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North Korean leader deploys 50 new rocket launchers ahead of major party congress

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- North Korea said Thursday leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to unveil the deployment of 50 new launch vehicles for nuclear-capable short-range missiles threatening rival South K... Read More


UK interest rate cut expected in March after inflation drop

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Inflation in the U.K. fell to a 10-month low largely on the back of lower food and gas prices, official figures showed Wednesday, a downward move that has reinforced expectations... Read More


Milei's overhaul of Argentina labor law advances in Congress as unions strike in protest

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- A general strike protesting Argentine President Javier Milei's flagship overhaul of the country's labor law disrupted public transport, hospitals, ports and schools across Argent... Read More


A Kenyan school like no other may be an African education blueprint

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- At a special school in Kenya, the classrooms look like few others. Instead of standing and lecturing at Rare Gem Talent School, teachers use hands-on lessons focused on sights, s... Read More


Jose Maria Balcazar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Peru's Congress late Wednesday elected legislator Jose Maria Balcazar as the country's eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous ... Read More


Drone strikes in Sudan's Kordofan region take a toll on civilians and aid operations

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- A surge in drone strikes in the Sudanese region of Kordofan has taken a growing toll on civilians and hampered aid operations, analysts and humanitarian workers said Wednesday, a... Read More


UK police band together to assess Epstein revelations as scandal rocks royals and politics

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- British police forces are working together to assess potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department's investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffr... Read More


Gabon suspends access to social media as critics accuse its leader of crackdown on dissent

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice, the authorities said as critics accuse the country's ... Read More


Inside the bribery plot that led to a DEA supervisor's downfall in the Dominican Republic

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The scheme began, investigators say, with a hushed message passed along by a music promoter in the Caribbean: Instead of the usual years-long wait to apply for permission to ente... Read More


Sierra Leone officials facilitated illegal mansion-building in a key national park

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Scores of illegal luxury mansions have been built in a national park that serves as an important environmental buffer for Sierra Leone 's capital and the government has done litt... Read More