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GAZA, Jan. 4 (YPA) - Israeli occupation boats targeted Palestinian fishermen off the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday evening. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), Israeli gunboats opened fire towards the fishing boats, prompting…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit southern Japan on Sunday. The US Geological Survey said in a statement, “The earthquake was detected in the Katsurin Haibaro region, in the south of the country, at…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - 11 workers were killed and others were wounded, after unknown gunmen shot them on Sunday in the Balochistan province, southwest of Pakistan. According to Xinhua, the police said that armed men took the miners to the…

MALI, Jan. 3 (YPA) - At least two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died in similar fashion. "Their vehicle hit an improvised…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - Pakistan announced on Saturday evening that it had shot down an Indian drone that violated the airspace of the border control line in the disputed Kashmir region between the two countries. The "Russia Today" website…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - A group of settlers attacked Palestinian cattle herders in Umm Al-Abar area in the northern Jordan Valley. "Palestine Today" agency quoted Moataz Bisharat, who is in charge of the Jordan Valley file in Tubas…

CANADA, Jan. 3 (YPA) - At least four family members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Canada's western province of Alberta, the CTV News broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). According to…

KHARTOUM, Jan. 3 (YPA) - Sudan on Sunday is to join a new round of talks with Egypt and Ethiopia in a bid to resolve the dispute over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Sudanese state media reported. The three countries have held…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - A Syrian civilian was killed and 25 others were wounded, including critical cases, as a result of a bomb explosion in a gathering of citizens in a market in Hasakah governorate. SANA quoted the director of health in…

DETROIT, JAN. 3 (YPA) - At least three people were killed when a small plane crashed into a small house in Lyon Township, located outside Detroit, on Saturday afternoon, The US Police said, According to the Oakland County police office, the…