Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years: weather agency
AFP, Islamabad : Pakistan experienced its “wettest April since 1961”, receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country’s weather...
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One dead, several injured in Paris suburb shooting
AFP : One person was killed and six injured overnight in a gritty northern Paris suburb in a shooting likely linked to drug trafficking, prosecutors...
Trump develops plan on peaceful resolution in Ukraine – Telegraph
LONDON : Former US President Donald Trump has developed a detailed plan on resolving the Ukrainian conflict peacefully, but will not reveal it until the...
Sunday’s presidential election in Panama is ‘most important’ in decades: Experts
CNN : Panama, the Central American nation at the crossroads of international trade and migration, will elect a new president on Sunday after a campaign...
Dams strain as water, death toll, keep rising in south Brazil
AFP : The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 Friday, officials said, as they warned...
Philippine bishops instruct flock to pray for rain, heat relief
AFP, MANILA : Catholic bishops in the Philippines are pitching in to seek divine relief from the extreme heatwave scorching the country, instructing their flock...
India, Japan dismiss Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ comment
Aljazeera : India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US allies “xenophobic” countries who do not welcome immigrants, and grouping the...
Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’
Al Jazeera : The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 29, with at least 60...
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
Reuters : Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defense official told Reuters, a...
China rocket blasts off for far side of Moon
BBC Online : China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world...
20 killed in bus accident in Pakistan’s mountainside
AFP : At least 20 people died while 21 others were injured on Friday morning when a passenger bus overturned on the Karakoram Highway in...
Hamas considering latest Gaza truce offer in positive spirit
AFP : Hamas says it is considering in a “positive spirit” a Gaza truce deal, while the UN warned rebuilding the devastated Palestinian territory would...