Grisly deaths for 10 detainees in gang fight in Paraguay penitentiary
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Ten prisoners in a jail in Paraguay have been killed after a riot broke out on Sunday.Half ...
George Clooney Fraudsters Finally Caught in Thailand
PATTAYA, Thailand - Francesco Galdelli and Vanja Goffi had been dubbed as the Italian versions of Bonnie and Clyde.Both are ...
Indian Magician Disappeared After Doing a Houdini Trick in the River
KOLKATA, India– Chanchal Lahiri, a magician from India, disappeared in the Hooghly river after attempting to escape from a chain ...
American and Saudi Arabian militaries conduct exercises in Gulf
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia militaries conducted joint drills in the Arabian Gulf on Sunday.The exercises ...
Bombings in Kenya, Somalia and Cameroon leave 20 dead
NAIROBI, Kenya - In a shocking weekend in East and Central Africa three separate attacks have claimed the lives of ...
Yemeni citizen who lived in NYC sentenced after trying to join ISIS
NEW YORK, New York - In federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, Mohamed Rafik Naji was sentenced to ...
Emotional funerals for casualties of First World War
PAS DE CALAIS, France - Relatives of two British soldiers killed during World War I have attended a moving service ...
Libyan National Army attacks military store in Tripoli, 9 dead
TRIPOLI, Libya - At least 9 civilians have died in an airstrike on a military storeroom in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.A ...
Sexual abuse and rape of older persons becoming more prevalent
As the world was marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Saturday, the UN independent human rights expert mandated with ...
UN gives ultimatum to Yemen rebels over reports of aid theft
The World Food Programme will start to suspend its operations in parts of the country Houthi rebels control as soon ...
A loan, not a gift: Merging business and aid in Afghanistan
Bost University Hospital is only a half-hour drive from Taliban-controlled territory in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province, but it has something ...
Explainer: tracing the history of Sudan's Janjaweed militia
Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was finally removed from power after six months of peaceful protest earlier in 2019. The ...
South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'
South Africa faces a double burden of hunger and malnutrition, on the one hand, and obesity with associated non-communicable diseases ...
In defence of the wolf: this big bad animal is more prey than predator
Wolves are returning to their former ranges across Europe and North America, resurrecting a centuries' old war with humans over ...
Facebook launches global cryptocurrency called Libra
PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook has announced a digital currency called Libra that will allow its billions of users to make financial ...
Eoin Morgan registers 4th fastest ton in WC history
Manchester [UK], June 18 (ANI): England ODI skipper Eoin Morgan on Tuesday recorded the fourth fastest century in the history ...
Platini denies wrongdoing in Qatar World Cup case
Paris - Banned ex-UEFA boss Michel Platini, questioned on Tuesday over alleged corruption in the award of the 2022 World ...
'No reason' that Morsi death will affect AFCON
Cairo - Africa Cup of Nations organisers said Tuesday the death of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi would have no ...
Sudan protesters urge night rallies amid impasse with military
Sudan's protest leaders have called for nighttime demonstrations and marches in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country, amid ...
Assam: BSF personnel perform yoga asanas at Brahmaputra river basin
Dhubri (Assam) [India], June 18 (ANI): Ahead of the International Yoga Day, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel performed several yoga ...
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