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AFP/APP Dhaka: At least 44 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, authorities said. "So far 43 people have…

News Desk Islamabad: Journalist unions and associations from more than 100 countries are celebrating today (February 26) as the International Day of Palestinian Journalists. The International Federation of Journalists and the…

Xinhua/APP Wellington: New Zealand fire crews were responding to a large vegetation fire in the Port Hills near Christchurch, covering about 650 hectares, Fire and Emergency New Zealand said on Thursday. A state of emergency was…

AFP/APP Kennedy: A US spaceship attempting a lunar landing lifted off early Thursday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, the second such private-led effort this year after the first ended in failure. Intuitive Machines, the…

AFP/APP Havana: The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group on Tuesday announced a six-month extension to a ceasefire in effect since August, with the ELN agreeing to suspend kidnappings for ransom. The…

AFP/APP Chile: The death toll from central Chile's blazing wildfires jumped to at least 99 people on Sunday after President Gabriel Boric warned the number would rise "significantly" as teams searched gutted neighbourhoods. Responders…

AFP/APP Barcelona: Spain's northeastern Catalonia region declared a drought emergency on Thursday for Barcelona and the surrounding area, which will now face tighter water restrictions following three years without significant rain.…

AFP/APP Davos: Argentina's self-styled "anarcho-capitalist" leader, Javier Milei, will address the global elite in Davos on Wednesday as the eccentric libertarian seeks to restore confidence in his country's economy on his first trip…

News Desk London: A Palestinian karate champion, Nagham Abu Samrah, has succumbed to injuries sustained in an Israeli missile strike last month. The 24-year-old, who had been in a coma, passed away at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir…

AFP/APP Bandung: Three people were killed and at least 28 injured when two trains collided on Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, officials said. The crash took place at 6:03 am local time (1103 GMT) near rice fields in…