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Three killed, four wounded in Paris shooting
PARIS: Three people were killed and four injured in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural center in central Paris on Friday, police and prosecutors said, adding that the shooter, in his 60s, had been arrested.
The motives of the gunman were…
President affirms to boost bilateral relations with Syria
ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi affirmed that there were good prospects to boost bilateral relations with Syria in different fields, said a statement released by President Secretariat, here Friday.
According to the…
Risk of clash between US, Russia high, warns Russian Diplomat
MOSCOW: Russia's ambassador to the United States on Friday compared the state of US-Russia relations to an "ice age", and said that the risk of a clash between the two countries was "high", Russian State media reported.
TASS cited…
Road crash kills 16 Indian Soldiers near China border
NEW DELHI: Sixteen Soldiers were killed in India's remote northeast Friday when the military truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the Army said.
The accident occurred in the state of Sikkim while the…
Alter in Russian exports downs Oil prices
Oil prices rose on Friday on expectations of lower Russian crude exports from the Baltic region in December, offsetting worries that a looming Arctic storm across the United States could snuff out transport fuel demand growth this holiday…
Meta agrees to settle scandal case for $725 million
CALIFORNIA: Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information.…
North Korea snubs reports of munitions’ supply to Russia
PYONGYANG: North Korea's foreign ministry denied a media report it supplied munitions to Russia, calling it "groundless", and denounced the United States for providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, the North's official KCNA news agency…
Zelenskyy thanks Americans in address to US Congress
WASHINGTON: Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering U.S. legislators during a defiant wartime visit to the nation’s capital on Wednesday that against all odds his country still stands, thanking Americans for helping to fund the war…
Oil Prices climb as US stock market tightened amid winter
Oil prices climbed for a fourth straight day on Thursday with United States crude, heating oil and jet fuel stocks growing tighter just as a wintry blast hits the US and travel is set to soar for its holiday season.
Brent crude futures…
Shanghai braces for ‘tragic battle’ as COVID spreads
SHANGHAI: A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with Covid as it expects half of the city’s 25 million people to get infected by the end of next week, while the virus sweeps through China largely unchecked.…