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December 25, 2019 7:32 PM

Kathmandu records coldest day of season

Nepal's capital city Kathmandu recorded the coldest day of the season today, with the minimum temperature settling at 2.9 degrees Celsius.<br />'' <br />'' The temperature also dipped in several districts of the Terai region. Officials said, the w...

December 25, 2019 7:23 PM

Pope appeals for peace in global flashpoints

Pope Francis has appealed for peace in many of the world's hotspots, singling out the crises in the Middle East, Venezuela and Lebanon as well as armed conflicts ravaging many African countries.<br />'' <br />'' The 83-year-old pontiff, in his tra...

December 25, 2019 6:11 PM

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait end dispute over shared oil fields

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have ended a nearly five-year-long dispute over shared oil fields and have agreed to resume oil production from the divided Neutral Zone, but stressed this would not change their OPEC commitments to crude oil production cuts.<br />'' <br /&g...

December 25, 2019 4:14 PM

15 people injured in helicopter emergency landing in Russia

Russian officials say 15 people are injured after a passenger helicopter made a rough emergency landing in Siberia this morning. The Mi-8 helicopter with 21 passengers and three crew members got caught in a snowstorm soon after taking off.<br />'' <br />'&a...

December 25, 2019 4:13 PM

Iranian fighter jet crashes; pilot's fate unknown

<span style="color: #222222;">An Iranian fighter jet went down today in the north of the country, near the border with Azerbaijan.<br />'' <br />'' The fate of the pilot was not immediately known.<br />&apo...

December 25, 2019 2:41 PM

At least 120 houses destroyed by forest fires in Chile

<span style="color: #222222;">In the Chilean city of Valparaiso, at least 120 houses have been destroyed by fast moving forest fires prompting a mass evacuation.<br />''<br />'' Valparaiso Mayor Jorge Sharp told media th...

December 25, 2019 8:28 AM

Iraq's parliament approves new election law amid protests

<span style="color: #222222;">Iraq's parliament approved a new election law on Tuesday aimed at giving political independents a better chance of winning seats in parliament. The new law changes each of the country's 18 provinces into several electoral distri...

December 25, 2019 8:20 AM

80 terrorists, 7 soldiers killed in militant attack in Burkina Faso

<span style="color: #222222;">Eighty terrorists and seven soldiers were killed in a militant attack on an army base in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday. The army chief of staff said that the attack on the base in Arbinda involved more than 100 militants on motorbikes ...

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