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26-07-2023 ANKARA: A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the southern Turkish province of Adana, striking just under six months after the devastating quakes that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The Kandilli earthquake monitoring centre in Istanbul said the quake occurred at 8am (05:44 GMT) on Tuesday. Its …

26-07-2023 NEW DELHI: India women’s cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur is being criticized for being a bad example after she smashed the stumps and took a verbal swipe at umpires in a match against Bangladesh. Media reports said Kaur could be fined 75 percent of her match fee and is also …

26-07-2023 ALGIERS: More than 30 people have been killed in wildfires that are raging across Algeria. Those killed include 10 soldiers who were trying to get the flames under control in the face of high winds and scorching summer temperatures, government ministries said on Monday. At least 1,500 people were …

26-07-2023 JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK: Three Palestinians have been shot dead by the Israeli military in the northern occupied West Bank, the latest deaths in a surge of violence in the territory since early last year. “Three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bullets in Nablus,” the Palestinian Health Ministry said …

25-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s parliament was adjourned for a second day after opposition MPs demanded a debate on the violence in the north-eastern state of Manipur. Angry MPs disrupted proceedings by shouting slogans and holding placards in both houses. Home Minister Amit Shah said he was …

25-07-2023 JAKARTA: At least 15 people are dead after a ferry sank off Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, according to local authorities. The ferry had 40 passengers on board when it sank at approximately midnight (16:00 GMT) and authorities are searching for 19 people who remain missing, Indonesia’s national search and rescue …

25-07-2023 DHAKA: Bangladesh is grappling with a deadly dengue outbreak as heavy monsoon rains in the country cause widespread infections and fill hospitals. Health experts in the South Asian nation of 170 million people say the disease has already reached an “epidemic” proportion, even though the government has not officially …

25-07-2023 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States said Sunday it was deeply concerned by reports of viral videos showing two women paraded naked in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, a sexual assault case that enraged the country. The assault, in which a mob allegedly raped and paraded the naked women, …

25-07-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has arrived at parliament for a key vote related to his government’s bitterly contested judicial overhaul, only hours after being discharged from hospital after an emergency heart procedure. Thousands of demonstrators who marched from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last week remained camped out …

24-07-2023 OTTAWA: Four people, including two children, are missing as severe flooding hit Canada’s Nova Scotia province, authorities said on Saturday evening. Royal Canadian Mounted Police described a harrowing situation in which three people escaped from a car submerged in water but were unable to rescue two children inside. In …