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Mamata targets Modi govt over alleged shelter to Awami League leaders
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sparked political debate with her remarks suggesting that former ministers, MPs, and senior leaders of Bangladesh’s ousted Awami League are currently residing in Kolkata with the tacit support of the Indian government.
Pahalgam Brutality: US labels TRF a 'terrorist' organisation
US has officially designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a group allegedly linked to the Pahalgam massacre in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization", reports Al Jazeera.
Over 20 Delhi schools receive bomb threats
More than tweenty schools in Delhi, India, on Friday (July 18) received bomb threats via an email, reports NDTV.
Lightning strikes kill 21 people in India in last 24 hrs
At least 21 people were died in lightning strikes that hit Bihar and Jharkhand over the past 24 hours, reports Hindustan Times.
Trump may visit Pakistan in September
US President Donald Trump may visit Pakistan in September, according to reports by two Pakistani television channels on Thursday, potentially marking the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to the country in nearly two decades.
2 killed, 2 injured in Israeli drone attack in Lebanon
Two individual was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Thursday (July 17), reports Anadolu Ajansi.
29 more killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, including two women in Catholic Church
At least 29 more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air and drone strikes across the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues its military offensive in the besieged enclave. Among the dead are two women who were sheltering inside the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera.
Ireland begins excavation of suspected child mass grave at church-run home
Excavation has begun in Ireland at an unmarked mass burial site to identify the remains of about 800 infants and toddlers who died at a church-run home for unmarried mothers.
At least 50 dead in massive fire at shopping mall in Iraq
At least 50 people have been killed in a devastating fire that swept through a major shopping mall in the southeastern Iraqi city of Al-Kut, officials confirmed Thursday.
Powerful earthquake jolts Alaska, triggers brief Tsunami alert
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday afternoon, prompting a brief tsunami warning for parts of the state’s Pacific shoreline.