Suspect, 15, in custody over latest US mass shooting

Washington, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):The gunman believed to have killed five people in North Carolina in America’s latest mass shooting is a 15-year-old boy, in critical condition after being shot by police, officials said Friday. Two more people were wounded in the Thursday night shooting, the […]

Atta Chakki Owners Association called off strike

HYDERABAD, Oct 14 (APP): The Atta Chakki Owners Association called off their strike for 3 days after assurance from Commissioner Hyderabad Nadeemur Rehman Memon to fulfill their demands. The association’s President Haji Muhammad Memon informed on Friday that after observing strike for 2 days, the […]

Burkina Faso’s coup leader named transition president

Ouagadougou, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Captain Ibrahim Traore, who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, was on Friday named interim president until elections are held in July 2024, two members of the ruling junta told AFP. “Captain Traore has just been unanimously designated president of the […]

Ukraine strike destroys Russian electrical substation

Moscow, Oct 14 (AFP/APP): An electric substation in the Russian city of Belgorod, near the border, was set on fire by a Ukrainian strike on Friday, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. “An electric substation… caught fire after a strike on Belgorod,” Gladkov said on Telegram, […]

Nearly 50 people trapped after Turkey mine blast: governor

Istanbul, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Nearly 50 coalminers were trapped hundreds of metres below ground on Friday after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey. Television images showed hundreds of people — some with tears in their eyes — congregating around a damaged white […]

Defiant Putin says Russia ‘doing everything right’ in Ukraine

Astana, Kazakhstan, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow was “doing everything right” in its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine despite a string of embarrassing defeats, as Kyiv said it was “stronger than ever” and would emerge victorious. Putin’s comments came […]

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