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July 17, 2025 8:10 PM July 17, 2025 8:10 PM

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Iraq: Massive fire incident in Al-Kut city kills 60 people

  In Iraq, at least 60 people were killed and several others injured in a massive fire at a hypermarket in the Al-Kut city today. The province governor confirmed that the fire broke out in a hyper market and a restaurant and that firefighters rescued several people. He added, lawsuits have been file...

July 17, 2025 7:46 PM July 17, 2025 7:46 PM

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ADB becomes largest development partner for Nepal  with aid of over Rs. 118 billion

  Nepal has received a foreign aid commitment of Rs. 273.04 billion for the Fiscal Year 2024/25, which is above the annual estimates announced in the budget of the same year. Statistics from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) showed that the country received the commitments of Rs. 215.54 billion for loan...

July 17, 2025 6:51 PM July 17, 2025 6:51 PM

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US: Senate approves President’s plan for cuts in aid & public broadcasting

  The U.S. Senate has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of  Mr. Trump’s request to cut 9 billion dollars in spending already approved by Congress. Most of the cuts are to progr...

July 17, 2025 6:42 PM July 17, 2025 6:42 PM

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8 babies born in UK using DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

  In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists in the UK used a three-person in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique to bring to life eight children and spared them from genetic mitochondrial disease. The infants-four girls and four boys, including one set of identical twins-were born using DNA from thre...

July 17, 2025 5:37 PM July 17, 2025 5:37 PM

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party accuses interim govt of worsening law & order situation 

  The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has accused the interim government of failing to control escalating lawlessness, alleging a deliberate attempt to destabilise the country ahead of February’s parliamentary election. In a statement issued after a standing committee meeting, the BNP cited risin...

July 17, 2025 5:09 PM July 17, 2025 5:09 PM

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124 dead in rain-related incidents in Pakistan over past three weeks

  In Pakistan, torrential monsoon rains and associated incidents have left at least 124 people dead and 264 others injured throughout the country over the past three weeks. In Punjab province, 44 people lost their lives in rain-related incidents yesterday due to collapsed roofs and electrocution whi...

July 17, 2025 1:18 PM July 17, 2025 1:18 PM

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Syria, Druze leaders agree to ceasefire deal

A new ceasefire agreement was reached between the Syrian interim authorities and the Druze community in the southern province of Sweida, aiming to end days of deadly clashes. In a statement, the Syrian interior authorities said that the deal includes a complete halt to military operations, the deplo...