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Riots in Sweden leave three people injured

Riots in Sweden leave three people injured

-- 2022-04-18 11:48:39

Three people in the Swedish city of Norrkoping needed medical attention after being hit by police bullets during clashes between police and protesters following Quran burnings that caused riots in sev...

Jerusalem violence puts strain on Israel's coalition government

Jerusalem violence puts strain on Israel's coalition government

-- 2022-04-18 10:35:59

Clashes in Jerusalem that have stoked tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan spread into Sunday, triggering 18 arrests and putting further strain on Israel's coalition government. Israeli r...

Ukraine completes questionnaire for European Union membership

Ukraine completes questionnaire for European Union membership

-- 2022-04-18 10:20:26

Ukraine has completed a questionnaire which will form a starting point for the European Union to decide on membership for Kyiv, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, sai...

China Eastern Airlines resumes Boeing 737-800 flights after deadly crash

China Eastern Airlines resumes Boeing 737-800 flights after deadly crash

-- 2022-04-17 21:44:31

China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the ai...

Kim Jong Un observes test-firing of new tactical guided weapon

Kim Jong Un observes test-firing of new tactical guided weapon

-- 2022-04-17 21:02:23

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country's nuclear capabilities. The report comes amid signs North Korea could so...

Ukrainian prime minister says forces in Mariupol have not surrendered

Ukrainian prime minister says forces in Mariupol have not surrendered

-- 2022-04-17 20:42:59

Remaining Ukrainian forces in the southern port of Mariupol are still fighting and continue to defy a Russian demand that they surrender, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sunday."The cit...

Floods cause $684.58m in damage in South African province

Floods cause $684.58m in damage in South African province

-- 2022-04-17 20:31:29

Floods have killed more than 400 and caused at least 10 billion rand ($684.58 million) in damage in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), a senior provincial official said on Sunday, as rescuers hunted for the missing...

Trucks stuck at Poland-Belarus border as EU sanctions deadline passes

Trucks stuck at Poland-Belarus border as EU sanctions deadline passes

-- 2022-04-17 19:25:27

A huge queue of trucks has formed on the Poland-Belarus border as Russian and Belarussian drivers try to leave the EU following a sanctions deadline. In the run-up to the Saturday deadline, the l...

British PM to visit India this week to boost defence ties

British PM to visit India this week to boost defence ties

-- 2022-04-17 19:17:18

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to make a long-delayed trip to India this week in a bid to strengthen security ties with the country. He will meet his counterpart Narendra Modi in New Del...

Ukraine seeks $50b support from G7 to cover budget deficit

Ukraine seeks $50b support from G7 to cover budget deficit

-- 2022-04-17 19:03:35

Ukraine has asked G7 nations for $50 billion in financial support and is also considering issuing 0% coupon bonds to help it cover a war-linked budget deficit over the next six months. The economic a...

Thai government says Ramadan bombings won't derail peace talks with rebels

Thai government says Ramadan bombings won't derail peace talks with rebels

-- 2022-04-17 18:58:29

Ramadan bombings in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south will not derail peace talks with separatist rebels, the government said on Sunday after a sidelined insurgent group claimed responsibility for...

14 arrested in India over religious clashes in New Delhi

14 arrested in India over religious clashes in New Delhi

-- 2022-04-17 17:31:21

Indian police arrested 14 people in connection with violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession in the country's capital, New Delhi, police said in a tweet on Sunday...

Pakistan says cross-border attacks from Afghanistan increases

Pakistan says cross-border attacks from Afghanistan increases

-- 2022-04-17 16:42:33

Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against militant...

Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be released in holiday amnesty

Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be released in holiday amnesty

-- 2022-04-17 13:20:45

Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian n...

Ukraine's richest man pledges to rebuild besieged Mariupol

Ukraine's richest man pledges to rebuild besieged Mariupol

-- 2022-04-17 10:58:24

Ukraine's richest man has pledged to help rebuild the besieged city of Mariupol, a place close to his heart where he owns two vast steelworks that he says will once again compete globally. Rinat Akhm...

