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N Korea threatens to shoot down US spy planes violating its airspace

Shawdesh desk: North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington’s plans to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean

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Giessen Eritrea festival clashes leave 26 police officers injured

Shawdesh desk: Hundreds of German police have used batons and pepper spray to quell crowds targeting an Eritrean cultural festival in the central town of Giessen. The protesters were angry

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OIC condemns the ‘Recent Act of Desecration of the Holy Quran’

Shawdesh Desk: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Group in New York, strongly condemned the despicable act of desecration of the Holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden on the

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At least 29 killed in Mexico bus plunge

Shawdesh desk: A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico early Wednesday, killing at least 29 passengers, officials

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‘Bold and resolute’ action needed to protect children affected by war

Shawdesh desk: Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war – the highest number ever verified by the UN, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.

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Pentagon aims to shore up security after damaging leak

Shawdesh desk: US defense chief Lloyd Austin has ordered measures aimed at improving security after a trove of top secret documents leaked online earlier this year, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

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Over 50pc of trafficked children victims of domestic trafficking: IOM-Harvard Report

Shawdesh DEsk: A report conducted by International Organization for Migration and François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University revealed that more than half of child trafficking

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Secret Service investigating suspected cocaine found inside White House complex

Shawdesh Desk: The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it was investigating an “unknown item” found inside the White House complex on Sunday that sources said was described in radio

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