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Israel brings fire near Jerusalem ‘under control’
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» JERUSALEM - Bushfires that erupted near Jerusalem were largely brought under control on Thursday, authorities said, with major roads reopened and firefighting teams still tackling lingering hotspots.
The 'kidneys of Kolkata': Indian wetlands under threat
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» KOLKATA - Wetlands just outside India's Kolkata have for generations provided tonnes of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds -- but rapid urbanisation is threatening the ecosystem.
Defiant Indian students vow to show Modi documentary
Published on 25/01/2023
» NEW DELHI: Indian students said they would show again a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government has dismissed as propaganda after a Tuesday campus screening was disrupted by a power cut and intimidation by opponents.
One dead as restive Indian state votes
AFP, Published on 27/03/2021
» KOLKATA - One person was killed and a candidate's car attacked Saturday as India's worst hotbed of political violence West Bengal held elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to unseat one of his fiercest opponents.
India political activist arrested for selling cow urine to combat virus
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» KOLKATA - An activist with India's ruling party has been arrested after a volunteer fell ill from drinking cow urine at a party to combat the novel coronavirus, police said Wednesday, as interest grows in home remedies amid the pandemic.
Low-cost moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers
AFP, Published on 12/07/2019
» SRIHARIKOTA (INDIA) - India will step up the international space race on Monday when it launches a low-cost mission to become only the fourth country to land a probe on the moon.
'Love vs. hate' in penultimate Indian election round
AFP, Published on 12/05/2019
» NEW DELHI: Tens of millions voted Sunday in the penultimate round of India's increasingly bad-tempered election, with all eyes on the coveted capital New Delhi after an ugly campaign of slaps and savage pamphlets.
Fear of army action as Sudan protesters toughen stand
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudanese protesters have hardened their stand, demanding a transitional military council be scrapped and immediately replaced with civilian rule as Tuesday they refused to end a days-long sit-in outside army headquarters.
Sudan activists warn of attempt to clear protest camp
AFP, Published on 15/04/2019
» KHARTOUM - Activists warned of an attempt to disperse a 10-day-old mass protest outside army headquarters Monday, as Sudan's new military rulers came under rising pressure to hand power to a civilian government.
Sudan leaders face pressure for transfer to civilian rule
AFP, Published on 15/04/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudan's military rulers faced pressure from demonstrators and Western governments to hand power to a new civilian government Monday as activists warned of an attempt to disperse a 10-day-old mass protest outside army headquarters.