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Global Covid cases cross 675 million

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of Covid cases around the world has now crossed 675 million, with a sudden surge of cases in Asia and some other parts of the

Death toll in Pakistan mosque blast crosses 80

Shawdesh desk: Bodies were still being pulled Tuesday from the wreckage of a mosque blast that targeted police officers in northwestern Pakistan, killing over 80 people and wounding 150 more.

At least 17 killed, 80 wounded in Pakistan mosque blast

Shawdesh dEsk: A blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in Pakistan on Monday killed at least 17 worshippers and wounded 80 more, said hospital officials. The incident happened

Covid still an international emergency: WHO

Shawdesh desk: Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over Covid-19, it said on Monday that the pandemic remained an

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 14 in ‘deliberate’ strike on hospital

Shawdesh desk: Russia accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately striking a hospital in a Russian-held area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday in what it said was a war crime that

40 killed in southwest Pakistan bus accident

Shawdesh Desk: At least 40 people were killed when a bus plunged off a bridge in southwestern Pakistan and burst into flames, a government official said on Sunday. ‘The dead

North Korea condemns US decision to send tanks to Ukraine

North Korea has slammed Washington’s decision to supply Ukraine with tanks, claiming the US is “further expanding the proxy war” to destroy Russia. Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden

Seven Israelis killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack by Palestinian

Shawdesh dEsk: A Palestinian gunman killed seven people outside an east Jerusalem synagogue during the Jewish Sabbath on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks targeting Israelis in years that