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At least 5 people killed in Kabul airport

Shawdesh Desk: At least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital, Reuters report quoting witnesses. One witness

Death toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to 1,297

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set

Four Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq: ministry

Shawdesh Desk: Four Turkish soldiers have been killed in two separate incidents in northern Iraq where they are battling Kurdish militants, the defence ministry said Monday. Three soldiers died and

Malaysia PM quits after just 17 months in office

Shawdesh Desk: Malaysia’s prime minister and his government resigned Monday after just 17 months in office, throwing the country into fresh political turmoil as it battles a serious coronavirus outbreak.

Indonesia volcano erupts, blankets villages in ash

Shawdesh Desk: Indonesia’s most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater. The early morning explosions spewed

Afghan leader Ghani says fled country to prevent ‘flood of bloodshed’

Shawdesh Desk: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that he had fled the country on Sunday to “prevent a flood of bloodshed”, as the Taliban entered the capital, capping a lightning

Over a million told to shelter amid Japan rain

Shawdesh desk: More than one million people have been told to evacuate their homes amid heavy rainfall in parts of Japan. Highest-level rain warnings have been issued in a number

July world’s hottest month ever recorded – US agency

Shawdesh desk: July was the world’s hottest month ever recorded, a US federal scientific and regulatory agency has reported. The data shows that the combined land and ocean-surface temperature was