SRINAGAR, Mar 20 (AFP): Schools and businesses shut across Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday as protests grew over the death in police custody of a young school teacher that sparked outrage across the restive territory.Police bundled Rizwan Asad Pandit from his home in a late-night raid Sunday to a detention centre...
Read moreCHRISTCHURCH, Mar 20 (AP): A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for "the safest country in the world" were buried before hundreds of mourners on Wednesday, the first funerals for victims of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that horrified a nation known for being...
Read moreKABUL, Mar 20 (AP): A UN humanitarian agency says recent flooding in Afghanistan has left more than 122,600 people in need of assistance.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement late on Tuesday that the flooding has affected 14 out of the country's 34 provinces....
Read moreYANGON, Mar 20 (AFP): Fighting between Myanmar's military and ethnic Rakhine rebels in Mrauk U, the ancient capital of the Rakhine kingdom, has left at least eight locals injured, scaring tourists and sparking fears that the historical monuments are under threat.Ethnic and religious tensions divide western Rakhine state, where the...
Read moreNEW DELHI, Mar 20 (bdnews24.com): A mathematics professor at a women's college in Haryana's Karnal was suspended after he taught a class 'formulae of love,' reports NDTV.A student recorded the class on camera and showed it to the principal following which the professor, Charan Singh, submitted a written apology to...
Read moreSEOUL, Mar 20 (Xinhua): South Korea's marriage rate hit a new record low last year as the younger generation delayed or gave up on marriage due to economic uncertainties, data showed on Wednesday.The marriage rate, which gauges the number of marriages per 1,000 people, stood at 5.0 in 2018, according...
Read moreANKARA, Mar 20 (AP): Ignoring widespread criticism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday again showed excerpts of a video taken by the attacker who killed 50 people in mosques in New Zealand, to denounce what he called rising hatred and prejudice against Islam.Speaking at a campaign rally in the...
Read moreAid agencies struggle to rescue cyclonevictims as waters rise in MozambiqueBEIRA, Mar 20: International aid agencies raced Wednesday to rescue survivors and meet spiralling humanitarian needs in three impoverished countries battered by one of the worst storms to hit southern Africa in decades. Five days after tropical cyclone Idai cut...
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