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Security forces kill terrorist in North Waziristan

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Security forces
  • Exchange of fire took place in North Waziristan.
  • In a result, one terrorist was killed by the forces.
  • Terrorist was involved in attacks on civilians and forces.

RAWALPINDI: A terrorist has been killed in exchange of firing with security forces in North Waziristan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in North Waziristan.  As result one terrorist was killed. The military’s press wing said that the terrorist was involved in attacks on civilians and security forces.

The ISPR further said that the people of the area appreciated the strong response of the security forces against the terrorist elements while the local population also pledged full cooperation to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area.

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Suspected jihadists kill at least 50 in Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso

At least 50 civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists. The landlocked Sahel state is in the grip of a seven-year-old jihadist insurgency. It claimed more than 2,000 lives and forced some 1.9 million to flee their homes. At least 50 civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a village … Read more

Two die in new Burkina Faso attack

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Burkina Faso

An unidentified gunman killed a soldier and a civilian in an attack on a gold mine. More than 2,000 people died and some 1.8 million people have fled their homes. Karma mine produced 88,000 ounces of gold — worth $25 million. An unidentified gunman killed a soldier and a civilian in an attack on a … Read more

Troops kill nine civilians in breakaway Cameroon region

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Cameroon

Cameroonian soldiers killed nine civilians, including a baby. The incident took place in the Northwest Region. Anglophone militants declared an independent state in the two regions in 2017. In a “misunderstanding,” soldiers killed nine civilians, including a baby, in one of Cameroon’s conflict-torn anglophone regions last week, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. On June … Read more

Guinea prosecutor deepens probe into protest killing

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Guinea

An autopsy revealed that  Thierno Mamadou Diallo was killed by a bullet. The ruling junta has promised to break with past practices. Diallo’s death, one of the first civilians to die during a protest since the coup. Guinean public prosecutor ordered a list of all police officers present when a young man was killed during … Read more

Ukraine First Lady says war ‘horrors’ will leave deep scars

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Ukraine

Ukraine’s First Lady warned a WHO meeting on Monday that the consequences of Russia’s war on healthcare and mental health would be felt for decades, as Russia claimed the forum had become politicized. “Russia’s war has shown horrors we could not have imagined,” Olena Zelenska said in a video address to World Health Assembly in … Read more

Dozens killed in Burkina attacks

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Burkina

Around 40 people, many of them civilian army volunteers, were killed in suspected jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso on Monday, according to local sources and security officials. Around 25 people were killed in two attacks in the northern Sahel region on Saturday, including 13 VDP volunteers, according to a leader of the force. In Kompienga, … Read more

Gunmen kill 48 in northwest Nigeria attacks: local official

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Nigeria

Gunmen attacked three towns in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Sunday, killing at least 48 people, according to a local official and residents. Criminal gangs have terrorised northwest and central Nigeria for years, raiding and looting towns, stealing cattle, and kidnapping residents for ransom. “A total of 48 people were killed by the bandits in … Read more

Ukraine battles to hold eastern bastions as US First Lady visits

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Ukraine

Ukrainian forces prepared to defend their last stronghold in the devastated port city of Mariupol on Sunday, hoping to deny Russia a symbolic victory on the eve of Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations. US First Lady Jill Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made unannounced visits to Ukraine, and G7 leaders are set to join … Read more

UN experts favour keeping South Sudan arms embargo

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UN

A panel of UN experts has recommended that the arms embargo on South Sudan be maintained due to ongoing ceasefire violations According to a report released on Saturday. The embargo was set to expire at the end of the month, and the UN Security Council will meet on May 26 to assess the situation. Because … Read more

Ukraine says UN-led Mariupol rescue operation

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ukraine

About 500 civilians have been evacuated since the start of a UN-led rescue mission in Mariupol and its besieged Azovstal steel complex on Friday, according to the director of Ukraine’s presidential office. “We have managed to evacuate almost 500 civilians,” said Andriy Yermak on Telegram. He stated that Kyiv will “do everything to save all … Read more

Civilians reach safety as Russia renews assault on Mariupol plant

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Mariupol

On Tuesday, Russian soldiers launched a huge assault on the Azovstal steel mill, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the destroyed southern port city of Mariupol, bringing 101 residents to safety who had been besieged there for weeks. “We are so thankful for everyone who helped us. There was a moment we lost hope, … Read more

Russia Ukraine update: 2 days of ceasefire agreed upon

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Zelensky

Russia Ukraine update: 2 days of a ceasefire agreed upon Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there will be “two days of genuine ceasefire”. For “the first time in whole war” in another statement. “Today we at long last figured out how to begin the clearing of individuals from Azovstal,” he said. Referring to the departures … Read more

Civilians are being evacuated, Ukrainian commander at Mariupol steel mill.

