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AFP/APP Geneva: Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses. Global temperatures hit…

AFP/APP Dubai: Three workers from the Philippines have died in heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino officials announced, as the desert country struggled Friday to recover from record rains. Two women suffocated inside…

AFP/APP Washington: The Democratic-held US Senate rejected a Republican-led bid on Wednesday to oust President Joe Biden's immigration chief over his handling of the southern border with Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…

News Desk Peru: Prime Minister of Peru , Alberto Otarola, has resigned following the leak of audio recordings allegedly implicating him in using his influence to secure government contracts for a woman. Foreign media reports indicate…

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…

Xinhua/APP Manila: The death toll in a massive landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province in the southern Philippines has climbed to 35 from 27, with 77 others remaining missing, authorities said on Sunday. The Maco…

Xinhua/APP Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to cause a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said. The weather…

News Desk Abbottabad: From January 1st to December 26th, 2023, as many as 16,988,946 tourists explored the different districts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Remarkably, KP welcomed 4,554 foreign tourists, signaling the…

APP Islamabad: Elderly and medically vulnerable teaching and non-teaching staff of educational institutions have appealed for exemption from their duties at polling stations during the 2024 general elections. The Election Commission of…

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…