International

July 18, 2025 11:30 AM July 18, 2025 11:30 AM

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Israeli Prime Minister expresses regret over deadly Gaza church strike

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed regret following a deadly Israeli tank strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, which killed three people and wounded ten others. The attack that targeted Gaza’s only Catholic place of worship drew sharp criticism from religious and inter...

July 18, 2025 8:43 AM July 18, 2025 8:43 AM

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Felix Baumgartner, stratosphere skydiver, dies in paragliding crash at 56

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian base jumper and skydiver best known for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died in a paragliding accident in Italy yesterday. He was 56. Baumgartner reportedly lost control of his paraglider and crashed into a hotel swimming pool in the coastal town of Po...

July 18, 2025 8:14 AM July 18, 2025 8:14 AM

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US President diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency

US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common vascular condition, especially in individuals over the age of 70. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed the diagnosis following a comprehensive medical examination, which included diagnostic vascul...

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...