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All dead as plane with 62 aboard crashes in Brazil

Shawdesh Desk: Emergency crews on Saturday began removing the victims of a plane crash in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state that killed all 62 people aboard, as authorities sifted through the

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan rally to demand his release

Shawdesh desk; Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister rallied Monday in the country’s volatile northwest to mark the first anniversary of his arrest and demand his immediate

Myanmar military withdrew ‘for safety of people’, junta chief says

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s military withdrew from some positions close to China’s border to prioritise the ‘safety of people’, the junta chief said, days after an armed groups said they had

At least 32 killed in Al-Shabaab attack on busy Mogadishu beach

Shawdesh Desk: An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing 32 people and wounding scores more, in one of the deadliest attacks

3 Russian agents freed in swap deal condemned by Amnesty

Shawdesh Desk: The Kremlin on Friday said that at least three Russians freed in a landmark prisoner exchange were undercover Russian agents, a rare public admission into the work of

Thousands bid farewell as Hamas chief laid to rest

Shawdesh desk: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was buried in Qatar on Friday after his killing in Tehran, an attack blamed on Israel that has heightened regional tensions as the Gaza

Heat claims 175,000 lives a year in Europe: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: Corrects story dated August 1 to change headline and 1st para to ‘heat’ instead of extreme heat, following a correction issued by WHO Europe on August 2. Heat

36 dead, hundreds feared trapped in India landslides

Shawdesh desk: Landslides in India triggered by pounding monsoon rains have killed at least 36 people with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris, officials said Tuesday. The southern coastal state