photographer is accompanied by a group of policemen.... He is Bijay Baniya, employed by the Darrang

An oil slick in the Mediterranean Sea could soon reach Cyprus’ northeastern coast, officials have warned. The spill is believed to have originated from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil refineries. The Cypriot Fisheries and Marine Research Department said the oil spill could affect Apostolos Andreas Cape in the north of the ethnically divided island by late Tuesday. The Department said that information and photographs received from ships in the region show the slick is a thin film of oil r

As a man comes rushing towards them, they round him, attacking him with rods and sticks.... Scroll.in quoted the Darrang Superintendent of Police Sushanta Biswa Sarma as saying that nine policemen were also injured in the incident. The publication reported that the men killed in the incident were identified as having Muslim names.... Pakistan's Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi censured Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for turning his country into a" barbaric state" as he shared the video on the s

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Join our Whatsapp channel DAMASCUS: Hundreds of people were killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against security forces of the country’s new interim rulers as UN human rights chief called on Syria’s interim leaders on Sunday to intervene and prevent mass killing of people in coastal areas. The clashes, which a war monitoring group said had already killed 1, 000 people, mostly civilians, continued for a fourth d