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2 killed in clashes as students join Iraq protests

Shawdesh Desk: At least two anti-government protesters were killed and 105 were wounded in clashes with security forces in Baghdad on Monday as thousands of students joined mass protests in

Argentina gets new president amid economic crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Centre-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns. Mr Fernández secured more than the 45% of the vote

67-year-old becomes China’s ‘oldest new mother’

Shawdesh Desk: A 67-year-old woman has given birth in China, a hospital said Monday, with the parents claiming they are the country’s oldest couple to have a natural birth. The

Helicopter fire on IS-linked fighters kills 9 in NW Syria: monitor

Shawdesh desk: Helicopter gunfire early Sunday killed nine people near a northwestern Syrian village where “groups linked to the Islamic State group” were present, a Britain-based war monitor with sources

Myanmar rebels kidnap over 40 police, soldiers in Rakhine: Army

Shawdesh Desk: Ethnic Rakhine rebels took more than 40 police officers and soldiers hostage in a brazen raid on a ferry on Saturday (Oct 26), Myanmar’s military said, the latest

67 killed in renewed Ethiopia protests

Shawdesh Desk: Violence in Ethiopia that began with protests against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and quickly morphed into ethnic clashes has left 67 people dead in Oromia state, a police

Iraq protests: 40 dead as mass unrest descends into violence

Shawdesh dEsk: At least 40 people have died in Iraq during a fresh wave of anti-government protests that descended into violence. Two of the dead were reportedly hit by tear

Pakistan court releases former PM Sharif on bail

Shawdesh desk: A Pakistani court on Friday bailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif indefinitely on medical grounds, court officials said, days after he was taken to hospital from prison where