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Sri Lanka blocks social media amid protests

Shawdesh dEsk: Sri Lanka’s government has blocked access to social media and imposed a 36-hour curfew, following protests against food and fuel shortages. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a notice prohibiting

Torrential rains kill 14 in Brazil

Shawdesh Desk: Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five missing, authorities said Saturday.

Guantanamo inmate sent to Algeria after almost 20 years

Shawdesh desk: Guantanamo Bay inmate Sufiyan Barhoumi has been repatriated to Algeria, US officials say, after spending nearly 20 years at the detention facility. He was captured at a safehouse

Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency amid protests

Shawdesh desk: Burnt-out vehicles outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s private residence in Colombo on Friday A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Sri Lanka, a day after

Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank gun battle

Shawdesh desk: Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in a firefight in the occupied West Bank early Saturday, police said, raising fears of further escalation of violence during the Muslim

Turkiye’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque to hold 1st tarawih prayer in 88 years

Shawdesh Desk: Turkiye’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul will hold its first tarawih prayer in 88 years, a special evening prayer during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. A

Putin misled by advisors who are ‘afraid,’ says US

Shawdesh Desk: President Vladimir Putin has been misled by military advisors reluctant to reveal the scale of losses suffered in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a US official said Wednesday. Ukrainian

Global Covid cases near 487 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 487 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU),