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Pakistan announces compensation for quake victims

Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced compensation for the 38 victims of Tuesday’s earthquake that struck Mirpur and Punjab districts. According to the Prime Minister Office (PMO),

Trump impeachment inquiry: Whistleblower ‘is CIA officer’

Shawdesh Desk: The whistleblower whose complaint has led to an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is a CIA officer, US media report. The unnamed officer once worked at the

2 Venezuelan soldiers get 6-year in jail over custodial death

Shawdesh Desk: Two Venezuelan soldiers were given six years in prison on Tuesday over the death in custody of a navy officer accused of plotting to assassinate president Nicolas Maduro,

Indian PM Modi receives Gates Foundation Goalkeepers award for Swachh Bharat campaign

Shawdesh Desk: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received the Global Goalkeeper award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in USA for his ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign and

Historic decision on Johnson’s Parliament shutdown due in UK

Shawdesh Desk: A decision with historic resonance is set to be announced Tuesday when Britain’s Supreme Court rules on the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament.

At least 27 killed in Indonesia’s West Papua violence

Shawdesh Desk: A new wave of violence has hit the restive Indonesian region of West Papua after hundreds of protesters, mostly high school students, set fire to several buildings in

Pakistani officials say outbreak of dengue fever kills 20

Shawdesh Desk: Pakistani health officials are battling an outbreak of dengue fever in the South Asian nation, confirming over 10,000 cases and 20 deaths in recent months. More patients with

8 newborns die in maternity hospital fire in Algeria

Shawdesh Desk: Algerian state media says eight newborns have died in a fire in the maternity wing of a hospital near the country’s border with Tunisia. ENTV television and national