Martyred cop laid to rest, police post named after him

RAJANPUR, May 05 (APP): Police constable Ghulam Qasim who embraced martyrdom during an ongoing operation against dacoits in Katcha area was laid to rest at his native graveyard after funeral prayers here Friday. A smartly turned-out police contingent from Rajanpur presented a salute to the […]

Floods kill over 100 people in east DR Congo

Bukavu, DR Congo, May 5 (AFP/APP): More than 100 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, officials said on Friday. Archimede Karhebwa, the assistant administrator of South Kivu’s Kalehe territory — which was hit by […]

Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO

Geneva, May 5 (AFP/APP): The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained. It is “with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as […]

Warning of ‘protracted’ conflict as Sudan fighting rages

Khartoum, May 5 (AFP/APP): Air strikes and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital on Friday as fighting showed no sign of abating, despite the threat of renewed US sanctions and mounting deaths, including dozens of children. Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of fighting between forces […]

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