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UN’s Guterres ‘saddened’ by reports of deadly strike in Tigray: spokesman

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

New York, Jan 11 (AFP/APP):UN chief Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” over reports of a deadly airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, his spokesman said Monday, in the international body’s first comment on an attack which rebels said left 56 people dead. The Tigray People’s Liberation […]

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

North Korea-January 11 (Online): North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile from land towards the East Sea on Tuesday. In a statement, South Korea’s military said it detected a suspected ballistic missile. The launch was also reported by Japan’s coast guard saying the North had […]

UN chief expresses sympathies with Murree tragedy victims

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday expressed his condolences on the death of 23 people after a deadly snowstorm trapped them in their vehicles as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Pakistan’s hill station of Murree. “As in any incident and tragic […]

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 […]

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UN’s Guterres ‘saddened’ by reports of deadly strike in Tigray: spokesman

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

UN chief expresses sympathies with Murree tragedy victims

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

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