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Jerusalem, Aug 17 (UNI) An 18-month-old Israeli boy died of measles on Saturday at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, marking the second fatality in the country’s current measles outbreak, Israel’s Health Ministry said in a statement. The toddler was unvaccinated, it noted. The first death, a two-year-old Israeli boy also unvaccinated, took place on Wednesday…

Damascus, Aug 17 (UNI) A car bomb exploded on Saturday night near the Golden Mezzeh Hotel on the Mezzeh highway in western Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The blast, which could be heard across parts of the capital, did not result in any human or material losses, SANA quoted Damascus police chief Osama…

Beijing, Aug 17 (UNI) China’s national observatory renewed a blue alert for rainstorms on Sunday, warning of downpours in multiple regions of the country. From 8:00 a.m. Sunday to 8:00 a.m. Monday, heavy rain and rainstorms are forecast to hit parts of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Qinghai, Guangxi and Guangdong, the National Meteorological Center…

Beijing, Aug. 17 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted 15 km north of Poso, Indonesia, at 22:38:52 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 1.26 degrees south latitude and 120.74 degrees east longitude.

New Delhi, Aug 16 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in India on August 18 to participate in the 24th round of talks on the long-standing China-India boundary issue, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Saturday. Wang Yi, who is also a Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party…

New Delhi, Aug 16 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has said he may not impose 25 percent secondary tariff on India for buying Russian oil. Ahead of the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Alaska yesterday, Trump said Russia had lost oil client India which was doing about 40 percent of the oil and…

Algiers, Aug 16 (UNI) At least 18 people were killed and nine injured on Friday when a passenger bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a streambed in El Harrach, east of Algiers, Algeria’s Civil Protection agency said. The accident occurred at around 5:45 p.m. (1645 GMT), the agency said. Two of the injured…

New Delhi, Aug 16 (UNI) The high-stakes talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for peace in Ukraine ended without any agreement after nearly three hours of brain-storming discussions. The two leaders addressed a press conference after their talks but did not take any questions. The two leaders shook…

Gaza, Aug 16 (UNI) At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Civil Defence said. Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the Civil Defence Authority, told Xinhua seven people were killed in an airstrike that targeted a tent housing displaced persons in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in western Gaza…

Anchorage (United States), Aug 16 (UNI) Following his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, US President Donald Trump said Friday that it is up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike a ceasefire deal. There would soon be a meeting involving Zelensky, Putin and himself, Trump said in an interview with Fox…