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Amnesty slams flogging of Muslim men in India

07-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ NEW DELHI: Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the flogging of Muslim men by Indian police in the state of Gujarat and called it a “serious human rights violation” showing “utter disrespect towards the law”. The public flogging has sparked outage with some …

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N Korea fires more missiles, blames US drills ‘escalation’

06-10-2022 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. As the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang’s Tuesday launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile …

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India’s cough syrups link 66 deaths in Gambia: WHO

06-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ NEW DELHI: The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that …

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Gunman murders 34 in Thailand nursery attack

06-10-2022 BANGKOK: A former police officer armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, shooting dead 34 people including children before killing himself and his family, police said. The attacker, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, opened fire on the …

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Sydney records wettest year since 1858

06-10-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia’s east on Thursday, with more heavy downpours expected to fall over the next three days. With almost three months of 2022 still to go, Australia’s largest city has recorded …

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