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Multiple victims in Melbourne shooting outside night club

Melbourne [Australia], Apr 14 (ANI): Multiple people were shot outside a night club here on Sunday morning, according to Victoria Police.

2019-04-13T22:36:36.964931+00:00 IST

Stray bullets kill 16, injure over in Sudan

Khartoum [Sudan], Apr 13 (ANI): Stray bullets were fired by the police here on Saturday morning at the protestors who were staging a sit-in, killing 16 people and injuring over 20 others, police said.

2019-04-13T17:31:31.835997+00:00 IST

6 school children kidnapped in Cameroon

Fongo Tongo [Cameroon], Apr 13 (ANI): Six school children - five boys and one girl - were kidnapped here on Friday while they were helping their parents in farming, according to a local government official.

2019-04-13T00:57:54.581285+00:00 IST

Transitional military council chief steps down amid protests in Sudan

Khartoum [Sudan], Apr 13 (ANI): Just a day after taking over, the head of Sudan's transitional military council, Awad Ibn Auf, stepped down from his post on Friday (local time).

2019-04-12T23:52:37.694083+00:00 IST

First-ever blackhole to be photographed christened 'Powehi'

Hawaii [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): The first-ever blackhole to be pictured has been named 'Powehi' by a Hawaiian professor Larry Kimura, who was tasked with the job by astronomers involved in the project.

2019-04-12T22:48:14.268401+00:00 IST

US sanctions Venezuela's oil sector again

Washington [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): Even though Venezuela has borne damages amounting to USD 100 billion from previous US sanctions, the United States on Friday imposed a fresh set of sanctions against Venezuela's oil sector again, further crippling the humanitarian crisis in the Latin American country.

2019-04-12T20:24:57.179273+00:00 IST

Sudan: Army to hold talks with political parties after government formation, says 'no ambitions to cling to power'

Khartoum [Sudan], Apr 12 (ANI): Sudan's military council on Friday promised to hold talks with all political parties after forming the government, saying it has no "ambitions to hold the reins of power" following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir a day before.

2019-04-12T17:51:57.870343+00:00 IST

New Zealand thanks India for support after Christchurch attacks

New Delhi [India], Apr 12 (ANI): New Zealand on Friday thanked India for its support when the country is recovering from the March 15 shootings in two Christchurch mosques that claimed 50 lives.

2019-04-12T14:27:41.272769+00:00 IST

Eucador police detains accomplice of Julian Assange

Quito [Eucador], Apr 12 (ANI): Hours after the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador's police here on Thursday detained his accomplice.

2019-04-12T08:21:03.815134+00:00 IST

World must work harder to secure sexual, reproductive rights for all: UNFPA

New Delhi [India], Apr 10 April (ANI): The world has a long way to go before reproductive and sexual rights are claimed by all, said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in a report released here on Wednesday.

2019-04-10T16:07:11.198092+00:00 IST

Scientists release first-ever picture of a black hole

Washington [USA], Apr 10 (ANI): Scientists released the much-awaited first direct image of a massive black hole at the centre of Messier 87, a galaxy which is about 54 million light-years away, at the National Press Club here on Wednesday.

2019-04-10T14:46:08.999664+00:00 IST

Israel: PM Modi greets 'dear friend' Netanyahu on poll results

New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated his "dear friend" Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu as unofficial results projected a clear win for the right-wing leader in Israel's April 9 elections for the 21st Knesset.

2019-04-10T12:06:17.420538+00:00 IST

ICCR Foundation Day celebrated in Madagascar for the first time

Antananarivo [Madagascar], Apr 9 (ANI): As part of global celebrations, the Indian Embassy in Madagascar on Tuesday celebrated the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Foundation Day here for the first time.

2019-04-09T17:36:39.017909+00:00 IST

Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 650-mark in DR Congo

Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 9 (ANI): At least 655 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in July last year, the country's health ministry confirmed on Monday.

2019-04-09T00:58:58.170262+00:00 IST

Days after abduction in Uganda, US tourist, tour guide rescued

Kampala [Uganda], Apr 8 (ANI): American tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott and her tour guide, who was kidnapped in Uganda on April 2, have been rescued by security forces, authorities said on Sunday.

2019-04-07T22:10:03.407896+00:00 IST

Christchurch mosque terror attacks were second September 11, says Imam Gamal Fouda

Christchurch [New Zealand], Apr 7 (ANI): The imam of one of the mosques here that survived back to back shootings last month, called the terror attack as a "second September 11".

2019-04-07T17:57:29.959267+00:00 IST

UN-backed Libya govt announces counter-offensive against self-styled Libyan National Army, foreign forces evacuate Tripoli

Tripoli [Libya], Apr 7 (ANI): The army aligned to Libya's United Nations-backed government on Sunday announced a counteroffensive and vowed to reclaim all areas seized by the self-styled Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

2019-04-07T14:38:43.354607+00:00 IST

Several feared missing in Brazil bridge collapse

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Apr 7 (ANI): Several people are feared missing after a bridge partially collapsed into the Moju River in Para on Saturday (local time).

2019-04-07T09:22:32.102772+00:00 IST

Algeria's Parliament to elect interim president on Apr 9

Algiers [Algeria], Apr 7 (ANI): Algerian lawmakers will meet at the Parliament on April 9 to elect an interim President, days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down from the post owing to widespread protests which forced the ailing 82-year-old leader to concede power.

2019-04-06T22:04:20.243347+00:00 IST

Congo: Over 600 dead in Ebola outbreak, second deadliest since 2014

Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 6 (ANI): In the second deadliest Ebola outbreak since 2014, that killed 11,000 in West Africa, 629 people have lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to UN Secretary General spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, about 1,041 new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the region.

2019-04-06T05:27:18.970468+00:00 IST

Clashes break out in Tripoli, UN Secretary-General leaves Libya with 'heavy heart'

Tripoli [Libya], Apr 6 (ANI): Clashes broke out here on Friday between forces aligned to Eastern Libyan army commander Khalifa Hafter and the UN-backed pro-government soldiers.

2019-04-05T22:57:51.651025+00:00 IST