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Blast kills 20 near Cairo hospital

Shawdesh Desk: A midnight explosion following a car crash outside a hospital in central Cairo has left 20 people dead and 47 injured, the health and interior ministries said on

Obama condemns Trump for spreading ‘words of hatred’

Shawdesh Desk: Former president Barack Obama warned Monday against leaders feeding a ‘climate of fear’ through their rhetoric as the United States mourned 31 people killed in two weekend mass

India scraps Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: In a landmark decision, the Bharatiya Janata Party government headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status

Air strike on south Libyan town kills 43

Shawdesh Desk: A drone air strike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least 43 people, a local official said on Monday. The

Commuters in chaos as protesters shut Hong Kong transports

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong braced for major disruptions to business on Monday as a general strike threatened to paralyse parts of the Asian financial centre, with more than 200 flights

Pakistan says India has taken ‘illegal steps’ in scrapping special status for Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan said on Monday it ‘strongly condemns’ India’s decision to revoke the special status for its portion of the Kashmir region claimed by both countries. India on Monday

New migrant rescue ship leaves France

Shawdesh Desk: Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee on Sunday dispatched its new rescue ship Ocean Viking from the French port of Marseille on its first mission to save migrants off the

India scraps special status for Kashmir amid crackdown

Shawdesh Desk: India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching