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Report: Iran officially counts 3,117 deaths in Dec-Jan unrest

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered...

Three killed in drone attack on Russian port

MOSCOW - A drone attack on the...

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Report: Iran officially counts 3,117 deaths in Dec-Jan unrest

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported on Wednesday that 3,117 people were killed during recent unrest, citing the country's Forensic Medical Organization.The figure is the first official death...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered six more bodies at the crash site...

Three killed in drone attack on Russian port

MOSCOW - A drone attack on the Taman port, located on the Black Sea...

Israel: Hamas suspects targeted, 11 Palestinians killed across Gaza

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Eleven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday across Gaza amid...

Malaysia weighs social media rule change after Grok AI uproar

Malaysia is reviewing its rules for regulating social media platforms after an outcry over...

Syria declares four-day ceasefire to support talks with SDF

DAMASCUS - Syria's Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday a four-day ceasefire across all operational sectors of the Syrian army, effective from 8:00 pm...

UN chief condemns Israeli demolition of UN compound in East Jerusalem

UNITED NATIONS/RAMALLAH - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned Israel's demolition of a UN compound in East Jerusalem, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for...

Aussie parliament passes stricter gun control, hate crime laws

CANBERRA - Australian Parliament on Tuesday passed tougher gun control and hate crime laws in response to last month's shooting during a Jewish...

Japan plays down bond market meltdown, says keeping close watch

Japan’s chief government spokesperson played down the sudden meltdown in the Japanese bond market, as campaign pledge helped push yields on 40-year bonds...

Death toll rises to 26 in shopping mall fire in Pakistan’s Karachi

ISLAMABAD - The death toll from a massive fire at a multi-storey commercial building in Pakistan's southern port city of has risen to...

Planned closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant delayed to 2029

SYDNEY - The operator of Australia's largest coal-fired power plant on Tuesday announced that its planned closure will be delayed by two years to...

Japan PM Takaichi’s tax cut plan stokes fiscal fears with unclear funding

lacks a silver bullet to fund a sales tax cut without stoking concerns that she is moving toward the fiscal direction of former...

Lee orders unauthorized civilian drone flights into DPRK probe

SEOUL - South Korean President on Tuesday ordered thorough investigations into unauthorized civilian drone flights into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).Lee...

Syrian military expands in northeast as attacks test deal with Kurdish-led forces

DAMASCUS - Forces of the on Monday expanded deployments across northern and eastern Syria after attacks blamed on armed groups linked to the...

Top DPRK leader dismisses cabinet vice-premier

PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), dismissed Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Yang Sung Ho at an...

Australia shuts dozens of east coast beaches after shark attacks

SYDNEY - Dozens of beaches along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney, closed on Tuesday after four shark attacks in two days, as heavy...

Communist Party of Vietnam opens 14th National Congress

HANOI - The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) opened its 14th National Congress at the National Convention Center in the capital city of Hanoi...

Iran’s president says recent unrest part of US-Israeli plot

TEHERAN/JERUSALEM - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said the recent unrest and "bitter events" in his country were part of a joint US-Israeli initiative...

Hamas says ‘fully ready’ for power handover procedures

GAZA/RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM/CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS - Hamas said Monday that it is "fully ready" to transfer administrative powers to a newly-formed Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with governing...

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