6 killed as boat capsizes in Indian-controlled Kashmir
AFP : Rescuers scrambled Tuesday to find three missing people after a boat carrying at least 15 capsized in a river in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing...
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70 killed as Afghanistan hit by heavy rains
AFP : Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said Wednesday....
France evicts hundreds of migrants from Paris squat
AFP : French authorities on Wednesday evicted hundreds of migrants from a squat in a southern suburb of Paris with just 100 days to go...
Security Council to vote Thursday on Palestinian state UN membership
AFP : The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on the Palestinians’ application to become a full UN member state, several diplomatic sources have...
Former US senator dies at 87
AFP : Bob Graham, a former US senator and two-term Democratic governor of the state of Florida, has died aged 87, his family announced Tuesday....
Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk: UN
AFP : Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned Thursday, calling for action to...
Lightning, downpours kill 41 people across Pakistan
AFP : At least 41 people have died in storm-related incidents across Pakistan since Friday, including 28 killed by lightning, officials said on Monday. Pakistan’s...
Ukraine war: UN body urges restraint after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant hit
BBC : Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear plant, with...
In India’s richest state, exam scams kill escape from farm crisis
Aljazeera : Had it not been for his grandfather, Ganesh Kale might have been dead today. In January this year, the 40-year-old woke at 6am...
World is at historic turning point: Japan
CNN : Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a “historic turning point” and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime...
Ecuador in diplomatic storm after raid at Mexican embassy
BSS : Ecuador faced criticism from the UN and across Latin America on Saturday after its security forces stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to...
