India conducts world’s largest vaccination
PTI :Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India takes pride in having the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination programme and more than 54 crore...
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Pressure grows on Pakistan
The New York Times :The Taliban are claiming towns and territories across Afghanistan. With each victory, scrutiny is falling on the leaders of neighbouring Pakistan.For...
Pope urges dialogue in Afghanistan
Reuters :Pope Francis called on Sunday for dialogue to end the conflict in Afghanistan so that its people can live in peace, security and reciprocal...
Haitians scramble to rescue survivors from ruins of major quake, 304 died
Reuters :Haitians laboured overnight to pick through shattered buildings in search of friends and relatives trapped in the rubble after a devastating earthquake struck the...
20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion
Reuters :At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter...
Protesters clash with police at anti-PM rally in Bangkok
Al Jazeera :Three protesters are injured when Thai police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a Bangkok rally, as coronavirus cases soar and anger...
UN alarmed by ‘mass rape’ in southeast DR Congo
AFP :The United Nations raised the alarm on Friday over widespread, systematic sexual violence in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying women were reporting...
Zambia: Hakainde takes early lead
Al Jazeera :Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election over incumbent Edgar Lungu, according to the first...
Raid at Nicaragua paper that branded govt a ‘dictatorship’
AFP :Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a “dictatorship” after being forced to suspend...
July was world’s hottest month on record
AFP :July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the...
Iran announces 6-day lockdown amid surge in Covid cases
Al Jazeera :As Iranians are angry and frustrated with the country’s COVID-19 response, the government has announced a six-day country-wide shutdown to curb an alarming...
Kabul’s young women plead for help as Taliban advance
BBC Online :Every night terrified young men and women across the city send me desperate messages begging for help. “Pray for us,” says one. “The...