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Bolivia bus crash claims 31 lives

YOCALLA, Feb 18 (Reuters): A bus crash in Bolivia on Monday killed at least 31 people and wounded over a dozen more, according to local police.The driver of the bus likely lost control of the vehicle, causing it to drop nearly 800 metres (2625 ft) off a precipice in the...

200 killed in 3-day Sudan paramilitary assault

PORT SUDAN, Feb 18 (AFP): Sudanese paramilitaries have killed more than 200 people including women and children in a three-day assault on villages in the country's south, a lawyer group monitoring the war said Tuesday.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), locked in a nearly two-year war with the regular army,...

Palestinians to decide Gaza future: Qatar

DOHA, Feb 18 (AFP): Qatar, a key mediator in the Gaza conflict, said on Tuesday that Palestinians-not outsiders-must decide the territory's future after the Israel-Hamas war.Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told a Doha news conference that the issue was "a Palestinian question", after Israel insisted on removing Hamas and the...

Israeli troops to remain at 'five positions' in S Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Feb 18 (AFP): Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that troops remain at five positions in southern Lebanon past a pullout deadline, vowing action against any truce violation by militant group Hezbollah.The Israeli military "will remain in a buffer zone in Lebanon with five control positions, and...

Japan targets 60pc emissions cut by 2035

TOKYO, Feb 18 (AFP): Japan set fresh climate targets on Tuesday, pledging to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels.Under the Paris Agreement, each country is supposed to provide a steeper headline figure to the UN for cutting heat-trapping emissions by 2035.Japan's environment...

NEWS IN BRIEF-2025-02-19

Plane with 80 people on board flipsat Toronto airport: 18 injuredTORONTO, Feb 18: A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash-landed Monday at Toronto's main airport, officials said, flipping upside down and leaving at least 18 people injured but causing no deaths. Endeavor Air Flight 4819 with 76...