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AFP/APP Gaza: Hamas's military wing on Monday released footage it claimed showed three Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Palestinian group's October 7 attacks on Israel. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades video, titled "Don't let us…

APP Dubai: COP28 in Dubai marked an unprecedented milestone with its inaugural global stocktake, elevating expectations and placing substantial responsibility on participant nations to chart the course for the next decade. The…

APP Peshawar: The repatriation of individuals to Afghanistan has persisted, with a total of 253,068 people returning as of December 2 via three border points in Khyber-Pakthunkhwa. According to the KP Home Department, the breakdown of…

AFP/APP New York: New York State sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment. The civil suit, filed by New York…

News Desk United Nations: According to a recent Reuters poll, nearly 70 percent of Americans said the Israeli government should pursue a cease-fire, including three-quarters of Democrats and half of Republicans. About 32 percent of…

News Agencies In Bhaktapur, Heritage Conservationist Rabindra Puri remarked, "Even though the tragic 2015 earthquake resulted in significant loss of life, it has also created opportunities in various sectors, leading to a substantial…

AFP/APP Taiwan: Typhoon Koinu brushed past southern Taiwan, killing one person and injuring 304 on Thursday. It lashed the island with the strongest winds it has ever recorded, causing localized damage and knocking out power to…

Xinhua/APP Kathmandu: Four earthquakes rocked Bajhang district in far-western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, one going missing and one women killed, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, informed…

News Desk Dhaka: The Bangladesh death toll from dengue fever has crossed the 900-mark out of 187,725 cases reported so far this year, the health department revealed on Sunday. The South Asian country recorded 16 more deaths and 3,008…

News Desk United Nations: World leaders are warned that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that address hunger, health, biodiversity, strong institutions, pollution and peaceful societies are all off-track due to the impact of…