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Gun attack on central Mexico bar kills 12

Shawdesh Desk: Twelve people were killed in a shooting at a bar in central Mexico on Saturday, local authorities said, with growing cartel violence making the region one of the

Russia says 11 killed in ‘terrorist’ attack at military site

Shawdesh Desk: Russia said two gunmen from an ex-Soviet state on Saturday attacked a military training ground killing 11 people who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine and wounding 15

At least 20 dead in Colombia bus accident: police

Shawdesh desk: At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured Saturday when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia, police said. The bus was traveling

Iran prison fire killed four inmates, injured 61, says judiciary

Shawdesh Desk: The fire that broke out in Iran’s Evin prison in Tehran overnight killed four inmates and left 61 others injured, the judicial authority said on its website on

Death toll hits 40 in Turkey mine blast, one still missing

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers on Saturday searched for the last miner missing at a coal mine in northern Turkey, where a methane blast the previous day killed at least 40 people in

India successfully test-fires ballistic missile from submarine in Bay

Shawdesh desk: India has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine in the Bay of Bengal. “INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic

UN, G7 decry Russian attack on Ukraine as possible war crime

Shawdesh Desk: Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the U.N. human rights office described

At least 108 dead in Iran crackdown on Mahsa Amini protests: IHR

Shawdesh desk: At least 108 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on more than three weeks of nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, said Oslo-based group