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China executes man for deadly car rampage that killed 35 people in Zhuhai
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
China has executed the man who killed 35 people by driving his car into a crowd at a sports center in November, marking the deadliest public attack in the country in a decade, CNN reported, citing state media reports on Monday.
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Over 22 million children out of school in Pakistan, says Pakistani PM Sheh
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that more than 22 million children in the country were not attending school and also stressed the urgent need for Muslim nations to focus on girls' education, the Dawn reported, citing state media reports.
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North Korea confirms testing of hypersonic missile under Kim Jong-un's sup
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
North Korea announced on Tuesday that it had successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) equipped with a hypersonic warhead, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing state media.
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Tibet earthquake: Death toll rises to 53; Chinese military deploys drone t
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The death toll from a devastating earthquake that struck Dingri County in Xigaze City, located in the Tibet Autonomous Region left at least 53 people dead and 62 injured, Taipei Times reported, citing state media.
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Chinese man sentenced to death for ramming crowd outside primary school
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
A court in Changde city, located in China's Hunan province, has handed a death sentence to a man who drove his car into a crowd outside a primary school last month, injuring over two dozen individuals, according to a report by CNN, citing state media Xinhua.
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Iran says it has begun installing new centrifuges after UN nuke watchdog's
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A joint statement issued by Iran's Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the nuclear body chief has ordered "effective measures" in response to the new IAEA resolution, Iranian state media reported.
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Russia says will notify before using new 'Oreshnik' mid-range missile, whi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a televised address on November 21 evening, Putin said that there are currently "no countermeasures for the Oreshnik missile" and assured that Russia will issue notifications before using this type of missile, state media reported.
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N Korea leader calls for increasing nuclear forces "without limits"
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"We will strengthen our self-defence power, centred on nuclear forces, without limitation, not being content (with our current level) and ceaselessly," Kim was cited as saying in his speech as reported by North state media
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Kim Jong-un orders "mass production of suicide attack drones", say reports
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the performance test of suicide attack drones, stressing the need for prompt full-scale "mass production," Yonhap News Agency reported citing North's state media reported on Friday.
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"Ball is in US court," says Russia's FM Lavrov on contacts with Trump admi
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Russia is open to contacts with the US under the Donald Trump administration, the ball is in the US court, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with journalist Marina Kim as reported in by its state media TASS.
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Threats will be met with "heavy price": IDF spokesperson as Israel strikes
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Iranian state media citing Iran's air defence force, meanwhile said the attacks caused limited damage in some locations and the dimensions of the incident are under investigation. Iran's air defense force has confirmed Israeli attacks targeting positions in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam prov
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Facebook parent Meta bans Russian websites
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement as cited by NBC News.
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