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Dhaka, Oct 28 (EFE).- At least one policeman was killed and more than 100 people were wounded on Saturday as the police clashed with activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in an attempt to foil a major anti-government rally in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. “There are many...

Beijing, Oct 28 (EFE).- More than 150,000 people on Saturday marched for sexual and gender diversity, under the slogan «Walking with Diversity,» as a part of the 21st edition of the annual LGBT+ pride in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, according to the organizers. The march covered the main streets of...

Bangkok, Oct 28 (EFE).- The government of Thailand on Saturday called on thousands of Thais living in Israel to «return as soon as possible» due to the worsening security situation in the Middle East. Thai officials also fear a further escalation of violence after the Israeli military began ground operations...

Islamabad, Oct 28 (EFE).- At least two soldiers and an insurgent were killed and two other militants were wounded in two separate incidents in northern Pakistan, the Army reported on Saturday. An insurgent was killed and two others were wounded and arrested by security forces following a gunbattle as a...

Tehran, Oct 28 (EFE).- Iranian teenager Armita Geravand died Saturday after 28 days in coma following an alleged altercation with the authorities for not wearing the Islamic veil on the Tehran metro, state-owned IRNA agency reported. Iranian authorities have claimed that the 16-year-old hit her head after suffering a drop...

Jerusalem, Oct 28 (EFE).- Israeli warplanes shot down the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas’ air command chief Asem Abu Rakaba, who was involved in the planning of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “Overnight, IDF fighter jets struck Asem Abu Rakaba, the Head of Hamas’ Aerial Array. Abu Rakaba was responsible...

Seoul, Oct 28 (EFE).- North Korea on Saturday accused South Korea, Japan and the United States of politicizing Pyongyang’s close ties with Russia and of “groundless criticism and defamation” in a recent trilateral statement condemning the North’s alleged shipments of weapons to Moscow. The statement, published on Thursday from Seoul,...

Lewiston, US, Oct 27 (EFE).- The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead after a two-day manhunt, authorities announced on Friday. A handout photo made available by the Androscoggin County, Maine Sheriff’s Office of person suspected in...

Quito, Oct 27 (EFE).- Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso will travel to Bogotá on Saturday to urgently ask his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to allow electricity to be supplied to the Ecuadorian network, affected by blackouts since this Friday due to energy shortages. The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, speaks after...

New York, Oct 27 (EFE) – Google paid 26.3 billion dollars in 2021 to be the main Internet search engine, the company made this information public on Friday during the trial against it for monopoly in Washington . The figure does not include a breakdown by company, but according to...

Jerusalem, Oct 27 (EFE).- Israel announced on Friday that it will increase the intensity of ground operations against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which on the same day had its communications cut off by a heavy bombardment. The spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces, Rear Admiral...

United Nations, Oct 27 (EFE).- The UN General Assembly on Friday approved by an overwhelming majority (120 to 14, with 45 abstentions) a resolution calling for a «cessation of hostilities» in Gaza, the first to be adopted by a UN body after four failed attempts by the Security Council. At...