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Paris/Sputnik: The first Yellow Vest protests in Paris since March have begun on Saturday at Place Wagram in the French capital’s 17th arrondissement, a Sputnik correspondent at the scene reports. more
Gold mine collapse kills 50 in Congo

Kinshasa: At least 50 people are believed to have died when a goldmine collapsed near Kamituga in Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said.

Pakistan: Woman cyclist Samar Khan alleges she faced harassment in Islamabad

Islamabad: Highlighting the insecurity of women in Pakistan, award-winning cyclist Samar Khan, who is also the Goodwill Ambassador for World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said that she was harasse ...

UN denounces Kabul attack targeting Afghan Vice President

New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Wednesday's attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, targeting the official convoy of the country's First Vice President, Amrullah S ...

Motorbike bombing at wedding party kills 4, wounds 8 in E Afghanistan

Khost, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Four people were killed and eight others injured as a motorbike bomb struck a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Thursday, provincial ...

No casualties as result of blast at ammunition depot in Jordan's Zarqa: State Media

Cairo/Sputnik: No one was killed or injured in the result of a powerful explosion that occurred in the early hours of Friday at an ammunition depot in the Jordanian city of Zarqa, northea ...

Beirut: Fire breaks out at oils and tires warehouse

Beirut: A major fire broke out at an oils and tires warehouse in the duty-free market of Lebanon capital Beirut's port on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Blast targets VP Saleh's convoy, leaves 10 dead in Kabul

Kabul: At least 10 people were killed and 16 others injured in a blast which rocked Afghanistan's Kabul on Wednesday morning.

International Literacy Day: Celebrate educators, invest in learning potential

New York: With 1.4 billion people around the world lacking basic literacy skills, the head of the UN cultural agency on Tuesday urged all those involved in learning, to mobilize the inves ...

Alexei Navalny poisoning must get independent probe, says UN’s Bachelet

New York: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged Russia to carry out or cooperate with a rapid and transparent criminal investigation into the poisoning of opposition activist ...