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Indian police kill four men suspected of raping vet, draw cheers
December 6 (Reuters) - The men had been in police custody and were shot near the scene of last week’s crime, said N Prakash Reddy, a deputy commissioner of police in Shamshabad, near Hyderabad. “In the morning, at around 6-6.30, our persons have come to reconstruct the scene of crime and the accused have tried to snatch their weapons, and...
Lionel Messi claims record 6th Ballon d’Or, overtakes Cristiano Ronaldo
December 3 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi claimed a record sixth Ballon d'Or award on Monday, beating Liverpool's leading nominees and Cristiano Ronaldo to lift football's most prestigious individual trophy. The Argentine, who won the Liga title with Barcelona but only managed third place in the Copa America with his country, added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015 trophies....
Thirteen Pakistanis killed in Jordan valley farm fire
December 2 (Geo.tv) - Thirteen Pakistanis died on Monday after a fire broke out in their tin house in Southern Shuneh area, 45 km to the west of Amman, according to a statement by the Civil Defence Department in Jordan. Two Pakistani families live in the house which is located in one of the farms, the department said in the...
Violence against women, awareness project – Rotaract Club of University of Sri Jayewardenepura
November 29 (newsin.asia) - Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. Its impact ranges from immediate to long-term multiple physical, sexual and mental consequences for women and girls, including death. Pic - Someone's Daughter One in three female homicides in Sri Lanka are related to intimate partner violence and 69 percent...
North Korea fires unidentified projectiles: South Korea military
November 28 (Reuters) - North Korea fired unidentified projectiles on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, the first such launch in nearly a month, amid a stalemate in denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington, as a year-end deadline looms to strike a deal. Japan’s Coast Guard said it had detected what appeared to be a missile launched by the North and was...
Iraqi forces kill 14 protesters after Iranian consulate torched
November 28 (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces shot dead 14 protesters in the southern city of Nassiriya on Thursday, medical sources said, and authorities imposed a curfew in Najaf after demonstrators burned an Iranian consulate. Authorities set up joint military-civilian “crisis cells” to try to stem unrest. The torching of the consulate in Najaf, the southern holy city, escalated violence...
Swiss envoy lodges protest about alleged abduction of employee, Lankan police are investigating
The alleged abduction appears to have been amateurish.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Claims Victory In Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections
November 17 (newsin.asia) - The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Sunday claimed that presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won the presidential election by winning 53% of the total votes. In a statement, MP Dullas Alahapperuma said although the final official results were yet to be released they had sufficient information that Gotabaya Rajapaksa had won the polls. Dullas urged...
Four killed, 52 wounded in Baghdad protests: police, medics
November 14 (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed at least four people on Thursday and wounded more than 50 as they tried to push protesters further back to their main camp in central Baghdad, police and medical sources said. On Thursday morning, three protesters died after tear gas canisters directly struck them in the head and another died in hospital...
Venice devastated by second highest tide in history
November 13 (Reuters) - Venice’s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water. A local man from Pellestrina, one of the many islands in the Venetian lagoon, died when he was struck by lightning while...
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