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Factory fire in Pakistan kills 16

AFP :At least 16 workers died and more were missing after a factory fire in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Friday, police said. More than 25 labourers were inside the small factory in a...

An internally displaced man from Amhara Region talks on the phone at the Addis Fana School where he is temporary sheltered, in the city of Dessie, Ethiopia.

Over 210 killed in Ethiopia’s ethnic feud

AFP :More than 210 people were killed over several days of ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s tense Oromia region last week, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Thursday.The state-affiliated but independent commission said...

Medical staff prepares Moderna's vaccine vaccine to be administered at a mass vaccination centre in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan stops using 1.63m Moderna over contamination

AFP :Japan has decided to halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said on Thursday.Takeda, which is...

Seven US Capitol police sue Trump

Reuters :Seven US Capitol Police officers on Thursday sued former President Donald Trump, alleging that he conspired with far-right extremist groups to provoke the deadly January 6 attack on the Congress.The officers in a...

20 dead in Venezuela

Reuters :At least 20 people have died in the western Venezuelan state of Merida following intense rains that caused mudslides and rivers to overflow. On state TV on Wednesday a ruling Socialist Party official...

: Militiamen loyal to Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, hold their weapons, in Panjshir province northeastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The Panjshir Valley is the last region not under Taliban control following their stunning

: Militiamen loyal to Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, hold their weapons, in Panjshir province northeastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The Panjshir Valley is the last region not under Taliban control following their stunning blitz across Afghanistan. Local fighters held off the Soviets in the 1980s and the Taliban a decade later under the leadership of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a guerrilla fighter who attained near-mythic status before he was killed in a suicide bombing.

A Militiaman stands guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.

‘Undefeated’ Panjshir valley in Afghanistan

BBC :Several thousand anti-Taliban fighters are reported to be holding out against the Taliban in a remote valley with a narrow entrance – little more than 30 miles or so from the capital Kabul.It’s...