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Scorpions kill three and injure hundreds in Egypt

Posted on November 14, 2021 by News Desk

Cairo – November 14 (Online): Scorpions in Egypt have stung three people to death in the southern city of Aswan after heavy storms brought them into the streets and homes. Some 450 more people were injured by scorpion stings, a health ministry official said. The […]

Gang fight at Ecuador prison kills 68

Posted on November 14, 2021 by News Desk

Quito – November 14 (Online): At least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, officials say. The riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of […]

Russia has ‘responsibility’ to end Belarus-Poland crisis: UK

Posted on November 14, 2021 by News Desk

London, Nov 14 (AFP/APP):British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Sunday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in the crisis that has left thousands of migrants trapped on the Belarus-Poland border. “Russia has a clear responsibility here. It must press the Belarusian authorities to end […]

Journalist killed as minibus hit by bomb in Kabul

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Kabul, Nov 13 (AFP/APP):A well-known Afghan journalist was killed and at least four other people injured Saturday when a suspected bomb destroyed a minibus near a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul, a media watchdog and officials said. The incident happened in Dasht-e Barchi, a Kabul suburb […]

At least 26 Maoist rebels killed in India gunfight

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

New Delhi, Nov 13 (AFP/APP):At least 26 Maoist rebels were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with special commandos in a remote Indian forest, police said, the latest deadly clash in the vast country’s longest armed conflict. Police said three commandos were badly wounded in […]

At least 41 killed as heavy rains hit southern India and Sri Lanka

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

New Delhi – November 13 (Online): Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka have killed at least 41 people, authorities said on Thursday, with weather forecasters expecting the downpours to ease in the next few days as stricken communities pumped out the deluge. The […]

UN urges ‘all parties’ to respect Libya elections

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged all Libyan political parties to take part in presidential and legislative elections, saying they were “an essential next step on the road to peace and stability.” “I call on all Libyan parties to participate […]

WHO chief says Tigray ‘blockade’ killing people

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Geneva, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region is under “effective blockade”, the World Health Organization chief said Friday, warning that people were starving to death and dying from lack of access to medicines. “People are dying because of lack of supplies,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, himself […]

Qatar FM calls for halt to normalization with Syria after UAE visit

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Qatar’s top diplomat voiced hope Friday for a halt to normalization with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates paid a visit to Damascus. “We hope that countries will be discouraged from taking further steps with the […]

Four migrants drown off Morocco trying to reach Europe

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Skheirat, Morocco, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Four Moroccan migrants trying to reach the European Union have drowned in the Atlantic Ocean, officials and relatives said Friday. Three other migrants were rescued after their vessel sank off the resort of Skheirat, south of the capital Rabat, on Thursday. […]

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Scorpions kill three and injure hundreds in Egypt

Gang fight at Ecuador prison kills 68

Russia has ‘responsibility’ to end Belarus-Poland crisis: UK

Journalist killed as minibus hit by bomb in Kabul

At least 26 Maoist rebels killed in India gunfight

At least 41 killed as heavy rains hit southern India and Sri Lanka

UN urges ‘all parties’ to respect Libya elections

WHO chief says Tigray ‘blockade’ killing people

Qatar FM calls for halt to normalization with Syria after UAE visit

Four migrants drown off Morocco trying to reach Europe

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