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8 killed after landslide hits 3 vehicles in Indis’s Uttarakhand

Shawdesh Desk: At least eight people were killed after three vehicles, including two motorcycles and a car, were hit by a landslide in India’s Uttarakhand on Sunday. Officials said a

Spain’s Barcelona paralysed following Catalan’s protests

Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, turning the city centre into a

At least 13 killed in Siberian mine accident

At least 13 people were killed as a result of a dam failure at a gold mine in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk early Saturday, the Russian emergencies ministry said.

Jury suggests capital punishment for Los Angeles serial killer

Shawdesh Desk : A jury in California recommended the death sentence on Friday for a man dubbed the ‘Hollywood Ripper’ who was earlier found guilty in the gruesome killings of

Two Bangladeshis killed in Saudi road crash

Shawdesh Desk: Two Bangladeshi youths were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (Oct 16) night (Bangladesh time). The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 32, son

Heavy fighting erupts as El Chapo’s son goes free

Shawdesh desk: Heavy fighting broke in northern Mexico after the security forces seized one of the sons of jailed drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Fighting raged for several hours

UN for joint efforts to eradicate poverty

Shawdesh Desk: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said success in leaving no one behind will remain “elusive” if they do not target the people who are farthest behind first.

At least 70 dead, dozens missing following Hagibis attack

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers in Japan worked into a third day on Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of typhoon Hagibis that killed nearly 70 people and caused widespread