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  The leaders of Vietnam and Russia said they wanted to strengthen ties as the two met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. There is a statue of Lenin in the center of Hanoi Vietnamese President To Lam praised his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his recent re-election. Putin, for his part, said that strengthening the strategic partnership …

Five tourists were killed and one injured in a car accident in the northern Pakistani region of Gilgit Baltistan on Wednesday evening. Police told reporters on Thursday that the accident occurred in the Naltar valley where tourists were returning home after a tourist trip. READ ALSO: Seven Pakistani soldiers killed in car bomb in northwestern region According to police, the …

At least eight people died in a fire incident at a hospital in Iran. Reports said a fire broke out at a hospital in the city of Rasht near the Caspian Sea in the north of the country on Tuesday. Based on initial findings, the deceased were patients in the intensive care unit. READ ALSO: Iranian filmmaker sentenced to 8 …

  In May, Europe’s gas imports from Russia exceeded supplies from the United States for the first time in nearly two years, despite the region’s efforts to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While one-off factors drove the turnaround, it highlights the difficulty of further reducing Europe’s dependence on Russian gas, as several Eastern …

39 year old man, Guy Mukendi, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for allegedly removing a condom while having sex with a woman. According to the UK Guardian, Mukendi, from Brixton, was sentenced on Thursday at Inner London Crown Court for the ‘rape’ of the woman last year in a rare conviction for ‘concealment’, by removing …

US President Joe Biden and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The White House maintained Tuesday that it did not believe Israeli forces should reoccupy Gaza following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comments that the country would have the “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an “indefinite period” after the war ends. “The president still believes that a reoccupation of Gaza …

The State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday morning revealed that nine Americans have died in the bloodshed in Israel, and more may yet be missing after a weekend offensive from Gaza by Hamas. “There are reports of Americans who are unaccounted for,” he said. “We continue to work to confirm that number and try to locate those who are …

The military junta in Niger has named a former economy minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the Prime Minister of the country. The appointment of Zeine is coming nearly two weeks after the military took over power from the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday night. Read …

German government on Monday warned the Niger military junta not to commit acts of violence against ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. A spokesman in the country’s Foreign Office said in Berlin on Monday that the German authorities were worried about the ousted Nigerien leader. Soldiers attached to the country’s presidential guard ousted Basoum on July 26 and detained him in his …

Israel and Hamas have agreed on a first ceasefire in Gaza which will last for four days to let in aid and release at least 50 hostages captured by militants in a swap deal in exchange for at least 150 Palestinians jailed in Israel. The first truce which was reached on Wednesday, followed intensive mediation by Qatar which is seen …