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Pilot Killed in Beijing Skyscraper Crash

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com BEIJING: A pilot was killed and thirteen people were injured after a small aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest building, according to Chinese authorities on Saturday. The rare inci...

10 injured as M5.6 quake jolts near Mt. Fuji

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Tokyo: Ten people were injured and bullet train services were momentarily disrupted by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred late Friday close to Japan's Mount Fuji, according to authorities. At 10:28 p.m. local time, Yamanashi Prefecture experie...

Two killed in overnight fire at Katabon's Al Baraka Tower

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com DHAKA: A fatal overnight fire at a fourteen-storey residential building in Dhaka’s Katabon area has tragically left two young men dead. The blaze erupted in the early hours of Saturday inside two separate apartments located on the twelfth floor of the...

Italy's Longest River Runs Dry, Farmers Fear Drought

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Rome: Farmers across northern Italy are raising concerns over the nearing drought as the Po River, the country's longest waterway, continues to narrow under an intense early-summer heatwave. Water levels have decreased significantly below seasonal averages,...

Chinese, Russian military aircraft enter South Korea's air defence zone

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Seoul: South Korea's military reported on Saturday that more than ten Chinese and Russian military aircraft briefly entered the country's Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ), forcing the air force to deploy fighter aircraft as a form of defence. ...

Japan and India to set up framework for promoting biogas-run cars

  Email: online@newsofbahrain.com SEOUL: The Japanese and Indian governments will establish a new strategic framework to promote environmentally friendly biogas-powered vehicles, aiming to significantly scale up clean energy infrastructure.&...

Russian Hawks Urge Putin to Escalate War and Drop US Talks

  Email: online@newsofbahrain.com MOSCOW: Prominent Russian hard-liners are fiercely pressing President Vladimir Putin to abandon U.S.-mediated diplomacy and launch a full-scale military escalation.  This surge i...

Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs Over European Tech Taxes

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to put a 100% tariff on imports from any country that implements a Digital Services Tax (DST) aimed at American technology companies, including several European nations. Trump stated that the new ...

UN Rights Chief Calls for Investigations Into US Immigration Custody Deaths

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Geneva: The UN human rights chief has urged for fast, impartial investigations into the deaths of persons held in US immigration custody, raising concerns about detention conditions and the treatment of migrants. In a statement issued Friday, the Un...

Chinese President Xi Jinping Meets Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com BEIJING: On the morning of June 26, President Xi Jinping met with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who is on an official visit to Beijing. The leaders jointly announced the decision to build a ‘China-Bangladesh...

South Korea ex-first lady handed 7 years in jobs-for-gifts case

  Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Seoul: South Korea ex-first lady handed 7 years in jobs-for-gifts case. A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to an additional seven years in prison for her involvement in a w...

France pledges 130 mn euros to cool schools

  Email: online@newsofbahrain.com PARIS: France has announced a 130 million euro investment to install cooling systems in schools and nurseries to combat extreme heatwaves. This initiative addresses critical issues as many current facilities a...