10 Maoist rebels killed by Indian security forces
Reuters : Indian security forces killed at least 10 Maoist rebels in a gun battle in the forests of central India on Tuesday, police said,...
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143 killed in Pakistan’s unusually heavy April rains
AFP : At least 143 people died in Pakistan from lightning strikes and other storm-related incidents in April, with the country receiving more than twice...
25 dead in Peru after bus plunges into ravine
AFP : At least 25 people died and more than a dozen were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine from a mountain road...
Ecuador sues Mexico over asylum decision at World Court
Reuters : Ecuador said on Monday it is suing Mexico at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), asking the UN tribunal known as the World...
UK to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda
AFP : The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on...
Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’
Al Jazeera : Burkina Faso has said a Human Rights Watch report alleging that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February...
At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya
AP : Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as...
More than 60pc of US voters say Biden’s tenure has been a failure
CNN : Donald Trump continues to hold an advantage over President Joe Biden as the campaign – and the former president’s criminal trial – move...
Xi shakes up China’s military in rethink of how to ‘fight and win’ future wars
CNN : China has rolled out the largest restructuring of its military in almost a decade, focusing on technology-driven strategic forces equipped for modern warfare,...
Iraqi TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead in Baghdad
BBC : Iraqi social media influencer Om Fahad has been shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, according to local media reports. The attack happened...