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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

Mubarak was the President for nearly 30 years, before he was overthrown in a popular uprising

25 Feb 2020 5:40 PM IST

According to him, at around 10.30 am, armed Naxals ambushed a search party comprising CoBRA personnel in the jungle near Irapalli village under Bijapur district.

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24 gunned down in a church attack in Burkina Faso

A group of -"armed terrorists-" attacked the local population after separating them from the non-residents in the...

17 Feb 2020 3:52 PM IST

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UN seeks help from international community to tackle desert locust...

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated at the end of January that a locust control plan would cost $76...

11 Feb 2020 4:28 PM IST

$The High Commission of India in Abuja on Sunday tweeted that 19 Indian nationals were released on Saturday while one died in the captivity of the pirates in \adverse conditions\. (Representative Image | Norbert Kaiser - Wikimedia Commons)$ World

19 Indians kidnapped by pirates near Nigerian coast released, one died...

Twenty Indian crew members were kidnapped from the vessel MT Duke in the high seas off the western coast of Africa on...

19 Jan 2020 6:14 PM IST

The national public broadcaster SABC is currently facing financial strain. (Photo: Facebook)

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Indian-origin head of S Africa-'s news channel sacked over racist...

Pillay, head of South Africa-'s largest independent TV news channel eNCA, had called journalist Maseko, a rat heading...

23 Dec 2019 11:13 AM IST

The revelation comes close on the heels of reports of a PLA research vessel forced by the Indian Navy to return from the exclusive economic zone off Andaman & Nicobar Islands recently.

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18 Indians kidnapped by pirates near Nigerian coast released

The mission had taken up with the Nigerian government the kidnapping of the Indian crew of the vessel.

23 Dec 2019 11:07 AM IST

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18 Indians among 23 killed in LPG tanker blast at factory in Sudan

The Indian Embassy issued a detailed list of Indians who were hospitalised, went missing or survived the tragedy.

4 Dec 2019 6:38 PM IST

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Indians among 23 killed in LPG tanker blast at ceramic factory in...

The Indian Embassy in Sudan reported about Indians killed in the incident, without mentioning the number of casualties.

4 Dec 2019 12:15 PM IST

The accident took place near village Samroli in Udhampur district around 2 AM when the driver of the truck lost control over the vehicle while moving from Srinagar to Jammu with a Bhakerwal family, a police official said. (Photo: Representational)

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24 killed as Tunisian bus plunges off cliff after breaking through...

A civil defence official, speaking on state television, said there had previously been deadly accidents at the same...

2 Dec 2019 3:27 PM IST

I condemn the barbaric attack on the Protestant Church of Hantoukoura in the department of Foutouri which left 14 dead and several wounded, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore tweeted. (Photo: Twitter | @rochkaborepf)

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14 people killed in attack on Protestant church in Burkina Faso

The identity of the gunmen is yet to be ascertained.

2 Dec 2019 1:08 PM IST

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Namibian President Hage Geingob secures term for the second time

Geingob was in a tight race with Panduleni Itula, a member of his own political party, SWAPO, who was running as an...

1 Dec 2019 12:07 PM IST

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Zimbabwe: Schoolgirl fights crocodile, gouges its eyes to save friend

According to reports, a 9-year-old girl was attacked by a crocodile while swimming with her friends in Sinderela...

30 Oct 2019 2:20 PM IST