Italian envoy to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack
BBC :Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has...
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Militants kill 4 women activists in NW Pakistan
AP :A group of suspected militants ambushed a vehicle carrying women activists from a non-governmental organization in a former northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan on...
Myanmar protesters call for general strike against coup
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup called a general strike and more street protests on Monday as authorities threatened that confrontation could cost lives after two...
Algerian President calls for fresh elections
VOA :Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced Thursday he is dissolving the lower house of parliament, whose members have little more than a year left on...
‘Pawri girl’: A five-second video brings India and Pakistan together
BBC :A five-second video has done the impossible – brought social media users in India and Pakistan together.When Pakistani video creator Dananeer Mobin uploaded the...
Dozens of whales die on Indonesian beach
Reuters :Forty-six whales stranded on a beach on the Indonesian island of Madura have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea,...
Ladakh: China reveals soldier deaths in India border clash
BBC :China has for the first time revealed that four of its soldiers died during a bloody Himalayan border clash with Indian troops in June...
Heavy gunfire erupts at opposition march in Mogadishu
AFP :Gunfire and blasts have erupted in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to witnesses, Somali government and opposition leaders, as security forces clashed with protesters...
Six people killed in clashes, gun battles across Kashmir
Al Jazeera :Fighters in Indian-controlled Kashmir have killed two police officers in an attack in the disputed region’s main city, while elsewhere in the disputed...
Nasa’s rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing
Reuters :Nasa’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely...
Malaysiakini found guilty, fined, over readers’ comments
Reuters :Malaysia’s highest court on Friday found Malaysiakini, the country’s most popular online newspaper, guilty of contempt of court over comments posted by readers that...
Taliban tweet threatens Malala
AP, Islamabad :A Pakistani Taliban militant who nine years ago is alleged to have shot and badly wounded Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has threatened a...