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Three killed, 11 injured in blast at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard

Mumbai-January 19 (Online): Three Indian sailors were killed while 11 others sustained serious injuries following an explosion on board the Rajput-class destroyer, INS Ranvir, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. According to officials of Indian navy, the blast occurred in an internal compartment on the […]

Ukraine rejects detention request for treason accused ex-leader

Kyiv, Jan 19 (AFP/APP):A Kyiv court on Wednesday turned down a detention request for ex-leader Petro Poroshenko who returned to Ukraine earlier this week despite facing arrest on treason charges, local media reported. Poroshenko and his lawyers applauded the decision and started singing the national […]

Greece takes delivery of Rafale jets from France

Tanágra, Greece, Jan 19 (AFP/APP):Greece on Wednesday received six Rafale jets from France in a multi-billion-euro arms deal which Athens and Paris claim boosts the EU’s defence capabilities, but is mainly seen as countering Turkish ambitions in the Mediterranean. The six warplanes landed at Tanagra […]

Environmental activist, 14, shot dead in Colombia

Bogota, Jan 18 (AFP/APP):A 14-year-old environmental activist has been shot dead in Colombia, indigenous groups and officials said, in the latest such attack in the world’s deadliest country for environmentalists. Breiner David Cucuname was one of two people killed while taking part in a rural […]

12th century prayer room found under mosque in Iraq’s Mosul

Mosul, Iraq, Jan 18 (AFP/APP):The foundations of a prayer hall from the 12th century have been discovered under the Al-Nuri mosque — where the Islamic State group once proclaimed their “caliphate” — in Iraq’s Mosul, site managers said Tuesday. The mosque, which along with its […]

Chile’s first lady elect to give role feminist makeover

Santiago, Chile, Jan 18 (AFP/APP):Irina Karamanos, the partner of Chile’s president elect Gabriel Boric, announced on Tuesday she would take on the official role of first lady but vowed to make it more feminist. Boric was elected president a month ago and on March 11 […]

World tourism won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024: UN

Madrid, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Tourism arrivals around the world are not expected to return to their pre-pandemic levels until 2024 at the earliest, the World Tourism Organization said Tuesday. The highly contagious Omicron variant, though mild, will “disrupt the recovery” in early 2022 after last […]

UN rights office warns over violent escalation in Yemen and beyond

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (APP): Escalating conflict in Yemen has seen an alarming number of air and drone strikes already this year, notably against civilians and non-military targets, the UN rights office, OHCHR, said Tuesday. “We are deeply concerned by the continuing escalation of the […]

Anti-abortion lawmaker poised to become new EU parliament chief

Strasbourg, France, Jan 18 (AFP/APP):Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted Tuesday for a new speaker, with centre-right Maltese politician Roberta Metsola favourite to win despite controversy over her anti-abortion stance. The election comes a week after the shock death of outgoing centre-left parliament president David […]

US court awards Warmbier family $240,000 seized from North Korea

Seoul, Jan 18 (AFP/APP):A United States court has awarded the family of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died after being jailed by Pyongyang, $240,000 seized from a North Korean bank, court records showed. The 22-year-old Warmbier, who was detained in North Korea for allegedly […]

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