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South Korea: Police raid Muan airport over deadly Jeju Air plane crash
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South Korea: Police raid Muan airport over deadly Jeju Air plane crash

Muan, Jan 2: South Korean Police on Thursday raided Muan International Airport, the office of Jeju Air and other locations over the airline's deadly crash that killed 179 people, as they stepped up their probe into the worst aviation disaster on the nation's soil. The Jeonnam Provincial Police...
ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das
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ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail hearing in Bangladesh Court

Dhaka, Jan 2: Chinmay Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote, is set to appear before a Chittagong court on Thursday, for a bail hearing in a sedition case. Arrested on November 25 from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Das has...
Norway tightens eco protection in Svalbard to safeguard Arctic ecosystem
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Norway tightens eco protection in Svalbard to safeguard Arctic ecosystem

Oslo, Jan 2: Norway has introduced new environmental regulations for Svalbard to protect the archipelago's fragile ecosystem, cultural heritage, and wildlife as climate change accelerates and tourism expands.Svalbard, a remote Arctic archipelago situated between mainland Norway and the North Pole,...
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Ukraine's halt of Russian gas transit raises supply, price concerns

Valletta, Jan 2: The halt in Russian gas transit through Ukraine has sparked fears of supply shortages and soaring energy costs, particularly in landlocked European nations like Slovakia. Both Ukraine and Russia announced the stoppage on Wednesday, pushing some EU countries to resort to costlier...
Year-ender 2024: An eventful year!
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Year-ender 2024: An eventful year!

A look back at 2024: A year marked by major elections, geopolitical shifts, climate changes and significant developments.
US-British naval coalition strikes targets in Yemen
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US-British naval coalition strikes targets in Yemen's Hodeidah

Sanaa, Dec 31: A US-British naval coalition conducted two airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah province, targeting the At-Tuhayta district in the southwest of the province, Houthi media reported. The report did not provide further details, but residents in the district said on social media that two...
North Korea appears to be building new warship with vertical launching system: South Korea
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North Korea appears to be building new warship with vertical launching system:...

Seoul, Dec 31: North Korea has launched the construction of what appears to be a 4,000 ton frigate equipped with a vertical launching system, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang seeks to advance its nuclear and missile weapons. The assessment came a day after the North's state media released...
Mount Ibu in Indonesia erupts, prompting flight alert
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Mount Ibu in Indonesia erupts, prompting flight alert

Jakarta, Dec 31: Mount Ibu, located in Indonesia's North Maluku province, erupted earlier on Tuesday, prompting an aviation warning, the country's Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre reported. The biggest eruption occurred at 5:18 a.m. local time, sending a column of ash up to...
Jimmy Carter, the third US president to visit India, dies at 100
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Jimmy Carter, the third US president to visit India, dies at 100

Washington, Dec 30: Former US President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. He was the oldest living President of all time and was the third US President to visit India. Carter died at home in Plains, Georgia. He had been suffering from an aggressive form of melanoma, a skin cancer, with...
Mozambique creates commission to investigate mass prison break
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Mozambique creates commission to investigate mass prison break

Maputo, Dec 30: Mozambique government has instituted a commission of inquiry to investigate the mass escape of prisoners from two of its penitentiary facilities in the capital Maputo. The escape involved 1,534 prisoners from the Central Prison and the Maximum Security Prison of Machava, known as...
Multiple explosions rock Kabul as Pak-Afghan border clashes intensify
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Multiple explosions rock Kabul as Pak-Afghan border clashes intensify

Kabul, Dec 28: Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has become the epicentre of multiple explosions during the last 24 hours as border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces intensify. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, an explosion was reported in Kabul close to the office of the interior ministry in front of...
Wildfire destroys 1,400 hectares of national park in Argentina
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Wildfire destroys 1,400 hectares of national park in Argentina

Buenos Aires, Dec 28: A wildfire has destroyed around 1,450 hectares of the iconic Nahuel Huapi National Park in the southern Argentine province of Rio Negro, as per local authorities. The fire broke out on Wednesday in the southern part of the park and has advanced towards the northern head of Lake...
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