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  • Trump tricked supporters to make unintended donations: Report
    NEW YORK, APRIL 4 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump's fundraising campaign used deceptive tactics to trick supporters into donating millions of dollars that they never intended, according to a media
  • Airstrikes kill 82 militants in Afghanistan
    KABUL, APRIL 4 (IANS): At least 82 militants have been confirmed dead as warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts and positions in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the militant group, a t
  • Jordan prince says he's confined, lashes out at authorities
    Amman, April 4 (AP): The half-brother of Jordan's King Abdullah II has said he has been placed under house arrest and accused the country's "ruling system" of incompetence and corruption, expo
  • Airstrikes kill 82 militants in Afghanistan
    Kabul, April 4 (IANS): At least 82 militants have been confirmed dead as warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts and positions in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the militant group
  • Nepali Congress decides to form govt under its leadership
    Kathmandu, April 4 (PTI): Nepal's main opposition party Nepali Congress has initiated moves to topple Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and form an alternative government under its leadership with the support o
  • Myanmar protesters hold 'Easter egg strikes'
    Yangon, April 4 (IANS): Protesters across Myanmar staged "Easter egg strikes" on Sunday, painting and writing anti-military slogans on eggs as a symbol of defiance and opposition to the February 1 cou
  • 5 shot outside Alabama bar, 2 arrested
    Washington, April 4 (IANS): At least five people were shot outside a bar in the US state of Alabama, authorities said, adding that two suspects have been arrested. Police responded to a call at 2.47 a.m. on
  • Heavy rains trigger landslide, floods in Indonesia; 44 dead
    Jakarta, April 4 (AP): Landslides and flash floods from torrential rains in eastern Indonesia killed at least 44 people and displaced thousands, a disaster relief agency said Sunday. Several others were still m
  • 50 S.Africans missing after Mozambique terror attack
    Pretoria, April 4 (IANS): More than 50 South African nationals were reported missing after a terror attack in Mozambique last week, the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans in Pretoria said. "South
  • 3 dead in N.Carolina house party shooting
    Washington, April 4 (IANS): Three people were killed and four others injured during a house party shooting in the US state of North Carolina, police said. The incident took place on Saturday in Wilmington ci
  • Myanmar: At least 550 civilians killed amid military crackdown
    Yangon, April 3 (AP): Security forces in central Myanmar opened fire on anti-coup protesters on Saturday, killing at least two people according to local media. A human rights group said mounting violence since
  • Russia fines Twitter $116,778 over illegal content
    Moscow/New Delhi, April 3 (IANS): As Twitter grapples with government scrutiny globally including in India over the presence of bad accounts, a Russian court has fined Twitter $116,778 for violating the country
  • SpaceX rocket debris lands on man's farm in US
    San Francisco, April 3 (IANS): In a bizarre incident, a farm owner in the US was left in shock when a pressure vessel from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fell on his property in Washington State, leaving a "4-in
  • Argentine Prez tests Covid positive
    Buenos Aires, April 3 (IANS): Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced on Saturday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, the President said that he took an antigen
  • B'desh to impose 1-week lockdown
    Dhaka, April 3 (IANS): The Bangladesh government has decided to enforce a one-week lockdown from April 5 to control the new Covid-19 wave in the country, a Minister announced here on Saturday. Bangladeshi Ro
  • 5 dead in Myanmar as crackdown on protests continue
    Nay Pyi Taw, April 3 (IANS): Five people were killed across Myanmar on Saturday as the military continues to crack down on the ongoing protests against the February 1 coup. Three people died when the armed f
  • 7 blood clot deaths in UK after AstraZeneca jab
    London, April 3 (IANS): After more than 18 million people have received vaccinations with AstraZeneca's jab in the UK, the country's health regulator said seven people had died due to rare blood clots,
  • Myanmar cuts wireless internet service amid coup protests
    Yangon, April 2 (AP) Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down on Friday by order of the military, a local provider said, as protesters continued to defy the threat of lethal violence to
  • Christians mark Good Friday as holy sites gradually reopen
    Jerusalem, April 2 (AP) Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the
  • WHO: Europe's vaccination programme is ''unacceptably slow''
    London, April 2 (AP): European nations' immunisation campaigns against COVID-19 are unacceptably slow and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Thursday. Dr Hans
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