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60 killed after Libyan guards shoot at migrants fleeing air strikes: UN

Tripoli [Libya], July 5 (ANI): At least 60 people were killed and 77 others sustained injuries after Libyan guards opened fire on migrants and refugees attempting to flee from air strikes on a detention centre near the country's capital city of Tripoli, United Nations said on Thursday.

2019-07-04T23:13:54.245650+00:00 IST

6.2 magnitude quake strikes Canada's Haida Gwaii region

British Columbia [Canada], Jul 4 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Haida Gwaii region here on Thursday morning.

2019-07-04T06:22:22.195966+00:00 IST

Venezuela: Fresh blackouts hit several districts in Caracas

Caracas [Venezuela], July 4 (ANI): Fresh blackouts have swept several districts in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after an accident disrupted the electricity supply in Baruta, according to a government official..

2019-07-04T04:42:55.406841+00:00 IST

Honduras: 26 killed after boat sinks off eastern coast

Tegucigalpa [Honduras], July 4 : At least 26 people were killed after a boat carrying 73 people sank in the Caribbean waters off the eastern coast of Honduras on Wednesday.

2019-07-04T00:38:24.612960+00:00 IST

Libya: Air traffic suspended on Mitiga airport following air strikes

Tripoli [Libya], July 4 (ANI): Air traffic was suspended on Wednesday at Tripoli's only functioning civilian airport, Mitiga, following an airstrike, the airport authorities said.

2019-07-03T19:47:31.710156+00:00 IST

Tunisia: After police chase, man blows up self

Tunis [Tunisia], July 03 (ANI): A wanted man blew himself up on Tuesday after a police chase in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.

2019-07-03T08:35:25.382660+00:00 IST

14 Russian Navy officials killed in submersible fire

Moscow [Russia], July 03 (ANI): At least 14 Russian Navy officials were killed after the submersible they were in caught fire, said Defence Ministry on Tuesday.

2019-07-03T07:31:05.252603+00:00 IST

UNHCR expresses concern over airstrike on migrant centre in Libya

Tripoli [Libya], July 3 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed concern over the deadly airstrike on a migrant centre in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli that left at least 40 people dead and 80 injured.

2019-07-03T03:51:24.185829+00:00 IST

Libya: 40 killed in airstrike on migrant centre

Tripoli [Libya], July 3 (ANI): As many as 40 people were killed and 80 others sustained injuries in an airstrike on a migrant centre in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday night, country's Health Ministry said.

2019-07-03T01:54:38.203009+00:00 IST

Haftar army threatens to launch more strikes in Libya

Tripoli (Libya), July 02 (ANI): A day after five soldiers were killed in air raids, forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday threatened a new air strike in order to "liberate Tripoli".

2019-07-02T08:02:55.217084+00:00 IST

Houthi attacks Saudi airport again, 1 Indian among 9 injured

Abha [Saudi Arabia], July 2 (ANI): One Indian was among nine people who sustained injuries in the attack by Yemen's Houthis rebels on the Abha International Airport here on Tuesday.

2019-07-02T07:35:39.984950+00:00 IST

'UN report on PoK is highly dubious'

Geneva [Switzerland], July 02 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is "highly dubious" as it has failed to address the deplorable human rights situation in the region despite having all "invaluable insights", a researcher at an Amsterdam-based foundation told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

2019-07-02T03:36:18.478710+00:00 IST

Gunmen kill 4 police officers in southern Nigeria

Abuja [Nigeria], July 2 (ANI): Four police officers were killed after gunmen open fired inside a police station in Nigeria's southern state of Bayelsa on Monday, local authorities said.

2019-07-01T22:38:41.517335+00:00 IST

Mexico: Pipelines explosion kills 2 in Celaya

Celaya [Mexico], July 2 (ANI): At least two people were killed after a Pemex hydrocarbon pipeline exploded in Mexico's northwest city of Celaya on Monday.

2019-07-01T20:40:09.140579+00:00 IST

Haftar-led LNA claims to have destroyed Turkish drone

Tripoli [Libya], July 1 (ANI): Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army (LNA) on Sunday claimed to have destroyed a Turkish drone parked at Mitiga International Airport in capital Tripoli.

2019-06-30T23:15:14.235447+00:00 IST

Sudan: One killed, 9 injured in fresh mass demonstrations to demand civilian rule

Khartoum [Sudan], July 1 (ANI): One person was killed and nine others sustained injuries after tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in various Sudanese cities on Sunday, marking the largest mass demonstrations since a deadly crackdown on a pro-democracy sit-in earlier in June.

2019-06-30T21:18:23.326770+00:00 IST

Egypt's former presidential candidate suffers heart attacks in prison, claims son

Cairo [Egypt], July 1 (ANI): Egypt's former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh suffered two heart attacks in prison within twenty-four hours, said his son adding that his father may die due to "inhumane prison conditions and deliberate abuse" he is being subjected to in jail.

2019-06-30T21:18:23.322105+00:00 IST

Jimmy Carter was terrible president: Trump

Osaka [Japan], June 30 (ANI): A day after Jimmy Carter called Donald Trump presidency 'illegitimate', US president took dig at former president, calling him a terrible leader.

2019-06-30T09:04:53.926773+00:00 IST

Venezuela migrant crisis to become world's largest by 2020: Report

Medellin [Colombia], June 29 (ANI): The Venezuelan exodus may exceed eight million people by the end of next year, which would make it the largest migration crisis in the world, according to a special report issued by the Organisation of American States (OAS).

2019-06-28T23:16:23.887411+00:00 IST

INS Kochi enters Port Victoria in Seychelles for Operational Turnaround

Victoria [Seychelles], June 28 (ANI): INS Kochi, an indigenous stealth Destroyer, operating in Southern Indian Ocean Region, entered the port of Victoria here on Thursday for an Operational Turnaround.

2019-06-28T00:06:29.637154+00:00 IST

19 illegal miners killed in Congo mine collapse

Kinshasa [DR Congo], June 28 (ANI): At least 19 illegal artisanal miners were killed on Thursday after part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Swiss-based mining giant Glencore collapsed in southern Congo.

2019-06-27T23:34:07.044838+00:00 IST