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Photo courtesy of Anadolu A total of 1,174 Sudanese citizens voluntarily returned home from Egypt as part of Sudan’s ongoing repatriation efforts for nationals wishing to return from abroad. A voluntary return committee organized 24 buses carrying the 1,174 Sudanese from Egypt to Sudan, the state-run Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported Saturday. The operation was…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu China has sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province, state media reported on Sunday. The satellite group was launched aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket on Saturday and entered its preset orbit “successfully,” Beijing-based Xinhua News reported. The group will…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Ghana’s nationwide death toll from severe flooding earlier this week has risen to 34, with officials warning on Friday that the number could increase as recovery operations continue. A report by 3News on Friday cited Richard Amo Yartey, director of inspectorate at Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), as saying 12…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu A mass funeral prayer was held in Iran’s capital Tehran on Sunday for the country’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque. The funeral ceremony for Khamenei and his family members drew hundreds of thousands of mourners, many of whom arrived at the venue in the early hours…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is ready to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to steer bilateral relations toward “long-term” and “stable” development, Pyongyang’s state media reported Sunday. Xi made the remarks in response to Kim’s congratulatory message on the 105th anniversary of the founding of the…
TEHRAN (NNN-Xinhua) — High-ranking Iranian and foreign officials on Friday paid their respects to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran, reported Xinhua. The tribute ceremony began in the morning at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla prayer hall in central Tehran and continued throughout the day. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker…
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) — Cambodia prevented 967 natural resource crimes in the first half of 2026, a 2-percent drop from the 986 cases during the same period last year, a Ministry of Environment spokesperson said Friday. Khvay Atitya, who is also an undersecretary of state for the ministry, said park rangers conducted 5,953 patrols across…
WASHINGTON (dpa) – The Trump administration does not have to restore monuments and displays about slavery, racism and other topics to national parks and public spaces for now, after an appeals court on Thursday lifted a temporary order requiring it to reverse the removals. The case concerns changes to public displays and commemorative sites carried…
MOSCOW (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday that Russian forces have completed the “full liberation” of the Luhansk People’s Republic. “I note that units and formations of the combined joint force group are fulfilling their missions in accordance with the operational plan devised by the General Staff of the Armed Forces (of the…
The central government building in Tokyo that houses the Immigration Services Agency. (Jiji Press) TOKYO – Japan announced a draft cabinet order Friday to raise the fees for permission to change temporary residence status and extend the period of stay to up to 75,000 yen from the current 6,000 yen. The new fees will range from…