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Man who raped minor killed by her father, body dumped in river

Shawdesh desk: A man accused of sexually harassing a minor girl was killed and his body cut into pieces and thrown into a river in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district allegedly

Suu Kyi ‘in quarantine’ after staff tests Covid-19 positive

Shawdesh desk: Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she

Russia, Ukraine set for face-to-face peace talks

Shawdesh Desk: Russian and Ukrainian negotiators will resume face-to-face peace talks as soon as Monday, probing whether a near-stalemate in fighting has forced Moscow to temper its demands. President Volodymyr

19 killed in shooting in central Mexico

Shawdesh desk: 19 people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said in a statement. Authorities were called to the scene at

Covid cases near 481 million across globe

Shawdesh desk: The number of Covid cases is gradually approaching 481 million across the globe amid rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University,

All 132 on crashed China Eastern plane confirmed dead

Shawdesh desk: All 132 people aboard the plane that crashed into a mountainside in southern China on Monday are confirmed dead, state broadcaster CCTV reported. “All 123 passengers and nine

Second black box of crashed China Eastern plane recovered: state media

Shawdesh Desk: The second black box has been recovered from a crashed China Eastern passenger plane, state media reported Sunday. The jet was flying between the cities of Kunming and

Sri Lanka to hold 5th BIMSTEC summit

Shawdesh desk: Sri Lanka will host the fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit from Monday to Wednesday, Xinhua reported. The Sri Lankan Foreign