NW India bans public gatherings, suspend internet after Hindu slain

Fearing outbreaks of religious violence, police in the Indian state of Rajasthan banned public gatherings and suspended Internet services a day after two Muslim men posted a video claiming responsibility for slaying a Hindu tailor in the city of Udaipur.

51 dead in fire during prison riot in Colombia

At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

‘Stacks of bodies’ found in Texas truck as death toll hits 50

The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

Dozens still missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18

Exhausted firefighters searched on Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall, where authorities said 36 people were still missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18.

Mumbai building collapse kills at least 11 with more feared trapped

A four-storey residential building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai overnight, killing at least 11 people, with more feared trapped under the rubble, officials said on Tuesday.

China’s claims over Tibet baseless: Report

Tibet was never a part of China before the People’s Republic of China (PRC) invaded the Himalayan region in 1950, according to pre-1949 official records. These historical records completely discredit the Chinese claim to Tibet from ancient times.

Pakistan records nearly 3 pc COVID-19 positivity rate, rise in number of hospitalisation

Pakistan on Monday registered a positivity rate of nearly 3 per cent amid the recent surge in the COVID-19 infections in the country, National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH) data reported.

At least 22 people die in South African tavern

South African authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 22 young people found inside a popular tavern in the coastal town of East London, provincial health officials and the presidency said on Sunday.

Afghan health official warns of disease outbreak among earthquake survivors

Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of disease, an Afghan health ministry official said on Sunday, days after a U.N. agency warned of a cholera outbreak in the region.

Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather

Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as “barbarism” as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow.

Biden signs gun safety bill into law, takes swipe at Supreme Court

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after a decision he condemned by the Supreme Court expandingfirearm owners’ rights.

China seals residential buildings in Macau as COVID-19 cases increase

Chinese authorities have locked down several residential buildings in Macau to contain the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

Negotiation with terror outfit TTP sparks fear in Pakistan’s Parliament

Pakistan government’s negotiations with the proscribed outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has created fear in the Upper House of its Parliament.

China launches crackdown against crimes involving illegal occupation of farmland

China’s Ministry of Public Security has urged police nationwide to strike hard on crimes involving the illegal occupation of farmland and the production and sale of substandard agricultural materials amid efforts to safeguard national food security.

Deadly Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1000

The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, the country’s disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.

South China ravaged by floods while the North bakes under heatwave

Heavy rains continued to flood cities across southern and eastern China on Wednesday, destroying crops and infrastructure, trapping residents, and triggering landslides, even as heatwaves drove up the power demand to record levels in north and central China, media reports said.

Mexican priests killed while defending sanctuary seeker

Gunmen shot dead two Jesuit priests and a man seeking sanctuary at their church in northern Mexico, the government and the religious order said on Tuesday.

Renewed Terror Threat from TTP Looms on Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): The rise of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), higher generally known as Pakistani Taliban, enabled by the Afghan Taliban’s steadfast assist, will broaden the specter of terrorist assaults in Pakistan, together with in opposition to civilian targets, a Netherlands-based assume tank mentioned.

PTI supporters stage nationwide protest against inflation in Pakistan

A large number of workers and supporters of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf on Sunday staged protests across the country against rising inflation on the call of party chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan.

NATO warns of long Ukraine war as battles grind on

The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of NATO said on Sunday, calling for steadfast support from Ukraine’s allies as Russian forces battle for territory in the country’s east.

France votes, Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament

Voting was underway in France on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could deprive newly re-elected centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand.

Monsoon floods kill 42 people, millions stranded in Bangladesh, India

At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said.

Dozens of countries call out China at UN over Xinjiang abuse allegations

Dozens of countries voiced concern Tuesday at alleged abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, and demanded that the UN rights chief publish a long-delayed report on the rights situation there.

Relief for professionals, students as China lifts Covid visa ban on Indians

China has announced plans to provide visas to Indian professionals and their families stranded in India for over two years following the strict visa restrictions imposed by Beijing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Xi announces plans to allow Chinese military to undertake ‘special military operations’ abroad

Chinese leader Xi Jinping signed new rules governing “non-war” military operations which will allow the Chinese military to undertake “special military operations” abroad.

Russian artillery bombards Sievierodonetsk

Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and pounded the zone with artillery Ukrainian officials said on Monday - a scene that mirrored Moscow’s assault on Mariupol last month according to Reuters.

Risk of using nuclear weapons, ‘greatest in decades’ : think tank

The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming years for the first time since the Cold War while the risk of such weapons being used is the greatest in decades, leading conflict and armaments think tank-Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday.

Ukraine to export grain via Poland, Romania to avert food crisis

Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain and avert a global food crisis although bottlenecks have slowed the supply chain, Kyiv’s deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.

Climate change a bigger threat than war: Fiji

Fiji’s defence minister said on Sunday that climate change posed the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, a shift in tone at a defence summit that has been dominated by the war in Ukraine and disputes between China and the United States.

Indian officials demolish houses to stop unrest over anti-Islam remarks

Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have demolished the homes of several people accused of involvement in riots last week triggered by derogatory remarks made by ruling party figures about Islam’s Prophet Mohammad, officials said on Sunday.