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Mogadishu, Sep 18 (UNI) At least 167 Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants of the radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab in western Somalia, the Somali Guardian news portal reported on Sunday, citing the group. The group also said that surviving Ethiopian soldiers had been captured and the advance of Ethiopian troops had been…
Pyongyang, Sep 17 (UNI) Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday during his visit to the country’s Far East city of Vladivostok, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday. Kim and Shoigu discussed the regional and international military…
Ankara, Sep 17 (UNI) A helicopter that was involved in extinguishing fires in the Turkish province of Izmir fell into a water reservoir, Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ibrahim Yumakli said on Sunday, adding that one crew member was saved. “After checking, it turned out that the helicopter crashed and fell into the Tahtali…
Berlin, Sep 17 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Off Coast of Central Chile at 0218 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 37.79 degrees south latitude and 74.91 degrees west longitude.
Baghdad, Sep 17 (UNI) Three shepherds from one family were killed Saturday in a landmine explosion in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said. The incident occurred when the shepherds took their sheep in a rugged area near the town of al-Eith in the northern part of the province, Col. Mohammed al-Bazi…
Sao Paulo, Sep 17 (UNI) At least 14 people were killed when a small plane crashed on Saturday in Barcelos, an inland city of Amazonas state in northern Brazil, local authorities said. “They were all tourists who were going on a fishing trip,” Amazonas governor Wilson Lima told a press conference, adding that initial information…
Tripoli, Sep 16 (UNI) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya after heavy floods triggered by Mediterranean storm Daniel swept the region. The IOM said in a statement that 2,217 buildings were destroyed alone in Derna, the…
Kiev, (UNI) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been added to the Ukrainian neo-Nazi website Myrotvorets (Peacemaker), which calls for the murder of allegedly pro-Russian individuals, the website data showed. “Nuclear blackmail, implementation of illegal nuclear and missile programs, cybercrimes,” the reasons for adding Kim to the website read. The North Korean leader was…
Los Angeles, Sep 16 (UNI) The official death toll from wildfires in the U.S. state of Hawaii’s Maui has been revised down from 115 to 97, local media reported on Friday, citing authorities. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier announced the drop in the death toll in a news conference on Friday afternoon, reported Hawaii News…
Madrid, (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said no development is possible without there being love for the poor. ” We love the poor in our state. They are the foundation. If we don’t love the poor, we cannot ensure development,” Banerjee said in this Spanish capital. Banerjee said there were similarities…
