33 killed in Burkina Faso attack: Governor
AFP :Armed attackers killed at least 33 people when they opened fire on vegetable farmers in Burkina Faso, the governor of the Boucle du Mouhoun region said on Saturday. Much of the country, including...
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Six lions killed in Kenya in blow to conservation efforts
Reuters :Six lions have been killed in a national park in southern Kenya, in a blow to conservation efforts and the tourism industry that is a key pillar of the nation’s economy. The Kenya...
Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times
Reuters :Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, stood atop the 8,849-m (29,032-ft)...
13 killed in Pakistan security base hostage-taking attack
AFP :More than a dozen people were killed in an overnight battle between Pakistan paramilitary troops and militants who stormed their base and took families hostage, the army said. “Well equipped” fighters assaulted a...
Mamata Banerjee, among others, salutes Karnataka people over Congress win
News Desk :Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress party chief Mamata Banerjee, among other opposition leaders, congratulated the people of Karnataka saying brute authoritarian and majoritarian politics has been vanquished, reports The Wire.“My salutations...
EU wants to ‘re-calibrate’ position on China
AFP :EU foreign ministers agreed on Friday on the need to “recalibrate” Europe’s position on China, reducing dependencies and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign...
Renewed fighting rocks Gaza but Egypt keeps up truce push
AFP :Israel and Gaza traded heavy fire on Friday but Egyptian mediators launched a new bid to end days of fighting that has killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.The violence has been...
Pakistan PM Sharif orders those involved in violence tracked down and arrested
Reuters :Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered authorities on Saturday to identify and arrest all those involved in violent acts after former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest this week sparked deadly unrest.Khan departed the...
Karnataka election results: PM Modi congratulates Congress on win
Hindustan Times :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Congress party as it is headed towards a big win in the Karnataka assembly elections. “My best wishes to them in fulfilling people’s aspirations,”...
Ghana opposition chooses candidate for 2024 presidential race
AFP :Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), voted in primaries on Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for next year’s election, with former leader John Mahama favoured to win after his...
Russia says 2 dead in Crimea army helicopter crash
AFP :A Russian military helicopter crashed in Moscow-annexed Crimea during a training exercise Friday killing both pilots, the defence ministry announced.The preliminary finding was it was due to mechanical failure, the statement said.“Today (Friday),...
Trump says he would meet with Putin to settle Ukrainian conflict
TASS :Former US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, to end the conflict in Ukraine.“I don’t think in terms of winning and...