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Mariupol

According to a commander in the Azov Regiment, one of the Ukrainian soldiers stuck within the factory, several civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol after a truce was declared. The truce, which was due to start at 6 a.m. local time, started around 11 a.m. local time, according to Capt. … Read more

20 civilians leave Mariupol Azovstal site: Ukraine regiment

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Mariupol

A group of 20 civilians is leaving the Azovstal steelworks, wherein the final Ukrainian troops are holed up inside the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the squaddies there stated Saturday. “Twenty civilians, women and children… have been transferred to a suitable place and we hope that they will be evacuated to Zaporizhzhia, on territory controlled … Read more

Russia says Kyiv foiled evacuation from Mariupol

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Russia

Russia on Monday accused Kyiv of preventing civilians trapped with Ukrainian infantrymen in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks from leaving the besieged commercial centre despite a ceasefire declaration. The defence ministry had said it’d permit a civilian evacuation from Mariupol’s sprawling steel plant, which has been sheltering the last Ukrainian resistance within the southeastern port town. But … Read more

ICC prosecutor to join EU team probing crimes in Ukraine

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ICC

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor will be part of an EU investigations crew to probe possible global crimes dedicated in Ukraine, the EU’s judicial cooperation agency said Monday. “The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague becomes a participant within the joint investigation crew (JIT) on alleged center … Read more

UK warned Russia against enlisting civilians in military

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UK russia

The Defence Ministry of the UK has warned Russia that enlisting civilians in the Russian military would constitute a breach of international law. The UK intelligence report cited unconfirmed allegations from Ukrainian officials that Russia was considering conscripting people in Ukraine’s seized Kherson and Zaporizhzhia districts. “This would follow similar prior conscription practices in the … Read more

During the war in Bucha, the UN recorded 50 “unlawful” killings.

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bucha

According to the UN, a mission to Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, documented the deaths of 50 people, including several who were executed in cold blood. “During a mission to Bucha on the ninth of April, UN human rights officers documented the unlawful killing including by summary execution of some 50 civilians there,” Ravina Shamdasani, … Read more

Ukraine says 9 bodies found outside Kyiv, some ‘with signs of torture’

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Kyiv

The bodies of 9 civilians, a few showing signs and symptoms of torture, had been located in the metropolis of Borodyanka out of doors of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, police stated. “These were killed by way of the occupiers and some show signs and symptoms of torture. I need to emphasize that those people were … Read more

Fighting ongoing in Mariupol: Ukrainian governor

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Mariupol

Fighting going in  Ukrainian and Russian forces is “ongoing” within the strategic port of Mariupol, the local government informed the Media Tuesday. “There is fighting ongoing in Mariupol. This is street combating,” Pavlo Kyrylenko governor of Ukraine’s jap Donetsk location said. Ukrainian forces there are “under heavy bombardment” however “retain to guard Mariupol.” “There are … Read more

Civilians get away east Ukraine cities as Russian strikes come to light

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Russian strikes

By bus and train, residents keep pouring out of east Ukraine’s Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as terror grows the cities will be key aims of a major new Russian offensive. On Tuesday morning, a bus in the green and yellow colors of provincial football team FC Kramatorsk was waiting in the rain to pile up about … Read more

Ukrainian forces ready for ‘last battle’ in Mariupol

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last battle

Ukrainian forces are getting ready for a “last battle” to control the southern port of Mariupol, besieged by Russians since the invasion, marines in the city said Monday. “Today will probably be the last battle, as the ammunition is running out,” the 36th marine brigade of Ukrainian armed forces said on Facebook. “It’s death for … Read more

Russia denies attack on a Ukrainian train station

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Russia’s defence ministry confirmed Friday that it did not initiate an attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine that killed at least 35 people, according to a local rescue worker. “All comments by representatives of the Kyiv nationalist government regarding the claimed Russian rocket strike on the railway station in the city of Kramatorsk … Read more

China, Russia arming Myanmar junta: UN rights expert

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China, Russia

GENEVA – UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia have continued supplying Myanmar’s junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year’s coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, urged the Security Council to convene an emergency session … Read more

Yemen civilian deaths double since UN monitors removed: NGO

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yemen

DUBAI – Civilian deaths and injuries in Yemen’s civil war have almost doubled since UN human rights monitors were controversially removed in October, a non-governmental organisation said on Thursday. The ejection of monitors had opened the door to “unchecked, horrific violations”, the Norwegian Refugee Council said, urging their reinstatement. It said 823 civilians were killed … Read more

Drones loom large in latest phase of Ethiopia’s war

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ADDIS ABABA – One week ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed used his Orthodox Christmas message to call for “national reconciliation”, raising hopes of a breakthrough to end his country’s grinding 14-month-old war. But the very same day, a drone strike on a displaced persons camp in the conflict-stricken Tigray region killed more than 50 … Read more

Pakistan, India exchange list of prisoners under agreement

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India Pakistan

Under the Consular Access Agreement, Pakistan and India have exchanged the list of each other’s nationals held in jails by both countries, a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Saturday. The statement said the government of Pakistan has shared a list of 628 Indian prisoners in Pakistan including 51 civilians … Read more

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