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Surdulica (Serbia): On the outskirts of the southern Serbian town of Surdulica a black cross looms above a grave covered in a tangle of weeds. This is the final resting place of…

Beira: More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique last week, while scores were killed and more than 200 are missing in neighbouring…

United Nations: The UN received a total of 259 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by the staff working in its agencies and their partner organisations in 2018, an increase of…

Christchurch: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised on Tuesday that the terrorist responsible for last week’s deadly mosque massacres would face “the full force of the law”, as she vowed never…

New Delhi: Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, nuclear submarine Chakra, 60 ships and nearly 80 aircraft were put on operational deployment by the Indian Navy in the North Arabian sea in the wake…

Christchurch: A man whose wife was killed in the Christchurch attack as she rushed back into a mosque to rescue him said he harbours no hatred toward the gunman, insisting forgiveness is…

Beijing: China says it has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in the traditionally Islamic region of Xinjiang since 2014 and broken up hundreds of “terrorist gangs.” The figures were…

GAZA: A UN envoy condemned Gaza`s ruling Hamas group for what he called its campaign of arrests and violence in confronting street protests over the past few days against high prices. Hundreds…

Christchurch: Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old Australian-born suspect accused of gunning down 50 people during Friday’s terror attacks here dismissed his lawyer and is planning to represent himself in future court hearings, raising…

New York: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorised a “secret campaign” to silence dissenters more than a year before the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the New York Times…