13 dead in Pakistan road crash
AFP :At least 13 people were killed when a passenger van and a bus collided and caught fire in Pakistan’s central Punjab province on Monday,...
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Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle Covid crisis
Reuters, Kathmandu :Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and hand it...
Turkey, Russia seal deal for Karabakh ‘peacekeeping centre’
AFP :Turkey and Russia have agreed to monitor a truce over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region from a joint peacekeeping centre, Ankara’s defence ministry said on...
Swedish woman arrested for keeping son locked up for 28 years
AFP :A mother in Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of locking her son inside their apartment for 28 years, leaving him undernourished and with...
China gave corona vaccine to Kim
Reuters :China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a US analyst said on Tuesday, citing...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges to 12-year high
Al Jazeera News :Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since...
8 killed in Sri Lanka prison riot
Reuters, Colombo :At least eight prisoners were killed and more than 50 injured in clashes with guards at a Sri Lankan prison, officials said on...
110 civilians killed in Nigeria massacre
Al Jazeera News :A “gruesome” massacre against farmers in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 110 people, the United Nations has said, raising tolls initially indicating...
Australia demands apology from China for fake image
Reuters, Sydney :Australia demanded an apology after a senior Chinese official posted a fake image of an Australian soldier holding a knife with blood on...
Volcano in eastern Indonesia erupts, thousands evacuated
AP, Jakarta :A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted Sunday, sending a column of ash as high as 4,000 meters (13,120 feet) into the sky and...
Montenegro and Serbia expel each other’s ambassadors
Al Jazeera News :Montenegro and Serbia have expelled one another’s ambassadors in tit-for-tat moves, just before the planned inauguration of a new, pro-Serb government in...
DRDO ready with anti-drone system for Indian armed forces
Hindustan Times, New Delhi :The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has designated Bharat Electronics as the lead agency for development and production of much...