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Human rights office urges thorough investigation into killings which came days after 'shoot-on-sight' order issued.

Cathay says it will maintain executive pay cuts and asks staff to take up special leave programme to preserve cash.

Moscow says it has invited all stakeholders, including the US, China and Pakistan, for the talks on March 18.

Farmers say fencing along the 553-km border has taken their lands and they have not been adequately compensated.

How Rashid moved from outclassing his brothers on a cement track to being named Player of the Decade.

Hacker group says it gained access to cameras made by Verkada used by Tesla and others to highlight security flaws.

Following Supreme Court ruling, the country's elections body 'dismisses' Nepal Communist Party from electoral register.

Japan's struggle to clean up and decommission the plant provide stark reminders of the risks of nuclear power.

Police officers who fled to India give first-hand accounts of how military ordered them to shoot peaceful protesters.

The Brazilian real is down 11 percent so far this year, the worst among major currencies.

Trump-era policy made immigrants who receive wide range of public benefits ineligible for legal status in the US.

The rising prospects for turbo-charged US economic growth have been reordering the stock market’s winners and losers.

Democrats in the US House have scheduled the final vote on the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

Biden administration move bars two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from entering the US.

Greg Abbott says there is a 'crisis' on the US-Mexico border caused by the Biden administration's new border policies.

Egyptian police arrest man caught on camera assaulting a young girl as video catches fire on social media.

Report also shows 25 percent of women globally are subject to sexual or physical abuse by an intimate partner.

Police and youth clash at Athens protest against police brutality after video showed a police officer beating a man.

Defence strikes first juror from pool after she said the actions of the former police officer on trial were 'not fair'.

United Kingdom's media regulator launched a probe after receiving 41,015 complaints about Morgan's comments on Monday.

The company reported 82 new orders for commercial aeroplanes and 51 cancellations for a net gain of 31.

India's foreign minister accuses UK parliamentarians discussing farm protests of interfering in its internal affairs.

President Alassane Ouattara's RHDP won 137 of 254 contested seats, compared to 91 for opposition parties, results show.

Nationally, the gender gap grew most and was statistically significant in states where education was largely remote.

Beijing and Moscow to develop experimental research facilities on the moon's surface.

Q Shaman Jacob Chansley claims his faith 'precludes' him from taking COVID vaccine, but judge denies release.

Nigeria says funds recovered from ex-Delta state Governor James Ibori to be used to help complete infrastructure works.

Opposition leader claims he won disputed presidential vote and lists demands, including release of political prisoners.

Measures implemented to protect vulnerable ethnic groups are increasingly abused in Bosnia and Kosovo.

More than half of the 24 nominees are actors of colour - a huge change from last year's all-white contenders list.

Senegal has seen days of violence sparked by the arrest of popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

People 18 years and older and with a permit, would be able to grow, carry or consume cannabis and its derivatives.

The NLD's Zaw Myat Linn is the second party figure to die in detention in two days.

Hispanic and Black Americans and Americans without a college degree were more likely to be laid off, AP-NORC poll found.

British-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi's short film, set in occupied West Bank, has been shortlisted for the Oscars.

Andrei Karlov was shot dead by an off-duty policeman while speaking at a photo exhibition opening in Ankara in 2016.

The OECD says US stimulus is likely to provide a 'major boost' to global economic recovery.

Tunisian coastguard rescues 165 people on route to Italian island of Lampedusa as search for more survivors continues.

Military junta responds to protesters with heavy-handed tactics.

A study released by the Tax Justice Network found that over $200bn flowed into the United Arab Emirates.

Female refugees and internally displaced women particularly at risk after fresh unrest in the Central African Republic.

Nearly 100 years after partition, Brexit and demographic change are fuelling growing support for Irish unity.

A series of covert counterattacks are planned on Russian networks, NYT reported, prompting Moscow's condemnation.

UAE foreign minister calls for return of Syria to the Arab League saying it is in the interest of the region.

Bisera Turkovic says the EU-backed initiative has failed to deliver 'a single dose' to date.

South Africa's GDP shrank 7 percent in 2020, compared with 0.2 percent growth the previous year.

The agreement paves the way for Italy to become Europe's first country with a Sputnik V production facility.

Economists are split on what Americans will do with the next round of coronavirus relief aid.

Arrested in Gujarat while attending seminar on Muslim education, they were accused of having links with a banned group.

Interfaith dialogue is important, but the fate of Iraqi minorities is hinged on the success of state-building in Iraq.