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Iran oil exports hit new highs in 2022
Iranian oil exports hit new highs in the last two months of 2022 and are making a strong start to…
6.2-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia’s Sumatra: USGS
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicentre…
At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years
At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country's Civil…
Turkey says Nordic NATO expansion unlikely before June
Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June, a senior Turkish official said Saturday. The…
China reports huge rise in COVID-related deaths
China said on Saturday nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last…
Iran executes British-Iranian national despite UK, US pleas: report
Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Saturday, after sentencing the former Iranian…
XBB1.5 — the most transmissible COVID subvariant yet
The Omicron subvariant XBB 1.5, the most transmissible COVID-19 subvariant so far, is spreading quickly across the United States and…
Russia claims capture of Ukraine’s Soledar; Kyiv says fighting goes on
Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, claiming Moscow's…
WhatsApp Launches Anti-Censorship Tool
WhatsApp, Meta's end-to-end encrypted messenger, has launched its anti-censorship tool. In WhatsApp's anti-censorship, Meta allows people in censored countries to…