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Ukraine's Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said that the outages had been caused by a technical malfunction affecting power lines linking Ukraine and Moldova.
Shahid Rind, the spokesperson for the Balochistan government, said that the attacks were carried out at different locations, including at Quetta, Gwadar, Makram, Hub, Chaman, Naseerabad, in the province
They had recovered and identified 53 bodies by Saturday (January 31), said Ade Dian Permana, the head of the local search and rescue agency, up from a previous toll of 44.
State television said the explosion occurred at an eight-storey building, destroying two floors, several vehicles, and shops in the area of Moallem Boulevard in the city.
Armed extremists in northeastern Nigeria have killed dozens in recent raids on a construction site and a military installation
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not provide details in its statement on Wang, a Communist Party secretary; it is relatively rare for a sitting Minister to undergo investigation
The bill passed 71-29 and will now head to the House, which is not due back until Monday (February 2, 2026). That means the government could be in a partial shutdown temporarily over the weekend until they pass it
Major general Hatami also said that his countrys nuclear technology cannot be eliminated after U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected Iran to seek a deal to avoid U.S. strikes
The Justice Department said some of the documents contained untrue and sensationalist claims about Trump that were submitted to the FBI before the 2020 presidential election
Pakistan has been battling a separatist insurgency in Balochistan for decades, where militants target state forces, foreign nationals and non-locals in the mineral-rich southwestern province bordering Afghanistan and Iran
One exchange in 2018 exchange focussed on Trump's threats at the time to oust Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he had named to the post just the year prior
Iran plans a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global shipping lane
The Yasukuni Shrine honours Japan's 2.5 million war dead, including convicted war criminals. Countries that were targets of Japanese aggression, especially China and the Koreas, see visits to the shrine as showing a lack of remorse about Japan's wartime past
Pakistans PM Shehbaz Sharif recalled the difficult period when Pakistan faced fears of bankruptcy and was described by some as being on the verge of technical default
The casualties included two women and six children from two different families
The justice Departments investigation could potentially lead to criminal charges against the officers involved, though there is a high legal bar to bring such a case
Staff members at Hennepin County Medical Centre determined that it could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case
Subfreezing weather was forecast into February, with heavy snow in the Carolinas, Virginia and northeast Georgia over the weekend including up to a foot (30 cm) in parts of North Carolina
The funding lapse followed a breakdown in negotiations driven by Democratic anger over the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents
The move doubles the 66,000 visas available each year to businesses such as construction, hospitality, landscaping and seafood processing, in a recognition that U.S. employers in those industries could be struggling to find workers
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In a Brooklyn federal court filing, the SEC and lawyers for Mr. Gautam and Mr. Sagar Adani stated they would accept service of the regulators legal papers, removing the need for a Judges ruling on service methods
An adviser to the Governor said the number of confirmed dead was at least 227
acting President Delcy Rodrguez told a gathering of Justices, Magistrates and others that the ruling party-controlled National Assembly would take up the bill with urgency
The U.S. now owes $2.196 billion to the UN's regular budget, plus it will owe $767 million for this year, according to a UN official
Venezuela vowed solidarity with the Cuban people deprived of Venezuelan oil now under U.S. control, and urged collective action by the international community to address the humanitarian consequences
The NTSB made clear that Jack Dutton was sitting in the copilot seat. Neither Jack Dutton nor Biffle had the right endorsement on their pilot's licenses to serve as a copilot on that plane
The newly released Epstein files mention high-profile figures, including Trump, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, amid unverified allegations and connections
The Apache helicopters, which will be equipped with rocket launchers and advanced targeting gear, are the biggest part of the total package, coming to $3.8 billion
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The crowd gathered in freezing temperatures after Bruce Springsteen performed at an anti-ICE concert in the city
When asked if he had given Iran a deadline to make a deal on its nuclear program, ballistic missiles and other issues, Mr. Trump said yeah I have but added that only they know for sure what it was
Prashant Jobanputra is said to have fraudulently declared on the second application that this was the only Bounce Back Loan he had applied for.
The amendment has consequences that will deeply affect the constitutional order
We agreed to further deepen and expand our bilateral partnership in all areas, with a shared vision of taking India-Venezuela relations to new heights in the years ahead, PM Modi said
Hamas has been in de facto control of the Gaza Strip since 2006 when it defeated Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas in an election
In the wake of the cyclone, over 70 civil society groups and activists across Sri Lanka called for the renegotiation of the IMF deal, accusing the Dissanayake government of becoming a prisoner of the ongoing IMF programme
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure.
The most recent confrontation in the area came last month, when China said it had expelled an illegal Japanese fishing vessel from the waters around the islands, while Japan said it had intercepted and expelled two Chinese coast guard ships that were approaching the vessel.
U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett in Manhattan said she dismissed the murder and weapons charges because they were legally incompatible with the two counts of stalking Mangione faces

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