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South Asia
23-year-old serial rapist admits murder of 38 kids in India
A 23-year-old, Ravinder Kumar was arrested a week prior for the murder of a minor. Since then, he has admitted his involvement in 38 cases of murder and rape of minors at different places in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana in India. Kumar claims that he sexually abused corpses…
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Society
Timbuktu mausoleums in Mali rebuilt after destruction
Fourteen mausoleums in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali have been rebuilt, three years after they were destroyed by Islamist extremists, BBC reports. The reconstruction was carried out by local stonemasons working for the UN’s cultural organisation, Unesco. On a visit to the city, Unesco’s chief said she wanted…
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West Asia
2,700 migrants rescued off Italian coast
Around 2,700 migrants were rescued Wednesday off the coast of Italy, as Europe struggles to deal with a swelling tide of arrivals from across the Mediterranean, says AFP. The migrants were saved in 13 separate operations near Sicily as they sailed for Europe mainly aboard inflatable boats, the coast guard…
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Society
Desmond Tutu hospitalized for treatment of ‘persistent’ infection
The South African archbishop Desmond Tutu, 83 years old, has been taken to hospital with an undisclosed but “persistent” infection, his foundation has said. “Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday for treatment to a persistent infection,” according to a statement issued on Tuesday.…
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West Asia
UAE executes woman for killing American teacher
The United Arab Emirates has executed a woman convicted of stabbing to death an American teacher in December 2014. Alaa Badr Abdullah al-Hashemi, a 30-year-old Emirati, was found guilty last month of the murder of Ibolya Ryan. The 47-year-old’s body was discovered in the toilets of a shopping centre in…
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South Asia
Nat Geo’s famed Afghan girl whereabouts investigated in Pakistan
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has raided the residence of famous Afghan girl, Sharbat Bibi in Peshawar city of Pakistan. The raid was conducted at the address provided by Sharbat Bibi in her National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) form.During the raid, Sharbat Bibi was not present at the…
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Malala opens school for Syrian refugee girls on 18th birthday
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who marked her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday, July 12, inaugurated the Malala Fund’s “Malala Yousafzai All-Girls School” near the Syrian border, aiming to provide quality secondary education to more than 200 Syrian girls living in informal camps in the Bekaa Valley region.…
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South Asia
Indian Zoroastrians furious over Snoop Dogg music video for Insulting Their Religion
American rapper Snoop Dogg has angered the Zoroastrian Parsi community in India with his new music video, in collaboration with a little-known Iranian-born pop singer, Amitis. The video was released in June by Amitis, co-starring Snoop Dogg. The low budget video shows the two luxuriating amid flashy props and set…
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Child rapist given life imprisonment in Pakistan
A man in Karachi, Pakistan was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday after being convicted him of raping a child four years ago. The case was reported in 2011, when a six-year-old girl complained about bleeding to her family, who took her to a doctor. When asked about what…
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South Asia
Railway stations: Home for missing children in India
Railway stations usually serve as a medium of transportation for travelers, but for thousands of homeless people, including children, they are ‘home’. Delhi railway stations in India serve as home for most of the children who go missing in the capital city. As per records, at least 3,321 children were…
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