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• Now, protest & violence rock LPU over 'rape-suicide' claims

  27-09-2026 22:09 via article.wn.com
  Jalandhar: Violent protests erupted at the Lovely Professional University campus in Phagwara on Saturday night following rumours of the rape and suicide of a female student at a hostel -- the pattern uncanny similar to protests that rocked Chitkara University a day earlier though police deny any linkage.Protesters alleged that a student died by suicide after being raped by a varsity worker in a room in girls’ hostel No. 3 on Sept 23, and that university authorities suppressed it. LPU autho
  
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• Video: Mountain vanishes in seconds in Nepal landslide as heavy rain kills 24

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
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• Trump signals possible strikes before midterms, Iran says 'fully prepared' for 'doomsday war'

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump expressed...
  
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• Trump plans dinner with Anthropic CEO amid mounting AI debate

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump had plans to dine late on Sunday with the CEO of Anthropic, one of the leading voices on artificial intelligence (AI) who has sparred with the Trump administration over the military’s potential use of AI. Trump told reporters after returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland he was planning dinner at 10pm with Dario Amodei. The meal comes two days after Amodei’s...
  
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• Trump offered to sell US weapons to China

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
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• Trials for the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president resume in Miami

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Five years after the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing in the troubled Caribbean nation are still awaiting trial in Miami. Haiti has not had a president since a squad of gunmen killed Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid at their home. US prosecutors have charged more than 40 people with crimes related to the assassination, and a dozen have been convicted, including five who are serving life sentences.
  
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• Three killed, four injured after argument erupts into gunfire at Detroit strip club in US

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Three people were killed and four others injured after an argument escalated into gunfire at an...
  
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• Thailand declares public holiday as Bangkok races to drain floodwaters

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Prime minister faces jeers from angry crowd as floods affect more than 545,000 people across 25 provinces...
  
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• Swiss voters reject proposal to strengthen country’s neutrality

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
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• South Korea seeks apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean POW transfer

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  South Korea seeks apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean POW transfer ......
  
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• Seoul demands apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean prisoners of war transfer

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  South Korea has demanded an apology from Ukraine after President Zelenskyy revealed what Seoul says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea ......
  
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• Quote of the day by Benjamin Satterley: 'I fear failure, that’s kind of my thing. ...

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Benjamin Satterley, famously recognized as PAC, began his...
  
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• Pope condemns assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ at Lourdes

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV on Sunday condemned the legalisation of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion”, reaffirming Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life during a visit to Lourdes, the French shrine associated with miraculous healings. On the third day of his visit to France, Leo again waded into the end-of-life debate unfolding in his native US and countries around the world. The issue roiled French politics for years before lawmakers recently approved legislation allowing
  
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• Permagardens take root after three dry years in coastal Kenya’s Mbuguni region

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  A mother cultivates a permagarden with her children Photo Credit The Permagardens Foundation Three and a half years: that is how long the sky over Mbuguni, Kenya stayed stubbornly empty. In this remote village in Matuga, Kwale County, no rain fell. Crops died in the fields, food stores were totally depleted, and families ran out of seeds. It got harder to find food and water every season. Women walked long distances in search of water and wild fruits. Some men left the area in search of work. Ch
  
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• Pakistani minister Khawaja Asif makes controversial gesture at Afghan woman journalist, VIDEO sparks outrage

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  A video of Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has sparked a strong reaction on social...
  
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• Netanyahu makes surprise UAE trip to meet President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Report

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Netanyahu's...
  
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• Mojtaba survived US strikes on Tehran twice, was pulled from rubble: Cleric

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Mojtaba survived US strikes on Tehran twice, was pulled from rubble: Cleric ......
  
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• Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei was 'pulled from rubble' of hospital after US-Israel strikes: Report

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  While the mystery surrounding the...
  
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• Iran Consulate Uses Prabhas’ Baahubali Clip to Amplify Pezeshkian’s UN Message, Blend of Diplomacy and Indian Cinema Goes Viral

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  DUBAI: Iran’s diplomatic missions appear to have discovered an unexpected way to communicate online — through Indian cinema.Days after an Iranian embassy used a fiery scene featuring Telugu star Nandamuri Balakrishna to respond to US President Donald Trump, Iran’s Consulate in Hyderabad has now turned to Prabhas’ Baahubali following Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s address at the United Nations.The latest post...
  
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• Iran claims second US drone seized in Strait of Hormuz, identifies it as Mk 18 ...

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
  
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• IndiGo Flight Suffers Tail Strike During Second Landing at Bengaluru Airport; DGCA Launches Probe, All Passengers Safe

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  New Delhi: An IndiGo Guwahati-Bengaluru flight suffered a “tail strike” while landing at Kempegowda International Airport, to which the airline said on Sunday it was an ‘Abnormal Runway...
  
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• In Washington's political cauldron, a fight over foie gras ahead of the midterm elections

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump could become a lame duck president after US...
  
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• Heavy rain displaces thousands as floods hit 10 Cambodian provinces

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  PHNOM PENH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall have affected 44,889 families across Cambodia, forcing 3,685 families to...
  
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• Frank Busch dies at 75 after collapsing at Phoenix airport: What we know about the ...

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Frank Busch, renowned swimming coach at the University of...
  
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• Education notebook: Audit court date, emergency certificate numbers and Union's graduation day

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Chris Hudgins, Gayle Gwinup and Thomas McKenna appeared in Tulsa County District Court Wednesday morning for a preliminary hearing in connection with a kickback scheme allegedly run through Tulsa Public Schools’ bond office. ......
  
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• Drugged with ketamine, raped for hours: Ex-student sues Cornell University, 7 fraternity members

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  A former student of Cornell University has filed a lawsuit against the institution and seven members of its Chi Phi fraternity, alleging that she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house in October 2024. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, was 20 years old at the time of the alleged assault and has accused the university and fraternity members of failing to protect her and prevent the incident.The lawsuit, filed on September 16 in the New York Supreme Court, alleges that the
  
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• Benjamin Satterley, famous wrestler known as Pac in AEW and Neville in WWE, passes away ...

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Benjamin Satterley, famously known as Pac in...
  
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• At least 27 killed, many others injured in separate mass shootings in South Africa

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  At least 27 people got killed in two separate mass...
  
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• 8 water supply networks inaugurated in Afghanistan's Paktika province

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities officially inaugurated eight water supply networks in east Afghanistan's Paktika province, the Ministry of...
  
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• 5 things to know about abortion-rights lawsuit against Oklahoma

  28-09-2026 09:47 via article.wn.com
  Two of the plaintiffs had been told by medical professionals early in their pregnancies that they would end in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of their newborns within hours or days. ......
  
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