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Gaza, Oct 6: Three Palestinians were killed and 376 injured in clashes between thousands of Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of Gaza Health Ministry told reporters that three Palestinians, including a child, were killed by Israeli soldiers' gunfire in eastern Gaza City, Xinhua reported. A

Jeddah, Oct 6: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said relations with the US are still strong despite comments by Donald Trump that the Kingdom must pay for American military support. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said: “Actually we will pay nothing for our security.” The Kingdom pays for all its military equipment from the US, he said: “We believe that all the armaments we have from the United States

Amaravati, Oct 6: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Friday termed raids conducted by the Income Tax department across the state as a political vendetta being sought by 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hamper the development of the state'. The issue was discussed during a state cabinet meeting held here on Friday. Information and Public Relations Minister Kaluva Srinivasulu briefed media on the subject

Oslo, Oct 5: Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had awarded them the prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war

New Delhi, Oct 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday held the India-Russia annual summit after which eight pacts, including on cooperation on India's ambitious human space mission project Gaganyaan, were signed. Official sources said the two countries also signed the USD 5 billion S-400 air defence system deal after talks between the two leaders in Hyderabad

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5: Kerala, which was ravaged by the south-west monsoon in August, is bracing for more rains with a low pressure area likely to form over the Southeast Arabian sea, as the state government stepped up disaster preparedness. Shutters of dams in Thrissur and Palakkad districts were lifted on Thursday evening to drain out excess water. The sea condition is also expected to be

Boston, Oct 5: Consuming processed meats such as bacon, ham, sausages, salami and beef jerky may increase the risk of developing breast cancer, researchers claim. Studies on red and processed meat consumption with breast cancer risk have generated inconsistent results, said researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the US. An analysis published in the international Journal of

Bahraich, Oct 5: Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over phone over the dowry issue. The man currently lives in Saudi Arabia, police said Thursday. "Chandbabu pronounced triple talaq (divorce) thrice to his wife Noori, 20, over phone on September 10 when her family members did not fulfill his dowry demand," Superintendent of Police Sabharaj

New Delhi, Oct 4: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhion Thursday appealed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh to launch the panic button feature on mobile handsets in the country as soon as possible. Women and Child Development Ministry has been pursuing the provision of 'panic button' on all mobile handsets to provide emergency response to women in distress. The facility which is still

Washington, Oct 4: Days after signing a new legislation to speed up the development of advanced reactors, President Donald Trump has roped in a top Indian American nuclear expert for a key administrative position in the department of energy. Trump has nominated Rita Baranwal to be an assistant secretary of energy (nuclear energy) at the Department of Energy, the White House said in a statement