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Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi party

Shawdesh desk: Myanmar’s junta-stacked election commission on Tuesday announced Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party would be dissolved for failing to re-register under a tough new military-drafted

13 Bangladeshis reported dead in KSA road crash

Shawdesh desk: At least thirteen Bangladeshi pilgrims were killed and 17 others were injured in an accident that killed around 24 omrah hajj pilgrims and injured around 23 people at

20 Umrah pilgrims killed, 29 injured in horrific bus crash in Saudi Arabia

Shawdesh desk: At least 20 Umrah pilgrims were killed and 29 injured in a horrific bus crash southwest of Saudi Arabia, local media reported. The passenger bus crashed into a

Seven people killed, over 60 people missing in Ecuador landslide

Shawdesh desk: Rescuers searched Monday for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rain killed at least seven people in southern Ecuador. The

Tunisia recovers 29 bodies after migrant vessels capsize

Shawdesh desk: Tunisia’s coastguard said Sunday the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries had been recovered after three vessels capsized, the latest in a string of such tragedies.

Mass Israel protests after Netanyahu fires defence minister

Shawdesh Desk: Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defence minister. Yoav Gallant had spoken out against controversial plans to

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles

Shawdesh dEsk: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in its flurry of weapons tests in recent weeks. The launch comes as Seoul

Brazil’s Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumonia

Shawdesh desk: Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to China after contracting pneumonia, the presidential palace said on Saturday. Lula, 77, was admitted to a