Sun 14 July 2024: Sudan continues to face the worst hunger and displacement crisis in the world as a result of the 15 months of armed conflicts between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). While the number of people killed in the clashes is estimated to be around 16,000, the death […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Kenya’s police watchdog, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), is investigating possible police involvement following the discovery of nine mutilated bodies in an abandoned quarry in Mukuru, a slum area south of Nairobi. The bodies, found less than 100 meters from the Kware police station, were wrapped in bags and secured […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: The death toll from the collapse of a school building in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, has increased to 22, according to officials and rescue workers. The two-story building, housing classrooms and staff offices, collapsed on Friday during exams, initially killing at least 12 students and teachers. Rescue workers from the State […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: China has expressed strong opposition to a new U.S. law signed by President Joe Biden, which urges Beijing to address Tibet’s demands for greater autonomy, Reuters reported. The law, enacted on Friday, seeks to push China to engage in talks with Tibetan leaders, stalled since 2010, to reach a negotiated agreement […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: More than 70 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds are wounded in Israeli military strikes on al-Mawasi, located west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Saturday put the death toll at 71 people and said 289 others were injured, including some critically wounded. The attack […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful marriage, according to his party and lawyer. Khan, 71, and his wife, Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years, days before Pakistan’s election in February. At the time, […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Meta has announced it is lifting the restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as he campaigns to regain the White House. The social media company had suspended Trump’s accounts indefinitely after his comments supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and spreading misinformation about the election […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – The Supreme Court has handed a major legal victory to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, declaring it eligible for a share of reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies. The judgement, announced on Friday by a 13-member bench in an 8-5 ruling, dealt […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Kenya’s police chief, Inspector General Japhet Koome, has resigned following criticism of the police’s handling of recent antigovernment protests in which dozens of demonstrators were killed. President William Ruto accepted Koome’s resignation, the presidency announced on Friday. Deputy Inspector-General Douglas Kanja has been appointed as the acting police chief with immediate […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Rescuers in Nepal have paused their search for 51 missing passengers after a landslide pushed their buses into a swollen river, authorities reported. Initially, officials believed 62 people were missing after the incident in Chitwan district, 86 km (53 miles) west of Kathmandu, but revised the number to 51 after gathering […]
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