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Three-year-old survives three-day Australia outback ordeal

Sydney, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):An Australian mother said Tuesday she felt “blessed” after her three-year-old son with autism was found alive, scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain after a three-day hunt that gripped the country. Police sent a helicopter with thermal imaging […]

Poland slams EU ‘aggression’ over request for fines

Warsaw, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Poland’s government on Tuesday lashed out after the European Commission called for daily fines to be imposed on Poland until it complies with an order to suspend controversial judicial reforms. “The European Commission is unlawfully blocking funds for Poland and is applying […]

Minor girls paraded naked in India ‘rain ritual’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, […]

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