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Some 2,000 evacuated for removal of 3 WWII bombs in Poland

  WARSAW: More than 2,000 people were evacuated Monday while Polish navy experts removed three World War II bombs from the Baltic Sea bed at...

More than 2,000 evacuated to remove WWII-era bomb in Poland

WARSAW: Polish police say they are evacuating more than 2,000 people after the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb weighing some 250...

2 besieged pro-govt villages evacuated: Syrian media

  BEIRUT: All the residents of two Syrian pro-government villages in the country's northwest — over 7,000 people — who were besieged by the rebels...

Shoaib Malik just 11 runs short of 2,000 runs in T20I

LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik is just 11 runs short of 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals. Talking to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) media, the middle-order batsman...

2 more Chilean bishops are out as pope cleans house

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops, the latest fallout from a sex abuse scandal whose scope...

Israel announces plan to approve 2,500 new settler homes

JERUSALEM: Israel said Thursday it will give final approval to the construction of 2,500 new homes in the occupied West Bank, the first tranche...

2 UN peacekeepers freed in Congo’s southeast

KINSHASA: An official in Congo says two United Nations peacekeepers have been released after being held by rebels in the country's southeast. Tanganyika province vice-governor...

Philippines: PHIVOLCS raises alert level 2 over Mayon volcano

MANILA: The Philippines raised the alert at its restive Mayon volcano by one notch early on Sunday, citing signs of rising magma that could...

Two more bodies recovered from burning oil tanker in East China...

BEIJING: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two crew members on an Iranian oil tanker that has been burning since it collided with a freighter...

NEF enrolls 2,342 students under vocational schools project

ISLAMABAD: Education and Professional Training Federal Minister, Engineer Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman chaired the 22nd meeting of the National Education Foundation (NEF) Board of Governors here on Wednesday...