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Saudi oil strikes: US blames Iran for twin attacks

Shawdesh Desk: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for Saturday’s drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities. He dismissed a claim by Yemeni Houthi rebels that they had

Mexico Jalisco: Forensics identify 44 bodies in well

Shawdesh Desk: Forensic scientists in Mexico have managed to identify 44 bodies buried in a well in the state of Jalisco. Discovered just outside the city of Guadalajara, the human

India’s crackdown on Kashmir will spur global Muslim extremism: Imran

Shawdesh Desk: India’s crackdown on protests and dissent in Kashmir will drive more of the world’s Muslims into extremism, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said during a fiery speech on

Drones spark fires at 2 Saudi Aramco oil facilities

Shawdesh Desk: Drone attacks sparked fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities early Saturday, the interior ministry said, in the latest assault on the state-owned energy giant as it prepares

African leaders to pay tribute at Mugabe state funeral

Shawdesh Desk: Former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe will be given a state funeral on Saturday with a dozen African leaders expected to pay tribute to a man lauded as a

Delhi announces plan to combat air pollution

A plan to combat air pollution in New Delhi was announced by authorities Friday, as the Indian capital looks to lighten the toxic smog blanket that chokes the city, especially

Israeli warplanes hit Hamas following Palestinian rocket fire

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire, a military statement said early Thursday. ‘Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip

Trump’s crackdown on asylum seekers gets Supreme Court support

Shawdesh Desk: The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by president Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants