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Ramallah, (UNI) A Palestinian previously wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp died Wednesday, and another was killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jericho, West Bank, said the Palestinian Health Ministry. The two deaths bring the number of Palestinian deaths from fresh Israeli raids in West Bank refugee camps…

Seoul, (UNI) U.S. soldiers in South Korea had been caught smuggling drugs from the United States through military mail, local media reported Wednesday citing police. The police in Pyeongtaek, about 60 km south of the capital Seoul where the headquarters of the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is located, apprehended 17 U.S. service members, four…

Nanjing, (UNI) Five people were killed and four others were severely injured after a tornado hit two townships in east China’s Jiangsu Province on Tuesday, local authorities said on Wednesday. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. in Daxing Township and Nancai Township in the city of Suqian. An initial investigation showed that 5,512 people were…

Cape Town, Sep 20 (UNI) South Africa is going to train and deploy over 2,300 tourism monitors to enhance safety of tourists in the country, said Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille on Tuesday. De Lille made the announcement at the launch of the 2023 Tourism Summer Campaign in the Eastern Cape province. In her speech,…

Wellington, Sept 20 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 45 km north of Geraldine, New Zealand’s South Island, at 9:14 a.m. local time Wednesday, according to New Zealand’s geological hazard monitoring institute GeoNet. Residents in Christchurch and other South Island regions felt the shake, which had a depth of 10 km. No…

Juba, Sep 20 (UNI) At least ten civilians and security officers have been killed following two days of clashes in Pochalla town of Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) in eastern South Sudan, the army said on Tuesday. Lul Ruai Koang, spokesperson for the South Sudanese army, told Xinhua that the clashes that broke out on…

Moscow, Sep 19 (UNI) Russia looks forward to detailed bilateral negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this October as part of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday. “In October, we look forward to detailed bilateral negotiations between…

Lima, Sep 19 (UNI) At least 24 people were killed early Monday when a passenger bus veered off the road and plunged 200 meters into a ravine in southwest Peru’s Huancavelica region, reported local media. The accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) in the mountainous area in Churcampa province. There were minors…

Baghdad, Sep 18 (UNI) A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Sunday killed a senior member and three militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a statement. They were killed at 3:00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) when a Turkish drone attacked their vehicle…

Tel Aviv, Sep 18 (UNI) Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday for the 37nd week of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform, following a Supreme Court hearing against interfering with the country’s fundamental laws, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The symbol of the protest in Tel Aviv was…