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Cattle thieves kill 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s north-
By AFP KANO: A gang of cattle thieves has killed 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s troubled north in a forest ambush, police ...
Pope encourages South Sudanese, will raise plight of women-
By Associated Press JUBA: Pope Francis sought Saturday to console the long-suffering people of South Sudan as he opened his ...
Oil industry in Pakistan on verge of ‘collapse’ amid liquidity crisis-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Oil companies in cash-strapped Pakistan have warned that the industry is on the “brink of collapse” as ...
Pakistan to appeal to Taliban leader over police mosque bombing-
By AFP ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan after a ...
Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for refusing to remove ‘blasphemous’ content-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia after the website refused to remove offensive or blasphemous material, according to a ...
Thirteen dead as Chile forest fires provoke state of disaster-
By AFP SANTIAGO: Chile has declared a state of disaster in several central-southern regions after a devastating heat wave sparked ...
Brazil scuttles warship ‘packed with toxic materials’ in Atlantic despite pollution concerns-
By AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil on Friday sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Navy announced, despite environmental groups claiming ...
Western allies pledge precision rockets, missile systems to Kyiv-
By AFP KYIV: Western allies pledged precision rockets and missile systems to Ukraine on Friday, after President Volodymyr Zelensky called ...
European economy in crossfire as US-China economic rivalry intensifies-
By AFP PARIS: The economic confrontation between the United States and China has put Europe in the crossfire, with Washington’s ...
Japan PM aide dismissed over homophobic comments-
By AFP TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dismissed one of his secretaries on Saturday over homophobic comments that the ...