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Minor girls paraded naked in India ‘rain ritual’

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

New Delhi – September 7 (Online): Six minor girls in central India were stripped and paraded naked as part of a village ritual to summon rains. The incident took place in a drought-parched village in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state. Videos that went […]

Merkel goes all out for Laschet as party lags in polls

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Berlin, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday lauded her party’s candidate Armin Laschet as the best choice to succeed her, as polls showed the gaffe-prone Rhinelander still trailing badly ahead of this month’s election. Laschet, the chancellor candidate for Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc, […]

Taliban claim total control over Afghanistan

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Kabul, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):The Taliban on Monday claimed total control over Afghanistan, saying they had won the key battle for the Panjshir Valley, the last remaining holdout of resistance against their rule. Following their lightning-fast victory in mid-August over the former Afghan government’s security forces […]

Algeria police arrest 27 suspected members of separatist group

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Algiers, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Algerian police said Monday that they had arrested 27 people suspected of belonging to a separatist group that Algiers considers a “terrorist” organisation. The individuals were arrested over the previous 48 hours in a case involving “undermining national unity, harming public order […]

US condemns ‘shameful’ sentencing of Belarus opposition figures

Posted on September 7, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):The United States on Monday denounced prison sentences handed down against two opposition figures in Belarus who challenged President Alexander Lukashenko. “The United States condemns the politically motivated conviction and shameful sentencing today of Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak,” […]

Russian court jails Navalny protester for three years

Posted on September 7, 2021 by News Desk

Saint Petersburg, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):A Saint Petersburg court on Monday sentenced a Russian man to three years in a penal colony for hitting a police officer at a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. According to the prosecutors, Ilya Pershin, a local […]

Qatar envoy says Gaza aid to flow soon

Posted on September 6, 2021 by News Desk

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):Qatar’s envoy to Gaza said Monday that aid from his country will be distributed soon in the Palestinian enclave, including to employees of the Hamas government. Qatari support is considered a crucial lifeline for impoverished Palestinians living in Gaza, […]

Taliban flags fly over Panjshir but fighters vow resistance

Posted on September 6, 2021 by News Desk

Kabul, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):Taliban fighters broke out into prayers as their banner fluttered from a flagpole in Panjshir on Monday, after the hardline Islamist group announced the capture of the last pocket of resistance to their rule. In videos circulating on pro-Taliban social media, fighters […]

Taliban say resistance holdout Panjshir Valley ‘completely captured’

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Kabul, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep up their struggle against the Taliban. Following their lightning-fast rout of Afghanistan’s army last month and celebrations when […]

S.Africa’s jailed ex-leader Zuma granted medical parole

Posted on September 6, 2021 by News Desk

Johannesburg, Sept 5 (AFP/APP):South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for 15 months in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was on Sunday granted medical parole, prison authorities announced. Zuma has been hospitalised since August 6 at a health facility outside the […]

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Minor girls paraded naked in India ‘rain ritual’

Merkel goes all out for Laschet as party lags in polls

Taliban claim total control over Afghanistan

Algeria police arrest 27 suspected members of separatist group

US condemns ‘shameful’ sentencing of Belarus opposition figures

Russian court jails Navalny protester for three years

Qatar envoy says Gaza aid to flow soon

Taliban flags fly over Panjshir but fighters vow resistance

Taliban say resistance holdout Panjshir Valley ‘completely captured’

S.Africa’s jailed ex-leader Zuma granted medical parole

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