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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation

Shawdesh desk: Jacinda Ardern promised ‘relentless positivity’ as New Zealand’s prime minister, but in announcing her shock resignation on Thursday admitted the unrelenting demands of the job had finally worn

Ukraine interior minister among 18 dead in helicopter crash

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen people, including interior minister of Ukraine and three children, were killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside Kyiv on Wednesday. The helicopter slammed down next

Pakistan regional assembly dissolved on ex-PM Imran Khan’s orders

Shawdesh desk: The provincial assembly in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was dissolved on Wednesday, the second regional government to be brought down by former prime minister Imran Khan in his

4 killed in shooting club explosion in northern Brazil

Shawdesh desk: At least four people were killed and one was seriously injured in an explosion at a shooting club in the city of Manaus, capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state,

Gunmen shoot dead ‘fearless’ Afghan woman ex-lawmaker

Shawdesh Desk: Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said on Sunday. Mursal

NATO hints at more heavy weapons for Ukraine

Shawdesh desk: Kyiv can expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries soon, NATO said Sunday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his forces after their claimed capture of

Hopes of finding survivors in Nepal plane crash ‘nil’

Shawdesh desk: Hopes of finding any survivors after a plane with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal are now ‘nil’, a senior local official said on Monday. ‘We have

Death toll in Philippine storms rises to 27

Shawdesh Desk: At least 27 people have died in storms across the Philippines this month, authorities said Sunday, as forecasters warned of continued heavy rains in the disaster-prone country. Heavy