Russia sets deadline for Ukraine troops in Mariupol to surrender

Russia sets deadline for Ukraine troops in Mariupol to surrender

-- 2022-04-17 10:55:18

Russia's defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 am Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their liv...

Twelve injured in South Carolina shopping mall shooting

Twelve injured in South Carolina shopping mall shooting

-- 2022-04-17 09:57:54

Twelve people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in a shooting that erupted on Saturday inside a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina, and three people were taken into custody, police said. Co...

Hamza Shehbaz elected Punjab CM, Deputy speaker attacked

Hamza Shehbaz elected Punjab CM, Deputy speaker attacked

-- 2022-04-16 22:42:52

PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz has been elected the new chief minister of Punjab following a chaotic session at the provincial assembly that saw Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari attacked and PML-Q le...

50pc of deaths among children admitted to hospital happen after discharge

50pc of deaths among children admitted to hospital happen after discharge

-- 2022-04-16 22:27:21

Mortality among children with acute illness in low-income and middle-income settings remains unacceptably high, according to a recent study by the Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network...

Britain may send asylum seekers to Rwanda to stem flow of migrants

Britain may send asylum seekers to Rwanda to stem flow of migrants

-- 2022-04-16 22:06:14

Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said recently, aiming to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of...

US arrests 210,000 migrants along Mexico border in March

US arrests 210,000 migrants along Mexico border in March

-- 2022-04-16 21:39:02

US border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades and underscoring challenges in the coming months for US Pr...

Boat capsizes off Libyan coast, 35 presumed dead

Boat capsizes off Libyan coast, 35 presumed dead

-- 2022-04-16 20:51:25

A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the UN migration agency said Saturday. The shipwreck took place Friday off the western Libyan city...

Russia hits Kyiv, Lviv

Russia hits Kyiv, Lviv

-- 2022-04-16 19:44:46

Russia's warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities after its Black Sea Fl...

Blood money being paid for Russian oil, alleges Ukraine’s president

Blood money being paid for Russian oil, alleges Ukraine’s president

-- 2022-04-16 19:38:38

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused European countries that continue to buy Russian oil of "earning their money in other people's blood". In an interview, Zelensky singled out Germany...

More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai Covid cases rise

More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai Covid cases rise

-- 2022-04-16 19:03:21

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp o...

Pakistan's new ruling alliance takes control of parliament with new speaker

Pakistan's new ruling alliance takes control of parliament with new speaker

-- 2022-04-16 17:48:07

Pakistan's new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control of the assembly after former premier Imran Khan was ouste...

Russia expels 18 European Union diplomats from Moscow

Russia expels 18 European Union diplomats from Moscow

-- 2022-04-16 17:16:55

Russia on Friday expelled 18 European Union diplomats in retaliation for Brussels' decision to declare 19 Russians personae non gratae earlier this month. The EU on April 5 said the 19 Russian diplom...

‘Elon Musk can buy Sri Lanka instead of Twitter’

‘Elon Musk can buy Sri Lanka instead of Twitter’

-- 2022-04-16 16:59:10

As Tesla chief Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover effort for Twitter with a $43 billion cash takeover offer, CEO of Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal Kunal Bahl has cracked a joke on Twitter o...

Biden, his wife earned more than $600,000 last year

Biden, his wife earned more than $600,000 last year

-- 2022-04-16 16:46:15

President Joe Biden and his wife Jill released their federal tax returns on Friday, showing the couple earned more than $600,000 last year and paid an effective federal income tax rate of 24.6 per cen...

Imran Khan sold expensive state gifts in Dubai, says Shehbaz Sharif

Imran Khan sold expensive state gifts in Dubai, says Shehbaz Sharif

-- 2022-04-16 16:24:40

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed that his predecessor, Imran Khan, sold expensive gifts received from foreign states, including a wristwatch by Saudi Arabia, in Dubai.  &ld...