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11 crew held on ship hijacked by Yemen rebels: UAE

Posted on January 11, 2022 by News Desk

United Nations, United States, Jan 10 (AFP/APP):A ship hijacked by Yemeni rebels in the Red Sea has 11 crew on board from five countries, the United Arab Emirates told the United Nations Security Council president on Monday. Seven of the crew are Indian and the […]

Teen arrested in Sweden after two injured in school knife attack

Posted on January 11, 2022 by News Desk

Stockholm, Jan 10 (AFP/APP):A teenage boy was arrested in southern Sweden on Monday after wounding a student and a teacher with a knife, police said, with media reporting the suspect had links to a similar attack in August. Police were alerted to the school in […]

Malaysian villager killed in tiger attack

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 10 (AFP/APP):An indigenous Malaysian villager has been killed in a tiger attack, with government rangers shooting dead the critically endangered creature after it also charged them, authorities said. The 59-year-old victim, Anek Along, was attacked Friday near the town of Gua Musang […]

Kazakh leader says unrest was ‘attempted coup d’etat’

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 10 (AFP/APP):Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday characterised days of historic unrest in his Central Asian country as a coup attempt and vowed his security services would never shoot peaceful protesters. “Armed militants who were waiting in the wings joined the protests. […]

Women’s camel beauty contest makes debut in Saudi

Posted on January 10, 2022 by News Desk

Rumah, Saudi Arabia, Jan 9 (AFP/APP): Saudi women, in a first for the conservative kingdom, have paraded their camels in a beauty pageant for the prized “ships of the desert”. “I hope today to reach a certain social standing, inshallah (God willing),” said Lamia al-Rashidi, […]

Another round of Khalistan referendum held in Luton, Leeds

Posted on January 10, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Jan 9 (APP):Another round of Khalistan referendum was held on Sunday in Luton and Leeds, United Kingdom. The Sikh community cast the ballot in the referendum from 10 am to 5 pm at Guru Nanak Gurdwada in Luton and Sikh Temple Chapel Town Road […]

Somalia leaders agree to complete delayed polls by Feb 25: statement

Posted on January 10, 2022 by News Desk

Mogadishu, Jan 9 (AFP/APP):Somali leaders announced on Sunday they have struck a deal to complete parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated delays in the process. “The ongoing election of the House of the People (lower house) will be completed between the periods of January […]

Death toll in Nigeria attacks climbs to 200: govt

Posted on January 9, 2022 by News Desk

Abuja, Jan 9 (AFP/APP):Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 200 people in multiple raids this week in northwest Zamfara state, a government spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday. Clashes between herders and farmers over access to land has plagued northwest and central Nigeria for years, with […]

Fourteen killed in Egypt double bus crash: officials

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Cairo, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):At least 14 people were killed and 17 injured Saturday when a coach and a minibus smashed into each other at high speed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security officials said. The minibus and the coach, which had come from the capital Cairo […]

Biden names Gen Kurilla as new US Centcom chief

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Washington-January 08 (Online): President Joe Biden is nominating Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla to lead the US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Pentagon announced Friday. If confirmed by the Senate, General Kurilla will succeed Marine General Kenneth McKenzie at […]

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11 crew held on ship hijacked by Yemen rebels: UAE

Teen arrested in Sweden after two injured in school knife attack

Malaysian villager killed in tiger attack

Kazakh leader says unrest was ‘attempted coup d’etat’

Women’s camel beauty contest makes debut in Saudi

Another round of Khalistan referendum held in Luton, Leeds

Somalia leaders agree to complete delayed polls by Feb 25: statement

Death toll in Nigeria attacks climbs to 200: govt

Fourteen killed in Egypt double bus crash: officials

Biden names Gen Kurilla as new US Centcom chief

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