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UN warns of worsening drought in Horn of Africa in four decades
Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, who concluded a two-day visit to Kenya on Friday where he saw first-hand the devastating impact of a fourth consecutive failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa, called for urgent solution to save lives and communities amid the severe drought.
1 killed, multiple injured at church in US's California
The shooting happened at the church on the 24000 block of El Toro Road in the City of Laguna Woods in Southern California's Orange County on Sunday afternoon, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The sheriff's department tweeted at 2 p.m. that deputies were responding to reports of the shooting, Xinhua news agency reported.
Finland makes official decision to apply to join NATO
"On May 15, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy of the government finalised a report on Finland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The report will proceed to the plenary session of the government today... and after its approval, it will be submitted to Parliament," the government said in a statement.
2 killed, 3 injured in US Houston flea market shooting
The shooting allegedly took place on Sunday due to a fight among the five male victims, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said. The victims all appear to be in their early-to mid-20s and likely knew each other, officials said, noting they do not believe the shooting was random, Xinhua news agency reported. No innocent bystanders were hurt although the flea market was very busy at Sunday afternoon when the shooting took place.
Lumbini all set to welcome Indian PM Modi
This is the fifth visit of Prime Minister Modi to Nepal after taking over the top post in 2014 and the first after his re-election in 2019. To receive and welcome Modi in Lumbini, his Nepal counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba has already reached Bhairahawa, a city nearby Lumbini on Sunday evening. Deuba will inaugurate the second international airport in Bhairahawa on Monday and will accompany Modi in Lumbini throughout the day.
Protests in Pakistan after two Sikh shopkeepers gunned down
"Amidst the slogans of "Bole-So-Nihal, the members of the Sikh community while holding placards in their hands Staging protests on the roads of Peshawar against the brutal killings of two #Sikhs near #Peshawar in #Pakistan," Ravinder Singh Robin tweeted.
Two Sikhs gunned down near Peshawar
In a statement, Peshawar Capital City Police Office Ijaz Khan said that the incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Sarband police station, reports Dawn news. He also identified the victims as 42-year-old Suljeet Singh and 38-year-old Ranjeet Singh, adding that they owned spice shops in Batatal locality.
Security to be tightened in Sri Lanka after reports of possible attacks on May 18
The Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, also known as Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, is marked annually by the Sri Lankan Tamils on May 18, the date on which the over 25-year-old Civil War in the island nation ended in 2009 after the killing of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Hungary's first female President inaugurated
"In addition to the responses given to pandemics, security threats and economic challenges, I am hopeful that we shall still have strength for further constructions in the future," she said in front of Parliament building on Saturday. Novak vowed to stand above party lines during her upcoming years in office. "My task is to find the places where Hungarians belong together. I will look for and show the things in our lives that are beyond the natural opposition of party politics," she said.
Applying for NATO membership a mistake: Putin tells Finnish Prez
In Saturday's call initiated by Helsinki, Niinisto informed Putin of Finland's decision to seek NATO membership in the next few days, reports Xinhua news agency. In response, Putin "stressed that abandoning the traditional policy of military neutrality would be a mistake, since there are no threats to Finland's security", the Kremlin said in a statement
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