15 sleeping workers crushed under truck in India
Al Jazeera :At least 15 labourers have been crushed to death by a truck in India while they were sleeping by a road, police said.The accident took place early on Tuesday near a village...
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In farewell video, Melania Trump says be passionate but not violent
AFP :First Lady Melania Trump released a farewell message on Monday as she prepares to leave the White House, saying that “violence is never the answer,” weeks after the president’s supporters stormed the US...
Swiss govt urges voters to reject burqa ban in March referendum
Reuters :The Swiss government recommended on Tuesday that voters reject a proposal in a planned March 7 referendum to ban full facial coverings such as burqas and niqabs worn by some Muslim women, saying...
632 arrested, army deployed after Tunisia riots
AFP :More than 600 people have been arrested and troops have been deployed after a third consecutive night of riots in several Tunisian cities, officials said on Monday.The unrest came after Tunisia imposed a...
Mamata Banerjee to contest WB polls
ANI :West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that she will contest from Nandigram Assembly seat in the state election that is due in just a few...
Alexei Navalny: EU and US demand release of poisoned Putin critic
BBC Online :The United States and several European governments have demanded the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny from Russian detention.Mr Navalny, 44, was detained soon after his flight from Germany landed in Moscow...
India’s BJP conducted 2019 air raid to win polls: Pakistani PM
Al Jazeera :Pakistan says a 2019 air raid by India was a “false flag” operation conducted by India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for electoral gains and urged the world community to stop its...
Coronavirus found on ice cream in Chinese city
AP, Beijing :The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government.The Daqiaodao Food Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, adjacent to...
Indonesia hunts for survivors as quake death toll hits 73
Reuters :At least 73 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, the latest in a string of disasters to...
Gunmen assassinate two Afghan women judges in Kabul
AFP :Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the...
Trump signs Malala education act into law
Dawn.com :In his last week in office, US President Donald Trump signed into law an act that would award at least 50 per cent of scholarships under a merit-based higher education scholarship programme to...