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Hanoi, Nov. 7 (UNI) Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least five people dead and six others injured in central Vietnam, local daily Lao Dong reported Friday. Three of the fatalities were recorded in Dak Lak province, while the other two were in Gia Lai province. According to preliminary reports from local authorities, 52 houses collapsed…

Dhaka, Nov 6 (UNI) Teachers and students in universities across Bangladesh staged massive protests against the interim government’s decision to rescind its plans for creating teaching posts for music and physical education (PE) in primary schools due to pressure from Islamists, terming it “cultural fascism”. The protesters from various institutions including Dhaka University (DU), Jagannath…

Cairo, Nov 6 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Forty-three people were killed and 37 others were injured when the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled the town of Barah in Sudan’s North Kurdufan province, Al Jazeera reported, citing a local humanitarian aid commission. On October 26, RSF rebels said that they had seized control of the headquarters of the…

Sarajevo, Nov 5 (UNI) At least 10 people were killed and about 20 others injured in a fire late Tuesday at the Tuzla Retirement Home in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), local media reported. The fire erupted around 8:45 p.m. (1945 GMT) on the seventh floor of the institution and was brought under control by…

Beijing, Nov 5 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted off the Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi, at 2332 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 113.3 km, was initially determined to be at 0.11 degrees south latitude and 123.15 degrees east longitude.

New Delhi, Nov 4 (UNI) India and Romania today agreed to work towards the conclusion, ‘’within this year,’’ of a fair, balanced and mutually beneficial India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in line with the political direction set for the ongoing negotiations. This was agreed at a bilateral meeting between Minister of State for Commerce and…

Khartoum, Nov 4 (UNI) At least 20 civilians were killed and 34 others wounded on Monday in two separate drone attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in central and western Sudan, volunteer groups reported. The attacks targeted a civilian gathering in the central North Kordofan state and a children’s hospital in western North…

Lima, Nov. 4 (UNI) The government of Peru has decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico, Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told a press conference on Monday. The minister said Betssy Chavez, former prime minister of the Pedro Castillo government, who is prosecuted for a failed coup attempt in December 2022, is being granted…

Dhaka, Nov 4 (UNI) Bangladesh reported 1,147 new dengue cases and five new deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. According to the data, 2,960 dengue cases were recorded so far in November, taking the tally to 72,822 and the death toll to 288 so far this year. Dengue…

Washington, Nov 3 (UNI) US President Donald Trump told CBS that he is convinced Iran has no nuclear capability following US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June. “They (the Iranians) have no nuclear capability, no,” Trump said in an interview published last night when asked if he is certain about Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Iran…