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All victims in South Africa’s deadly bus crash confirmed as Botswana nationals

Johannesburg, March 30 South African Police has said that all passengers died in a bus crash accident a day ago in South Africa’s northeastern province of Limpopo and one surviving minor are all Botswana citizens. The tragic accident occurred when the bus lost control, veered off a bridge and caught fire on the mountain pass

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Barca coach Xavi: My decision to leave won’t change

Madrid, March 30 FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said that he had no intention to change his mind over the decision he took earlier to stand down from his role at the club at the end of the season. Xavi announced he would leave his position at Barca in the end of June following a

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Ukraine reports damage to energy facilities in Russian raids

Kiev, March 30 Energy infrastructure in six Ukrainian regions suffered damage from Russian missile and drone strikes, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Power facilities in central Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, western Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi regions have been harmed, Shmyhal wrote on Friday on social media Telegram. The raids caused power outages in several regions,

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Israel kills deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile unit in Lebanon

Jerusalem, March 30 The Deputy Commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile unit, Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The Hezbollah official was targeted while in a vehicle in the area of Bazourieh, the IDF confirmed on Friday, providing footage of the strike.

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Death toll rises to 42 after Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s Aleppo

Damascus, March 30 The death toll from Israeli airstrikes that hit Syria’s northern city of Aleppo has risen to 42, a war monitor reported, updating the previous report of 36 fatalities. The airstrikes targeted a Hezbollah warehouse in the Jibrin area near Aleppo International Airport before dawn on Friday, according to the Syrian Observatory for

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Iraqi soldier killed in IS attack in Iraq

Baghdad, March 30 An Iraqi soldier was killed and another injured in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants on a military base in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, a security source said. The attack occurred on Friday evening when IS militants launched a raid on an army outpost in the rugged terrain of Wadi

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza Strip rises to 32,623: Ministry

Gaza, March 30 The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,623, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement. The Israeli army killed 71 Palestinians and wounded 112 others during the past 24 hours, it added on Friday as quoted by Xinhua news agency report. This brings the total death

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Russia says Moscow terror attack suspects planned to flee to Kiev for reward

Moscow, March 30 The Russian Investigative Committee has said that it had found evidence showing that the terrorists involved in the Moscow concert hall attack were planning to cross into Ukraine to receive their reward. “On the instructions of a coordinator, after committing the crime, the terrorists drove in a car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border

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UNRWA chief urges Israel to allow food delivery to Gaza amid warnings of famine

Gaza, March 30 Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has urged Israel to allow the organisation’s food and nutrition convoys reach northern Gaza and to open additional land crossings to facilitate the delivery of aid amid international warnings of famine in the coastal enclave. Lazzarini made

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Sudan govt accuses paramilitary forces of blocking UNICEF aid trucks

Khartoum, March 30 Sudan’s Foreign Ministry has alleged that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blocked several United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) trucks carrying humanitarian aid en route to El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State. The Ministry on Friday claimed the RSF intercepted the trucks that were dispatched to address the food