SNAKES ON A PLANE: PASSENGER LANDS WITH 47 PYTHONS, 2 LIZARDS AT INDIAN AIRPORT

Wed 02 August 2023: Customs officials in India’s Trichy international airport on Sunday seized 47 snakes and two lizards from a passenger’s trolley bag. The passenger, who arrived from Kuala Lumpur, has been detained. The perpetrator was identified as Muhammad Moideen. Upon his arrival at the Trichy airport by the Batik Air flight, Customs officials […]

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QATAR HOSTS FIRST OFFICIAL TALIBAN-US DIALOGUE AIMED AT BUILDING CONFIDENCE

Tue 01 August 2023: Taliban leaders have met officials from the United States in Qatar for the first time since their return to power in Afghanistan two years ago. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that the two sides discussed confidence-building measures during the two-day talks, including the lifting […]

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MILITARY JUNTA GRANTS PARTIAL PARDON TO MYANMAR LEADER SUU KYI

Tue 01 August 2023: Myanmar’s military junta on Tuesday pardoned imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to local media reports. She is appealing the convictions for the 19 offences, which range from incitement and election fraud to corruption. She denied all of the charges. According to Myanmar Now, the former president Win Myint will […]

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‘HINDUSTAN MEI RAHNA HAI, TO MODI AUR YOGI…’: RPF CONSTABLE AFTER KILLING MUSLIM PASSENGERS

Mon 31 July 2023: Two of the four people allegedly short dead by a Railway Protection Force constable on Jaipur-Mumbai train on Monday, July 31, were Muslims. Shortly after the incident occurred, its disturbing visuals surfaced on the internet. In one such video, the accused, wielding an automatic service rifle, was heard saying: “Agar vote […]

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FUNERALS HELD IN PAKISTAN FOR BLAST VICTIMS AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 54

Mon 31 July 2023: As Pakistan held funerals and the government vowed to find those responsible for the attack, the dead toll from a large suicide bombing that targeted an electoral rally for a pro-Taliban Muslim lawmaker reached 54. Although no one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack, which left almost 200 others injured as […]

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NEARLY 10,000 WOMEN HAVE GONE MISSING IN JAMMU KASHMIR SINCE 2019

Mon 31 July 2023: Nearly ten thousand women have gone missing from Jammu Kashmir since 2019, Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra told Rajya Sabha. The Indian Parliament was informed that 9765 women the categories above and below 18 have gone missing from their homes in Jammu Kashmir since 2019. This information was revealed […]

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WHY IS PAKISTAN RANKED 99TH ON THE GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX?

Mon 31 July 2023: Analysts say accessibility and affordability, coupled with political and economic crisis, are behind Pakistan’s ranking. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has been ranked 99th out of 129 nations in a Global Hunger Index (GHI) report which described its level of hunger as “serious”. The fourth edition of the report, […]

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POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF PM HASINA IN BANGLADESH

Sun 30 July 2023: Bangladesh police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at opposition party supporters blocking major roads in the capital Dhaka to demand the prime minister’s resignation. Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday set fire to buses and exploded petrol bombs, according to police and local media, as they […]

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AT LEAST 39 KILLED, 200 INJURED IN BOMB BLAST AT POLITICAL RALLY IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN

Sun 30 July 2023: A massive explosion that swept through a political event in northwest Pakistan has left at least 39 people dead, local officials said. On the outskirts of Khar in Pakistan’s northwest Bajur district, which borders Afghanistan, a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party was bombed on Sunday. Caretaker Information […]

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