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Khost, Feb 13 (UNI) Local authorities have found a mass grave in Khost City, capital of east Afghanistan’s Khost province and reburied the remains of bodies on Tuesday, Qari Bismillah Bilal, mayor of Khost City, said. The remains of about 100 bodies were discovered from a place during work to build a reservoir dam on…

Tokyo, Feb 13 (UNI) Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is redoubling efforts to have talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but did not notify partners in the United States of it, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the developments. A possible summit with Kim would allow Kishida to…

Washington, Feb 13 (UNI) The US Senate on Tuesday passed a bill on $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. In total, 70 senators voted in support of the bill, while 29 voted against. The assistance package includes approximately $60 billion for Ukraine and some $14 billion for Israel. On Monday, House Speaker…

Aden, Yemen, Feb 13 (UNI) At least three children were killed and four others injured in a landmine explosion in Yemen’s southern Lahj province on Monday, a government official told Xinhua. The local official, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the blast occurred near a displacement camp housing hundreds of families who have fled…

Tripoli, Feb 13 (UNI) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 442 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. IOM said in a statement that from Feb. 4 to 10, 442 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya, including 68 women and 25 children. So far this…

Gaza, Feb 12 (UNI) The number of people killed as a result of Israeli strikes on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has risen to 100, Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported on Monday, citing medical sources. Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had carried out strikes on…

Manila, Feb 11 (UNI) The death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 54, the government said Sunday, as rescue workers comb mud and rubble in search for 63 missing people. The landslide hit the mountain town of Maco in Davao de Oro province on the evening of Feb. 6, burying…

Gaza, Feb 12 (UNI) The death toll in the Israeli army’s heavy strikes on the southern city of Rafah and surrounding areas of the Gaza Strip exceeded 100 on Monday, with hundreds of injuries, including women and children, reported the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. About 40 airstrikes on the Rafah area in the early…

Helsinki, Feb 12 (UNI) The presidential candidate for the National Coalition Alexander Stubb won the Finnish presidential election on Sunday. Stubb got 51.6 percent of votes, while Independent Green candidate Pekka Haavisto got 48.4 percent, according to figures released by the Finnish Ministry of Justice. Haavisto has congratulated Stubb for winning the election. Sami Borg,…

Gaza, Feb 12 (UNI) At least 52 were killed and dozens wounded in the Israeli army’s heavy strikes on the southern city of Rafah and surrounding areas of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. The Israeli army said it conducted “a series of strikes” on southern Gaza on Monday, but did not provide…