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Vienna, June 29 (AFP/APP): One person has died, while another has been reported missing, officials said on Wednesday, after landslides caused by heavy rains cut off access to several communities and waged widespread damage in southern Austria. Record rain falls overnight Tuesday to Wednesday sparked […]

Gorongosa, Mozambique, June 29 (AFP/APP): As Mozambique battles a brutal insurgency, the legacy of a decades-long civil war still haunts the African nation where many former rebels refuse to disarm. “It’s hard to live alone, with nothing, living without family nearby,” said Aurelio Capece Mudiua, […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 29 (APP):Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, tweet and say, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said in response to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in India, asserting that it is important that people be allowed […]

Oksbøl, Denmark, June 29 (AFP/APP): Built on the site of a camp for German World War II refugees, a new Danish museum opening Wednesday shines fresh light on personal stories of forced migration, past and present. The new FLUGT (“flee” in Danish) Refugee Museum of […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 29 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked both the United States and Mexican authorities to probe and bring to justice those responsible for the death of a number of migrants found in the trailer of an abandoned truck in San Antonio […]

Caracas, June 29 (AFP/APP): The main bloc of Venezuelan opposition parties said Tuesday that their representatives had met with a visiting US delegation and that they were ready to restart negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government. On Monday, Maduro announced the US delegation had arrived […]

NEW DELHI, India – June 28 (ONLINE) Authorities in India’s capital city of New Delhi on Monday arrested Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair for a 2018 tweet that allegedly hurt religious sentiments and promoted enmity. Zubair, who is the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, has […]

BEIJING, China – June 28 (ONLINE) The Chinese government is calling on NATO to stop trying to destabilize Asia in the wake of the crisis in Europe, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said while commenting on Bloomberg’s report China would be called a “systemic […]

United Nations, United States, June 28 (AFP/APP): The United Nations on Tuesday denounced what it called “excessive force” by authorities on the border between Morocco and Spain and demanded an investigation of the deaths of 23 people when migrants stormed the border. About 2,000 African […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 28 (APP):Radio Pakistan twitter account has been blocked in India, denying access to information and restricting democratic freedom of expression. The social media handle of Pakistan’s state broadcaster has been withheld mainly for highlighting grave human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied […]