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AFP/APP Gaza Strip: The civil defence agency in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said three air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday -- including on a school -- killed 48 people. Israel said it carried out two of the strikes that the…

AFP/APP Bogotá: Colombian guerrillas fighting the government and rival armed groups on Tuesday threatened a major UN biodiversity summit to be held later this year in Cali, the city closest to territory they dominate. The 16th meeting…

AFP/APP Las Vegas: US President Joe Biden resumed political attacks against Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time since the assassination attempt on his rival, as the Democrat sought to prop up his faltering reelection bid. Biden…

AFP/APP Milwaukee:Donald Trump returned to the Republican National Convention Tuesday for a night intended to unify the party, as his failed primary challengers displayed their fealty to the now official US presidential candidate.…

News Desk Milwaukee: Donald Trump was formally nominated as the Republican presidential candidate on Monday and announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his vice-presidential pick at the party's convention in Milwaukee. The announcement…

AFP Christchurch: The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say.  The remains of the obscure, five-metre (16.4 foot) long,…

AFP/APP Muscat: Four people were killed and multiple others wounded in a shooting near a mosque in Oman's capital, Muscat, police said Tuesday. "The Royal Oman Police have responded to a shooting incident that occurred in the vicinity…

AFP/APP Miami: A Florida judge appointed by Donald Trump on Monday dismissed one of the criminal cases against him, concerning charges that he mishandled top secret documents—a decision the prosecution is set to appeal.  The dismissal…

AFP/APP Washington: The assassination attempt on Donald Trump has forced Joe Biden's campaign to dial down its attacks for now, with the US president admitting he was wrong to say his rival should be put in the "bullseye." However,…

Xinhua/APP Kathmandu: KP Sharma Oli, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) (CPN-UML), was sworn in on Monday as Nepal’s new prime minister, marking his fourth term in office. President Ram Chandra…