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Tigray forces say Ethiopian airstrike kills 56 civilians-
By PTI NAIROBI: An airstrike in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has killed at least 56 people at a camp for displaced ...

NATO says it will not appease Russia with ‘second class’ allies as meeting looms
NATO’s secretary general rejected any option to establish “second-class” alliances ahead of the meeting with Russia next week as the ...

Indian Consulate in New York takes up ‘deeply disturbing’ incident of assault on Sikh taxi driver wi-
By PTI NEW YORK: Terming the assault on a Sikh taxi driver at the JFK International Airport as “deeply disturbing”, ...

Iran Revolutionary Guards commander says ‘revenge’ coming for Soleimani strike from ‘within’ US
The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that revenge for Lt. General Qassem Soleimani’s death will come for ...

Mulled auction of key to Nelson Mandela’s Robben island prison cell halted-
By AFP JOHANNESBURG: The planned auction of the key to the prison cell that once held South Africa’s first black ...

Heavy snowfall kills 22 stuck in cars at Pakistan’s Murree, temperature at -8 degrees Celsius-
By Associated Press ISLAMABAD: Temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 Fahrenheit) amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan’s mountain resort ...

Anti-corruption panel probes China’s biggest insurance tycoon Wang Bin for ‘serious violations’-
By AFP SHANGHAI: The chairman of China’s biggest insurer is under investigation by the Communist Party’s anti-corruption commission, the agency ...

Former Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal tests positive for COVID-19-
By PTI KATHMANDU: Former Prime Minister and senior leader in Nepal’s ruling coalition, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has tested positive ...

Former Kazakhstan intelligence and anti-terror agency chief arrested over anti-incumbency protests-
By Associated Press MOSCOW: The former head of Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on charges of attempted ...

16 killed, 18 injured in bus collision at Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula-
By Associated Press CAIRO: A traffic accident on Saturday involving a microbus and a larger bus left at least 16 ...