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Mongolian citizens bid tearful farewell to Kapilavastu relics

Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], June 27 (ANI): Mongolian citizens bid a tearful farewell to the Kapilavastu relics of Lord Buddha on Monday after being on display for 11 days at Ganden Tegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

2022-06-27T09:25:21.908715+00:00 IST

Australian emissions rise in 2021: report

Canberra [Australia], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2021, government data has revealed.

2022-06-27T08:51:12.430048+00:00 IST

Mysterious deaths at South African nightclub include 13 years old

Cape Town [South Africa], June 27 (ANI): Children as young as 13 years old were among the twenty-two people found dead at an East London nightclub in South Africa during the early hours of Sunday morning.

2022-06-27T07:28:37.116389+00:00 IST

Colombian president-elect names foreign minister

Bogota [Colombia], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro on Saturday named Alvaro Leyva Duran as the foreign minister in his cabinet, ahead of Petro's inauguration in August.

2022-06-26T10:01:20.301347+00:00 IST

22 found dead at East London nightclub in South Africa

Cape Town [South Africa], June 26 (ANI): Twenty-two people have been found dead at an East London nightclub in South Africa during the early hours of Sunday morning, reported local media.

2022-06-26T09:47:25.660072+00:00 IST

Tunisia arrests 8 women allegedly linked to terror group

Tunis [Tunisia], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Tunisia arrested eight women for alleged link to a terror group in the town of Kram, north of the capital Tunis, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

2022-06-26T00:50:56.700404+00:00 IST

Iran says nuke talks to resume in days

Tehran [Iran], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran and the European Union announced here on Saturday the resumption of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in the coming days to revive the Iranian nuclear pact.

2022-06-25T21:55:17.336029+00:00 IST

Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli soldiers succumbs to wounds

Ramallah [Palestine], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A 16-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his severe wounds on Saturday after Israeli soldiers shot him in a village east of Ramallah in the West Bank, medics said.

2022-06-25T17:03:13.419117+00:00 IST

Truck transporting garment workers overturns in Cambodia

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A truck transporting garment workers to their factory flipped onto its side in the southwestern Kampong Speu province on Saturday morning, leaving 27 people wounded, a senior police officer said.

2022-06-25T14:47:15.585998+00:00 IST

Automatic machines prepare traditional sweet dish 'Wagashi'

Tokyo [Japan], June 25 (ANI): A food machine is being used to automatically prepare Wagashi, a Japanese traditional sweet dish. It beautifully creates the delicate appearance of the sweet.

2022-06-25T10:45:03.474884+00:00 IST

Hong Kong's ranks slide in new human rights survey

Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that the human rights situation in the city has deteriorated since Beijing's crackdown after the pro-democracy protests of 2019.

2022-06-25T09:31:29.680667+00:00 IST

Malaysia reports 2,512 new COVID-19 infections, 3 more deaths

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,512 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,552,359, according to the health ministry.

2022-06-25T08:54:35.417806+00:00 IST

EU might convene extraordinary summit on energy: Italian PM

Rome [Italy], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Friday that the European Union (EU) would hold an extraordinary energy summit if natural gas supplies to the bloc were further threatened.

2022-06-25T08:16:49.485556+00:00 IST

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates 'Padma Bridge'

Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 25 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's new landmark multipurpose 'Padma Bridge' on Saturday.

2022-06-25T05:52:16.449969+00:00 IST

COVID-19 cases rise 23 pc in Britain, with London a hotspot

London [UK], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain's new COVID-19 cases have jumped by 23 per cent in just a week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Friday.

2022-06-25T05:45:16.381226+00:00 IST

18 dead in stampede while crossing into Spanish enclave

Rabat [Morocco], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Death toll climbs to 18 in a stampede as more than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, Moroccan official news agency MAP reported.

2022-06-25T05:39:45.863452+00:00 IST

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): Emergency lifesaving aid relief continued to flow into quake-hit eastern Afghanistan on Friday, as UN humanitarians and partners rushed to help the most vulnerable communities.

2022-06-25T02:39:30.484039+00:00 IST

Jaishankar meets Solomon Islands counterpart

Kigali [Rwanda], June 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday met with the Foreign Minister of Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) meeting in Rwanda's Kigali and discussed cooperation between the two countries in key sectors.

2022-06-24T21:01:40.631758+00:00 IST

Jaishankar calls on Mauritius PM

Kigali [Rwanda], June 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday (local time) met with the Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in Rwanda and discussed the thriving relations between the two countries.

2022-06-24T19:49:41.604150+00:00 IST

Jaishankar discusses growing defence ties with Tanzanian FM

Kigali [Rwanda], June 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday (local time) met with the Tanzanian Foreign Minister Liberata Mulamula and discussed strengthening defence and security ties between the two countries.

2022-06-24T19:45:28.963764+00:00 IST

One militant killed, two soldiers injured in Boko Haram attack

Yaounde [Cameroon], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Two soldiers have been injured and one Boko Haram fighter killed in clashes in Cameroon's Far North region, army and local sources said on Friday.

2022-06-24T18:36:43.562221+00:00 IST