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AFP/APP Sydney: Two gunmen opened fire at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing 11 people and wounding multiple others in what police described as a “terrorist incident” during a gathering marking the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.…

AFP/APP New York: A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others on Saturday afternoon at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large.…

AFP/APP Tehran: Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported overnight from Friday to Saturday, saying that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh were on board. “An oil tanker carrying six…

AA/APP Istanbul: Extreme rainfall events are growing significantly more intense in Sri Lanka and across the Malacca Strait region due to global warming, according to a World Weather Attribution (WWA) report released Wednesday. The…

AFP/APP KYIV, Ukraine: US President Donald Trump is “extremely frustrated” with both Russia and Ukraine, his spokeswoman said Thursday, as Kyiv revealed that Washington is still urging it to consider significant territorial concessions…

AFP/APP Toyko: A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan on Friday, days after a stronger quake injured at least 50 people in the same region, the JapanMeteorological Agency (JMA) said. The JMA upgraded Friday’s…

AFP/APP Sydney: Australia on Wednesday imposed a world-first ban preventing children under 16 from using social media, declaring it was time to “take back control” from powerful tech giants. Under the new rules, major platforms —…

AFP/APP Paris, France: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed worldwide this year, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza. In its annual…

News Desk  Tokyo: At least 34 people were injured when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, according to a Kyodo News tally, with transport and water supplies disrupted, and schools suspended…

News Desk Japan: A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and leaving several people injured, according to local media. The US Geological Survey reported that the magnitude 7.6…