10 killed in light plane crash on street in Malaysia
AFP : A light plane crashed into a street in Malaysia’s central Selangor state on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on...
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WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
AFP : The World Health Organization holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be...
US Air Force awards a start-up company $235m to build an example of a sleek new plane
AP :The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could...
UK annual inflation drops to 15-month low, eases cost-of-living crisis
Al Jazeera :Britain’s annual inflation rate dropped sharply in July to a 15-month low, according to official data, off the back of lower energy prices...
US soldier ‘illegally intruded’ on NKorean soil, Pyongyang says
AFP :The US soldier who ran across the border into North Korea last month “admitted that he illegally intruded,” Pyongyang’s state news agency KCNA said...
5.2-magnitude quake hits 152 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
BSS :An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 152 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu at 0409 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said....
Russia says shot down three drones southwest of Moscow
AFP :Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday it shot down three Ukrainian drones southwest of Moscow, the latest in a surge of aerial attacks near the...
90-year-old among dozens arrested in Iran’s latest crackdown
AFP :A 90-year-old man is among dozens arrested in past weeks in a new crackdown by Iranian authorities against Bahais, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority,...
Himachal Pradesh rain mayhem kills 55; 3 die in Uttarakhand; ‘red’ alerts issued in India
Hindustan Times :The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a ‘red alert’ for several parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand stating that heavy to...
Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in raid on occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera :Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, medical sources...