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Iran executed 834 people in 2023, highest since 2015: rights groups

Shawdesh Desk: Iran executed a ‘staggering’ total of at least 834 people in the past year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two

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Haiti declares state of emergency after huge prison break

Shawdesh desk: Haiti’s government declared on Sunday a state of emergency and nighttime curfew in a bid to regain control of the country after a deadly gang assault on the

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Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day

Shawdesh desk: UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action now to protect nature in his message to mark World Wildlife Day. “Human activities have devastated our wildlife. Human ingenuity can

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India’s train drivers in crash that killed 14 were watching cricket

Shawdesh Desk: The drivers of a train that missed a signal and ploughed into another train, killing 14 people, were distracted because they were watching cricket on a phone, India’s

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Hamas, Qatari, US envoys in Cairo for Gaza talks

Shawdesh Desk: Delegations from Hamas, Qatar and the United States have arrived in Egypt for “a new round of negotiations” toward a truce in the Gaza war, state-linked Al-Qahera News

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Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan’s PM for second time

Shawdesh Desk: Shehbaz Sharif was voted in as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time on Sunday, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition

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WHO ends meeting in UAE after failing to reach major agreements

Shawdesh Desk: Negotiators taking part in a World Trade Organization meeting in the United Arab Emirates ended their summit early Saturday after failing to reach agreements on several major initiatives,

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US leader Biden announces US aid air drops in Gaza

Shawdesh desk: President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States would start to deliver relief supplies from the air into Gaza, a day after the deaths of more

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