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BBMP's East Zone ‘awards’ parking fee contracts without tenders While the daily revenue could easily run into lakhs of rupees, it is not known how much the agencies have been paying the civic ...

Michael Horowitz, an expert on regional geopolitics at the Middle East-based security consultancy Le Beck, said he expected Israeli forces to remain in the zone for several months carrying out ...

The weapons discovery was made as Israeli forces were deployed at control points within the buffer zone and ensuring the safety of the civilians living in the Golan Heights. Weapons discovered by ...

MANILA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos said Friday that the government has evacuated over 45,000 residents from villages around the active Kanlaon Volcano, which ...

Some wildlife species have shown extreme resilience in thriving and adapting to treacherous environments like the active volcano zones, withstanding severe heat and toxic gases. Africa's volcanic ...

After all, the broad strokes of U.S. involvement in other African theaters, as well as in the Middle East and Latin America, have followed a grim pattern: strategic interference, arms deals ...

Uganda and Tanzania emerged victorious in the CAF African Schools Football Championship for the CECAFA Zone, held at St. Mary's Stadium, Kitende. Hosts Uganda triumphed in the girls' category ...

Uganda and Tanzania emerged victorious in the CAF African Schools Football Championship for the CECAFA Zone, held at St. Mary’s Stadium, Kitende. Hosts Uganda triumphed in the girls' category, while ...

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The East African Rift System is a crack in the Earth's crust stretching over 3,000 kilometres from Ethiopia to the southern reaches of East Africa. East African Rift may form a new ocean.

Israel also acknowledged its troops were pushing into a border buffer zone inside Syria, which was established after the 1973 Mideast war ... Earlier Tuesday, the top U.S. military commander for the ...