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6177.3 Magnitude Earthquake hits Iraq-Iran Border, Kills 207 and Injures Many
At least 207 people were killed and more than 1,700 injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides...
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594201 Saudis Detained in An Unprecedented $100 Billion Corruption Purge
Dozens more people have been taken into custody by Saudi authorities, the kingdom said , bringing to 201 the number detained in...
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719Texas Church Massacre : Man With Assault Rifle Guns Down 26 Churchgoers
A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in a small South...
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649Secret JFK Files Present Martin Luther King Jr’s Troubled Personal Life
US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a new batch of documents about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination that included a secret...
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499Manhattan‘Terror’ Truck Attack Kills 8, Injures 11, Trump Orders Extreme Vetting of Foreigners
In a attack is being dubbed as the worst in New York since 9/11, at least eight people were killed and 11...
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574In a Swift Move, Spain Seizes Control of ‘Independent’ Catalonia
Spain moved swiftly to assert direct rule over Catalonia, replacing its executive and top officials to quash an independence drive that has...
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754Donald Trump Blocks Records of JFK Assassination files, under pressure from FBI, CIA
U S President Donald Trump has reportedly blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy,...
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583Xi Jinping Wants His Army To Be Combat Ready As He Begins Second Term
Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his second five-year term ordering the country’s 2.3 million-strong military, the world’s largest, to be absolutely...
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771Barack Obama takes on US President Donald Trump, slams the ‘Politics of Division’
Former US President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail for the first time in months, railing against the “politics of...
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![Women and children are the main sufferers of this huge crisis. Among the Rohingya refugees, 53% are women and girls, 4% are over 60 and 29% are under five. They are suffering from diarrhoea, malnutrition and pneumonia [image by: Zobaidur Rahman]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-children-e1507630493899.jpg)
565Land grab for projects fuels atrocities against the Rohingya
In the desperate scramble to flee military bullets, Rokeya Begum lost track of her husband. With her five children and elderly mother,...
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Look at the upcoming US Presidential polls in 2020. Can Trump get a second term? How is Britain coping with the exit post Brexit? How is Boris Johnson faring as Prime Minister? Can he deliver given the huge mandate he got in the recent national polls?
The threats that European nations face from terror groups like ISIS are also covered. How are they dealing with terrorism? How is the world united in fighting terror in different parts of the world? In the new world order, terrorism remains one of the biggest threats to world peace, harmony, and development.
How is the superstar cricketer turned politician Imran Khan handling Pakistan as Prime Minister? These are some of the topics that arouse interest and curiosity among readers. World Watch tries to provide comprehensive coverage of all such developments.
G8 and G20 summits, the annual United Nations General Assembly sessions, and the role of the United Nations Security Council are also covered whenever they act as intermediaries between nations to resolve disputes. Their efforts to maintain peace and prevent conflicts that could lead to war are closely followed.
The political developments in Asian nations such as Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Myanmar are also monitored. The changing equations among SAARC nations across different sectors are covered in detail.
The section also covers how the world is coping with the deadly coronavirus, its global impact, and the efforts made by different countries to recover from the pandemic.
