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DAMASCUS, Feb. 14 (NsNewsWire) — At least 60 civilians have been killed and tens of others wounded over the past six days by Turkish shelling on the Syrian city of al-Bab, as part of the operation against the Islamic State (IS) group, which is in control of that key city in northern Syria, a monitor […]

BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (NsNewsWire) — The Iraqi warplanes struck a house where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the top leader of Islamic State (IS) group, was said to be holding a meeting with senior IS commanders in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, killing some 13 of them with no word for the fate of Baghdadi himself, the […]

HELSINKI, Feb. 14 (NsNewsWire) — British secretary of State for exiting the European Union David Davis on Monday said Britain would like to rebuild its relationship with EU member states, Finnish news agency STT reported. During an official visit here to meet the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini, Davis said: “We’re not really […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 14 (NsNewsWire) — At least 14 people were killed and 60 others injured when a suicide bomber hit protestors outside provincial assembly in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Monday evening, officials said. Malik Ahmad, Spokesperson of Punjab government confirmed that the killed people included two traffic wardens and two senior police officers, reports Xinhua. […]

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Snow is fun, but cleaning the streets is costly. It costs nearly 2 million U.S. dollars to clean up an inch of snow in New York City, according to a recent data released by New York City Comptroller’s Office. New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer twitted on his […]

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — After more than five years, the historic launch pad has a rocket on it again. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has gone vertical at U.S. space agency NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) for the first time. “Falcon 9 rocket now vertical at Cape Canaveral on launch complex 39-A. This […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing on Saturday reported a human H7N9 avian flu case, the first human infection in the capital city in 2017, authorities said. The patient, surnamed Zhang, is a 68-year-old man from Langfang City of neighboring Hebei Province. He is in a critical condition and is receiving treatment, reports xinhua. Zhang […]

HAVANA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A biography of Cuban President Raul Castro, penned by Russian writer Nikolai Leonov, won the Grand Readers’ Prize at the XXVI Havana International Book Fair (FIL) on Saturday. The book, “Raul Castro, a man in revolution”, won the prize by being the most read and sought after book among Cubans […]