Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were killed and two others were wounded on Tuesday after a shootout between police officers and alleged criminals in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second-largest city, police sources said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 12 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday it has cancelled the Certificate of Registration of four non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 11 (ANI): At least 29 people were killed after a Russian strike hit an apartment block in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): People with disabilities remain overlooked following an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people in eastern Afghanistan on June 22, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): At least one Pakistani soldier was killed and two more critically injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack by rebels in the Bannu region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a report said.
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 10 (ANI): At least 14 people were killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a bar in the South African township of Soweto on Sunday, local authorities said.
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], July 10 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four civilians were killed in an attack by armed men Sunday in the commune of Barsalogho in Sanmatenga province in Burkina Faso, local security sources told Xinhua.
Abuja [Nigeria], July 10 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two people were killed when a boat carrying 16 people capsized in Lagos on Friday afternoon, Nigerian authorities announced on Saturday.
Yaounde [Cameroon], July 9 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 13 people were killed after a truck collided with a bus in southwestern Cameroon, according to local police.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 9 (ANI): At least five people were killed and nine others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a passenger van in Lasbela district in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): As the three-day Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam continues in Varanasi, Higher Education Secretary K Sanjay Murthy said the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) focuses on three pillars. First, a curriculum which meets the industry's requir