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News Desk  New Delhi: A deadly explosion near the historic Red Fort in Delhi on Monday evening has claimed at least eight lives and injured around 20 others, leaving the nation in shock and prompting a high-level security review by the…

AFP/APP Tuguegarao City: Rescuers using backhoes and chainsaws began digging the Philippines out from the devastation of Typhoon Fung-wong on Tuesday, as floodwaters receded in hundreds of villages and the storm's death toll climbed to…

News Desk  Islamabad: Deforestation is causing temperature rises of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to a new study and interactive map developed by researchers at the University of Leeds. The tool, created by scientists…

AFP/APP Rio Bonito Do Iguacu: A tornado killed at least six people and injured around 750 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said Saturday. The twister struck Friday evening, flipping cars like toys and…

AFP/APP Washington: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a landmark official visit, his country's state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist.…

News Desk  Dhaka: Bangladesh’s cricket fraternity has been jolted by explosive allegations of sexual harassment made by national women’s team pacer Jahanara Alam, prompting swift action from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and an…

AFP/APP New York: James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with discovering DNA’s double-helix structure, whose later years were marred by racist remarks — has died at the age of 97. The eminent American biologist passed away on…

AFP/APP Istanbul: Turkey announced on Friday that it had issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several senior officials in his government on charges of genocide over the ongoing war in Gaza. The move…

AFP/APP Belém: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said the Earth can no longer sustain humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels, warning that without confronting this reality, the battle against climate change will be…

AFP/APP Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam early Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines, where the death toll rose to 188. Kalmaegi unleashed record rains and flooding in…