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Gang leader threatens to kill captive missionaries in Haiti

The leader of the Haitian gang who kidnapped 17 US and Canadian missionaries has threatened to kill the hostages if he doesn't get what he's demanding, according to a video released Thursday. [...]

Syria executes 24 people charged with lighting wildfires that devastated the country last year

Syria has executed 24 people who were convicted of terrorism charges for igniting last year's devastating wildfires that left 3 people dead and scorched thousands of acres of forests, the Syrian Ministry of Justice said Thursday. [...]

More than 200 deaths reported in India and Nepal following heavy rainfall and flooding

The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal rose to 104 on Friday after 27 more deaths were reported since Wednesday evening, Phanindra Mani Pokharel, a spokesperson for Nepal's ministry of home affairs, said on Friday morning. [...]

Bollywood: NCB says Ananya gave Aryan Khan drug dealers' numbers

Chats recovered from Aryan Khan's mobile reveal Ananya assisted him with drugs thrice. [...]

T20 World Cup: Namibia reaches main draw for first time

They join Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Scotland in the Super 12s [...]

Afghan women ask UN not to give Taliban a seat at world body

"We are talked a lot about, but we are not listened to," they said. [...]

Myanmar junta re-arrests more than 100 released in amnesty: monitoring group

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta has re-arrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country. The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed in a crackdown on dissent and over 8,000 arrested, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). On Monday, the military announced it would free […] [...]

Beijing launches new mass testing wave after four Covid cases found

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing plans to test tens of thousands of people after four new Covid-19 cases were found in a suburban district on Friday, as a new outbreak prompts school closures and flight cancellations across the country. China has maintained a staunch zero-Covid strategy with strict border closures, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns. But the world’s most populous nation is now scrambling to tamp down dozens of infections across several provinces. The latest […] [...]

Killed on set: Famous Hollywood tragedies

PARIS, France (AFP) — With a cinematographer killed and a movie director wounded after US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun during filming, we look at other deadly movie accidents. – ‘The Captive’ – Gun related deaths go back to the dawn of cinema with extra Charles Chandler shot in the head in 1915 while filming the Cecil B. DeMille movie “The Captive”. He died after a bullet was left in a rifle […] [...]