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More than 160 reported dead in Kazakhstan unrest

Shawdesh Desk: More than 160 people were reported Sunday to have died in several days of unrest in Kazakhstan and almost 6,000 have been arrested after riots in Central Asia’s

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 more years in prison

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing

Puddings and pageantry for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Shawdesh Desk: The UK will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee this year with a pudding contest, pageantry and public holidays, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen on

Global Covid cases keep rising, total cases near 307 million

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of coronavirus cases is fast approaching 307 million with the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus across the globe. According to Johns Hopkins

Iran allegedly smuggling weapons to Yemen: report

Shawdesh desk: The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen

Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years

Shawdesh desk: A Saudi princess and her daughter have been released from a high-security jail after being held for nearly three years without charge, campaigners say. Princess Basma bint Saud

Global Covid cases near 300 million

Shawdesh Desk: Amid a global scare over the new Omicron strain of Covid-19, the overall number of coronavirus cases is inching closer to the 300-million mark. According to Johns Hopkins

125 passengers of Italy-Amritsar flight test positive on arrival

Shawdesh Desk: As many as 125 passengers of a flight from Italy have tested positive in Amritsar in Punjab. The passengers tested positive after they arrived in Amritsar, VK Seth,