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New Zealand: Flights cancelled after shootings, PM calls “well-planned terror attack”

Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 15 (ANI): National carrier Air New Zealand on Friday cancelled at least 17 flights in and out of Christchurch, especially for tonight, following the indiscriminate shootings at two mosques here during Friday prayers that left 49 people dead and many others wounded.

2019-03-15T12:19:08.568231+00:00 IST

49 killed, 48 injured in New Zealand's worst terror attack

Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 15 (ANI): In the worst ever terror attack in New Zealand, multiple gunmen carried out indiscriminate shootings at two mosques here during the Friday prayers, leaving 49 people dead and at least 48 wounded, besides giving a scare to the Bangladesh cricket team which had a narrow escape.

2019-03-15T09:46:03.980668+00:00 IST

40 people killed, 20 injured in Christchurch mosque shootings: NZ PM

Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 15 (ANI): 40 people lost their lives and at least 20 others were wounded when gunmen opened fire at two mosques here on Friday, confirmed New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

2019-03-15T08:14:30.830003+00:00 IST

Scores of students skip school globally to protest inaction over climate change

Melbourne [Australia], Mar 15 (ANI): Scores of children are set to skip school today to join the Global Climate Strike against inaction over climate change, with protests planned in almost 1,700 towns and cities in over 100 countries.

2019-03-15T06:17:15.654673+00:00 IST

4 people in custody after shooters target 2 Christchurch mosques

Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 15 (ANI): Four people - one woman and three men - have been taken into custody in relation to the gruesome shootings at two mosques here, New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush said on Friday, highlighting that there are a "significant" number of casualties.

2019-03-15T05:13:49.423785+00:00 IST

Bangladesh team narrowly escapes New Zealand mosque shooting

Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 15 (ANI): The Bangladesh cricket team, currently in New Zealand for their third test with the Kiwis, narrowly escaped the active shooter situation at the Masjid Al Noor mosque here on Friday.

2019-03-15T03:29:05.004230+00:00 IST

Active shooter situation at New Zealand mosque, casualties feared

Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 15 (ANI): Police are responding to an 'active shooter' situation at a mosque here, according to local media.

2019-03-15T02:42:48.986183+00:00 IST

Power finally restored in Venezuela, says Information Minister

Caracas [Venezuela], Mar 14 (ANI): Venezuelan Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez on Wednesday (local time) said that the massive power outage, that led to a prolonged nationwide blackout, has been completely restored.

2019-03-14T15:02:49.739163+00:00 IST

France to investigate crashed Ethiopian Airline's black boxes

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], Mar 14 (ANI): The black boxes retrieved from the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed with 157 people on board, was on Thursday sent to France for examination.

2019-03-14T12:27:15.894719+00:00 IST

US will not compromise: Antonov on INF treaty

Moscow [Russia], Mar 14 (ANI): The United States is not likely to compromise on the troubled Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty, said Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov on Wednesday.

2019-03-14T06:08:51.894307+00:00 IST

8 dead in Nigeria building collapse

Lagos [Nigeria], Mar 14 (ANI): At least eight people were killed after a three-storeyed building housing an educational institution collapsed here on Wednesday.

2019-03-14T01:37:44.336879+00:00 IST

8 killed in Brazil school shooting

Sao Paulo [Brazil], Mar 14 (ANI): At least eight people were killed after two armed men wearing hoods fired indiscriminately in a school near Sao Paulo on Wednesday.

2019-03-14T01:37:21.887270+00:00 IST

6 dead in Brazil school shootings

Sao Paulo [Brazil], Mar 13 (ANI): Five students and the principal of a school here were killed on Wednesday, after two men opened fire inside the premises of the building in south-eastern city of Sao Paulo.

2019-03-13T17:31:00.100334+00:00 IST

Pashtuns slam existence of terror camps in Pakistan's Khyber province

Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Days after India carried out air strike at Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, members of Pashtun community from this province of Pakistan condemned the terror camps in operating from there and in FATA.

2019-03-13T17:01:56.996313+00:00 IST

China offers to restore power in Venezuela

Beijing [China], Mar 13 (ANI): China on Wednesday offered help to restore Venezuela’s power grid amid the blackout that continued for the sixth day in the South American nation on Wednesday.

2019-03-13T16:05:10.272270+00:00 IST

Baloch protesters demand UN to act against Pakistan for human rights violations

Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): The Baloch political activists on Wednesday organised a protest in front of the United Nations here demanding urgent intervention to stop atrocities on Balochistan by the Pakistan Army.

2019-03-13T15:28:40.693762+00:00 IST

WEF recognises Nara Lokesh as Young Global Leader for 2019

Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday recognised Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh as their Young Global Leader for 2019.

2019-03-13T15:01:10.886225+00:00 IST

Maduro declares victory as blackout ends

Caracas [Venezuela], Mar 13 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared victory after restoring electricity in most of the Latin American nation, which has been in the grips of a blackout since last week.

2019-03-13T10:24:53.943152+00:00 IST

Australia's Cardinal Pell gets 6 years prison for sexual assault

Melbourne [Australia], Mar 13 (ANI): Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal Pell, convicted of sexually assaulting choirboys in the late 1990s, was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday.

2019-03-13T01:24:06.218767+00:00 IST

Britain bans operations of all Boeing 737 MAX planes

London [Britian], Mar 12 (ANI): Britain's aviation authority on Tuesday banned all commercial Boeing 737 MAX passengers flighter from the UK airspace in the wake of the fatal plane crash in Ethiopia.

2019-03-12T16:11:59.290052+00:00 IST