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Bus accident leaves 15 dead in Guatemala and government declares 3-day national mourning period

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- An intermunicipal bus veered off a road in Guatemala and fell into a deep ravine, killing 15 passengers and injuring at least 15 others, authorities said Saturday, and declared t... Read More


Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar's first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war r... Read More


Knife attack near Suriname's capital Paramaribo kills at least 9 people, including kids, police say

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- A knife attack outside Suriname 's capital of Paramaribo killed at least nine people, including five children, police said Sunday. Officials said the victims included four of th... Read More


Tenth-ranked Draper not ready to return for Australian Open

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Jack Draper, who has played just one tennis match since Wimbledon because of injury, will not be fit for next month's Australian Open. The 10th-ranked Draper's 2025 season was p... Read More


Kosovo heads to a snap vote to end political deadlock

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Voters in Kosovo will cast their ballots in a second election this year in a bid to resolve a political deadlock that has threatened to push the small Balkan nation into a prolon... Read More


Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed on Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He rus... Read More


Afghanistan's historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping center

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Through the decades, downtown Kabul's Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies ... Read More


Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead and 18 wounded

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic an... Read More


Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- For 10 hours a day, Rahimullah sells socks from his cart in eastern Kabul, earning about $4.5 to $6 per day. It's a pittance, but it's all he has to feed his family of five. Rah... Read More


Cypriot fishermen battle invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Photis Gaitanos' rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other... Read More