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  • Twelve, including two Indian nationals, dead after bus plunges into Rapti river in Dang

    Date: 2024-01-13 08:48:20 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:17 - ID:10531368

    KATHMANDU, Jan 13 (MENA) - At least 12 people died and 23 others were injured after a passenger bus plunged into the Rapti river in Dang district, the Kathmandu Post said. According to the police, the bus, heading to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj, ....

  • Ukraine's General Staff reports 89 combat clashes on front lines with Russian forces in past 24 hours

    Date: 2024-01-13 08:40:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:10531337

    KIEV, Jan 13 (MENA) – The Russian forces launched seven missile strikes, 65 airstrikes and 44 MLRS attacks against the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas in the past 24 hours, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed ....

  • Russia's military death toll in Ukraine climbs to 369,160

    Date: 2024-01-13 08:16:29 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:10531317

    KIEV, Jan 13 (MENA) – The Ukrainian Defense Forces have killed 700 Russian forces over the past 24 hours, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces as saying. In total, Russian losses amounted to 369,160 since February 24, ....

  • Mudslide in Colombia's west kills at least 18 people, injures dozens others

    Date: 2024-01-13 08:15:03 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:13 - ID:10531333

    BOGOTA, Jan 13 (MENA) - A mudslide in western Colombia killed at least 18 people Friday and left dozens injured, officials were quoted by ABC News as saying. The National Disaster Risk Management Unit said in a statement the avalanche covered a ....

  • Taiwan votes in 2024 presidential, legislative elections

    Date: 2024-01-13 08:07:06 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:12 - ID:10531325

    TAIPEI, Jan 13 (MENA) - Voters in Taiwan headed to the polls Saturday to choose a new president and vice president as well as the legislators who will represent them over the next four years, CNA said. The 17,795 polling stations around Taiwan ....

  • Russia’s UN envoy slams strikes on Yemen as flagrant violation of UN Charter

    Date: 2024-01-13 08:00:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:10531321

    MOSCOW/NEW YORK, Jan 13 (MENA) - The US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen are an "obvious armed aggression" and constitute a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya was ....

  • US, Japan discuss latest developments in Middle East

    Date: 2024-01-13 07:51:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10531314

    WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko and reaffirmed the vital importance of the ironclad U.S.-Japan Alliance in promoting global peace, security, and ....

  • US Centcom: Two U.S. navy sailors missing off the coast of Somalia

    Date: 2024-01-13 07:35:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10531295

    WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA)- On the evening of January 11, two U.S. navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors, ....

  • US strikes another Houthi site in Yemen

    Date: 2024-01-13 07:28:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10531280

    WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - The U.S. military carried out an additional strike early Saturday against Houthi positions in Yemen in an effort to protect shipping in the Red Sea, according to U.S. media reports. News organizations citing anonymous ....

  • Biden says he’s sent a message to Iran with Yemen strikes, calls Houthis a terrorist organization

    Date: 2024-01-13 07:06:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:10531245

    WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said he’s delivered a message to Iran with Thursday’s airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, which he now is calling a terrorist group, CNN said. “I’ve already delivered the message to Iran,” ....

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