eight. Forty-six-year-old Banshi Lal was rescued from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal’s capital here,…

Hefei, May 28 (UNI) Four people were killed and another is receiving intensive medical treatment after a residential building partially collapsed on Monday afternoon in the city of Tongling, east China’s Anhui Province, according to local authorities. The western side of the five-story building, located in Datong Township in Jiaoqu District, collapsed at around 1:40…

Gaza, May 28 (UNI) A Palestinian medical official announced on Monday the closure of the Kuwaiti hospital, one of the two hospitals still functioning in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, due to the Israeli military operation in the city. “We announce the closure of the Kuwait Specialized Hospital and the transfer of medical staff to…

Mexico City, May 28 (UNI) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he was optimistic Sunday’s general elections would proceed smoothly. “I am very optimistic that people will behave as always, rising to the occasion,” said the president during his daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. “The Mexicans…

Manila, May 28 (UNI) Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos left for Brunei on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to strengthen defense and economic ties. In his departure speech, Marcos said he and Brunei’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah will review the progress of bilateral cooperation, explore new mutually-beneficial partnerships and collaboration aimed at achieving prosperity….

Canberra, May 28 (UNI) The Australian government has announced an aid package for Papua New Guinea (PNG) following a deadly landslide. The government on Monday night said it would send 2.5 million Australian dollars (1.6 million U.S. dollars) in initial aid, technical experts and emergency relief supplies to PNG to aid search, rescue and recovery…

Dhaka, May 27 (UNI) Cyclone Remal that caused the death of at least one person in India, also wreaked havoc in parts of Bangladesh with heavy rain and strong winds killing at least seven. The deaths were reported from five southern and southeastern Bangladeshi coastal districts after the cyclone made landfall on Sunday night. Two…

Gaza, May 27 (UNI) At least 40 people were killed and some others injured on Sunday evening in Israel’s bombing of tents in northwestern Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported. Israeli forces fired about eight rockets toward the tents in a newly established camp crowded with…