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US Supreme Court to debate restrictions on religious advisors at executions

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a death row prisoner’s request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisors in death chambers. John Ramirez, 37, was scheduled to […]

India’s Cattle Royale dung fight marks end of Diwali

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Gumatapura, India, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Joyful crowds pelted each other with fistfuls of cow manure this weekend as part of one village’s local ritual to mark the end of Diwali, India’s most important Hindu festival. Similar to Spain’s “La Tomatina” — the eccentric tomato-hurling celebration of […]

Six dead in mine blast in Kazakhstan

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Six workers died and two more were in “critical condition” Sunday after a methane explosion at an ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan, the company and the emergencies ministry said. A sudden blast took place Sunday morning at the Abaiskaya coal mine operated […]

Thousands rally for Georgia’s jailed ex-leader Saakashvili

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Rustavi, Georgia, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Thousands of Georgians rallied Saturday for the jailed opposition leader and ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili as fears grew for his health because of a hunger strike lasting several weeks. Waving Georgian flags and chanting Saakashvili’s name, protesters gathered on Saturday evening outside […]

Italy lets 800 migrants stuck at sea disembark

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Rome, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Italy on Saturday agreed to let 800 migrants including hundreds of minors and five pregnant women disembark after they were stuck at sea aboard an overcrowded vessel. German charity Sea Eye told AFP it had received permission to dock at Trapani in […]

Italy president urges UN-brokered W.Sahara settlement

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Algiers, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Italian President Sergio Mattarella has called for “due account to be paid to the rights of the Sahrawi people” in an “equitable” and UN-brokered solution to the Western Sahara conflict. Mattarella’s comments, came on a visit Saturday to Algeria, the main backer […]

Italy mobsters get decades in jail in major mafia trial

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Rome, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Italy struck an early blow Saturday against the country’s powerful ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, convicting 70 mobsters and others in a first, crucial test of the largest mafia trial in more than three decades. Judge Claudio Paris read out verdicts and sentences […]

Israel troops kill teen in West Bank: Palestinian ministry

Posted on November 6, 2021 by News Desk

Jerusalem, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):A 13-year-old Palestinian was shot and fatally wounded Friday by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. It said Mohammed Daadas died in hospital after being shot in the stomach during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli […]

UK probe rejects submarine link to French trawler sinking

Posted on November 6, 2021 by News Desk

London, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):A British coroner on Friday concluded that the 2004 sinking of a French fishing trawler in UK waters, which killed five people, was an accident, rejecting claims it had been dragged down by a submarine. The inquest was held to re-examine the […]

One dead, offices torched in eastern DR Congo city

Posted on November 6, 2021 by News Desk

Goma, DR Congo, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):One person was killed and government and police service offices set on fire on Friday in a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by residents angry at kidnappings, an official said. “All the state service offices were set on […]

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US Supreme Court to debate restrictions on religious advisors at executions

India’s Cattle Royale dung fight marks end of Diwali

Six dead in mine blast in Kazakhstan

Thousands rally for Georgia’s jailed ex-leader Saakashvili

Italy lets 800 migrants stuck at sea disembark

Italy president urges UN-brokered W.Sahara settlement

Italy mobsters get decades in jail in major mafia trial

Israel troops kill teen in West Bank: Palestinian ministry

UK probe rejects submarine link to French trawler sinking

One dead, offices torched in eastern DR Congo city

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