Imran Khan begins long march for early Pakistan election
AFP :Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan launched a so-called “long march” on Friday on the capital Islamabad to demand early elections, piling pressure on...
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Covid-19 China imposes lockdowns
Scroll.in :China has ramped up coronavirus-related restrictions, including lockdowns, as it continues to implement the “zero-Covid policy,” reported Bloomberg on Friday.Chinese citizens are restricted to...
2 Palestinians killed in West Bank
AFP :Two Palestinians were killed on Friday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.The ministry announced the death of...
Sri Lankan Tamils want answers on relatives who disappeared in civil war
Reuters : Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka...
‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies
The Guardian : An Iranian hermit nicknamed the “world’s dirtiest man” for not taking a shower for more than half a century has died at...
Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school
AFP :Eleven people, mostly children, have been killed in a blaze that tore through a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours...
Biden hosts biggest Diwali reception ever at White House
Hindustan Times :White House on Monday hosted the biggest Diwali reception ever on Monday which also saw the presence of several Indian Americans from the...
Sudan: 220 killed in tribal fighting
Deutsche Welle :Two days of tribal fighting in Sudan’s south killed at least 220 people, a senior health official said on Sunday.Fighting in Blue Nile...
Nine dead, 47 wounded in attack on south Somalia hotel
AFP :Nine people were killed and 47 wounded on Sunday in an attack on a hotel in Kismayo, southern Somalia, claimed by the Al-Shabaab Islamist...
Russia hits Ukraine homes, evacuates Kherson, warns of escalation
Reuters :Under pressure in the south of Ukraine, Russia fired missiles and drones into Ukrainian-held Mykolaiv on Sunday, destroying an apartment block in the ship-building...
Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak meet amid private battle for Tory leadership
AFP :Conservative rivals Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak held face-to-face talks late on Saturday, reports said, as the feuding pair who once headed Britain’s government...
Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Kabul
Reuters :Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group’s administration...