Heavy rains flood Japan, over a dozen presumed dead
Al Jazeera News : Fourteen people are feared dead after a nursing home was flooded in western Japan as record heavy rains hit the region,...
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Russia says China would be needed in expanded G7 summit
Reuters, Moscow : Russia is not in talks with Washington about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year, Deputy...
22 dead as train hits bus carrying Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan
AP, Karachi :A passenger train crashed into a bus carrying Sikh pilgrims at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least...
French PM Philippe resigns
BBC Online :French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has tendered his resignation after heading President Emmanuel Macron’s government for three years.The president swiftly named centre-right mayor...
8 policemen out to nab dreaded criminal killed in firing in UP’s Kanpur
Hindustan Times, Lucknow :Eight policemen, including a deputy superintendent and three sub-inspectors, were killed during a raid to nab a criminal in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur...
Ghana minister resigns
Reuters :Ghana’s deputy trade and industry minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has resigned for violating coronavirus self-isolation measures after testing positive for the virus, President Nana...
Canadian man arrested after driving truck near Trudeau’s gates
Reuters, Ottawa :An armed member of the Canadian military drove a truck through gates protecting an exclusive part of Ottawa where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Death toll rises above 160 in Myanmar jade mine collapse
Reuters :The death toll in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has risen above 160, with more feared dead, authorities said on...
Dozens of civilians killed in Mali
Al Jazeera News :Dozens of civilians have been killed and others wounded in Mali’s volatile centre when unidentified armed men on motorbikes attacked ethnic Dogon...
Turkish court tries Saudis in absentia for Khashoggi killing
Reuters, Istanbul :A Turkish court put 20 Saudi officials on trial in absentia on Friday for the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi which sparked...
Gunmen kill 24 in Mexican drug rehab centre
Reuters :At least 24 people were killed in an armed attack on a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, Mexican police...
Coronavirus cases in India cross 6 lakh mark; death toll at 17834
Zee Media Bureau :As India entered its second phase of Unlock after the coronavirus outbreak, the number infections surpassed 600,000 mark on Thursday (June 2,...