Drones, dolls, dung: Killer wolves spark panic in India

Published On: September 5, 2024 08:23 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

LUCKNOW, Sept 5: Hundreds of Indian police have been deployed to search for a pack of wolves who are reported to have killed nine people, eight of them children, wildlife officials said Monday.

KYIV, Sept 4: Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage, submitted his resignation on Wednesday before an expected Cabinet reshuffle.

Indian state passes law seeking death penalty for rape

Published On: September 4, 2024 10:40 AM NPT By: Agencies

KOLKATA, Sept 4: An Indian state, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, passed a law on Tuesday that could lead to the execution of rapists.

US seizes Venezuela leader Maduro's plane

Published On: September 3, 2024 07:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

MIAMI, Sept 2: The United States on Monday seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's plane in the Dominican Republic and flew it to Florida, a move condemned by the South American leader as "piracy" but which Washington said was necessary due to sanction violations.

Ousted Bangladeshi leader becomes diplomatic headache for India

Published On: September 2, 2024 08:05 PM NPT By: Republica

NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Four weeks after ex-premier Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter during a student-led revolution, analysts say she has become a diplomatic headache for her hosts in India.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept 2: A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions around the country on Monday, including at its main international airport. But it was ignored in some areas, reflecting deep political divisions.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Sept 1: A Russian military helicopter carrying 22 people vanished in the country's remote Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday, the emergencies ministry said. The Mi-8 helicopter was flying near the Vachkazhets volcano when it lost contact.

KEDARNATH (UTTARAKHAND, INDIA), Aug 31, A helicopter, which was being airlifted by MI-17 aircraft to Gauchar airstrip for repair work, crashed in Kedarnath on Saturday, officials said.

GENEVA (AP), Aug 31: The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days.

Harris says in first interview US ready to turn page on Trump

Published On: August 30, 2024 09:34 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

SAVANNAH, United States, Aug 30, 2024 (AFP) - Kamala Harris declared Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump as she reached out to centrist voters in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November's presidential election.