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Two shot dead in Wisconsin unrest

WISCONSIN, Aug 26 (BBC): Two people have been killed and one injured during a third night of unrest in the US city of Kenosha, sparked by the police shooting of a black man.Police said three people had been shot, but gave no details about who was involved.Local media reports earlier...

Flash floods kill 46 in Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 26 (AFP): At least 46 people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed by flash floods as torrential rains lashed a city north of the Afghan capital, officials said Wednesday.A rescue operation was underway to free people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Charikar, capital...

Monsoon rains break 36-year downpour record in Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (Xinhua): Heavy monsoon rains have broken a 36-year-old downpour record in the month of August in capital city Karachi of Pakistan's south Sindh province, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has said.The weather office said on Tuesday that the PAF Faisal Base area of the city received 345 millimeters...

India charges 19, including 7 Pakistanis, over Kashmir bombing

KASHMIR, Aug 26 (Reuters): India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged 19 people, including 7 Pakistani nationals, on Tuesday over a deadly bomb attack on a security convoy in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir last year.The bombing on Feb 14, 2019 killed 40 paramilitary policemen, leading to aerial clashes between India...

Pompeo presses Muslim nations to establish Israel ties

DUBAI, Aug 26 (New York Times): The Trump administration sought on Tuesday to test the waters to determine if it can persuade other Arab and Muslim countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel after a breakthrough agreement by the United Arab Emirates to open normal ties.Secretary of State Mike...

Greek coast guard rescue 96 migrants from yacht

ATHENS, Aug 26 (AP): A major search and rescue operation in the eastern Aegean Sea was continuing after authorities received an emergency call late Tuesday from a vessel carrying an unknown number of migrants, Greece's coast guard said early Wednesday.A total of 96 people were rescued from the sea 21...

Kim calls for readiness against virus, typhoon

SEOUL, Aug 26 (AP): In a rare display of urgency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held his third high-level political conference in as many weeks, where he raised alarm about the nation's coronavirus response and a typhoon forecast to hit the country early Thursday.During an enlarged meeting of the...

HK police nab 2 opposition lawmakers over protests

HONG KONG, Aug 26 (AP): Hong Kong police arrested 16 people Wednesday on charges related to anti-government protests last year, including two opposition lawmakers.Pro-democracy legislators Ted Hui and Lam Cheuk-ting were arrested early Wednesday, according to posts on their Facebook pages.Posts on Lam's Twitter account said he had been arrested...

China approves human trial of new Covid vaccines

CHENGDU, Aug 26 (Xinhua): China has approved the human trial of a new COVID-19 vaccine produced by using insect cells, said Chinese officials.Vaccine developers at the West China Hospital of Sichuan University Monday said the recombinant protein vaccine was issued with a clinical research permit from the National Medical Products...