A member of the ISIS terrorist group was apprehended and another was killed in two separate operations earlier Tuesday.
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US trade deficit hits a new record as imports sharply outpace exports
The US trade deficit hit a new record of $109.8 billion in March fueled by strong demand for computers, vehicles, and oil, according to a report by the US Census Bureau released on Wednesday.
Read More »Iraq reported 65 COVID-19 cases, zero deaths
Iraq recorded 65 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 179 recovery cases and no mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,325,352 of …
Read More »Contact lost with troops amid ‘heavy fighting’ at Azovstal: Mayor
The mayor of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Mariupol said Wednesday that contact was lost with Ukrainian forces holed up in the Azovstal steel plant amid fierce battles with Russian troops.
Read More »Denmark, Finland support EU proposal for sanctions on Russian oil
Denmark and Finland support a European Commission proposal to apply sanctions on Russian oil, the countries’ Prime Ministers told a press conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday.
Read More »Myanmar Supreme Court ‘summarily dismisses’ Suu Kyi appeal -source
The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday struck down an appeal from deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year jail sentence she was handed last week on corruption charges. “The appeal was summarily rejected,” said a source with knowledge of the proceedings, adding that the court dismissed …
Read More »Road accident kills 26 in western Ukraine – interior ministry
Twenty-six people were killed in a collision in the Rivne region of western Ukraine involving a bus, a minibus, and a fuel truck that exploded after the crash, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The bus had been heading to Poland, the ministry said on Facebook. It did not say …
Read More »Man City “afraid” of Real Madrid as harsh Champions League semi-final lesson learned
Manchester City is just 90 minutes away from qualifying for a second-ever Champions League final on Wednesday night, but hoping to stop them is a familiar foe in Real Madrid.
Read More »Flash floods kill at least 18 in Afghanistan: Official
Flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people after ravaging several provinces of Afghanistan over the past five days, an official said Wednesday.
Read More »‘Dozens’ of peacekeepers killed in Somalia extremist attack: Sources
“Dozens” of Burundian soldiers were killed in an attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia, according to a security source in the region and a Mogadishu-based source, after the deadliest attack on the peacekeepers in five years.
Read More »Finland’s big new export to India: Education
Schools offering activity-based learning over textbook-based education are emerging across India.
Read More »Indiana, Ohio primaries: Trump nod strong, Dems stay in centre
The first round of primaries ahead of the November midterm elections offered early indications of the US political temperature.
Read More »Beijing imposes new transit restrictions in bid to contain COVID
As Omicron spreads, officials in China’s capital city are trying to avoid the kind of mass lockdown seen in Shanghai.
Read More »EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine
The European Commission proposed a gradual ban on Russian oil imports Wednesday to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, as Russian forces pounded sites to the east of the country and hit targets in the far west near the EU border.
Read More »Northern Ireland set to vote in election poised to make history
Sinn Féin, a nationalist party that supports reunification, is predicted to get the post of first minister for the first time. Voters in Northern Ireland are set to go to the polls on Thursday in an election that could make history. This is because Sinn Féin, an Irish nationalist party …
Read More »Zionist forces detain 11 Palestinians in West Bank clashes
Zionist military forces arrested 11 Palestinians after brutally storming various parts of the West Bank. As hostile actions of the Zionist military forces against the Palestinian citizens in the Occupied Territories of Palestine continue, the regime’s forces attacked various parts of the West Bank. Fierce clashes broke out after Zionist …
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