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Hoardings with portraits of former police constable-turned-Hindu preacher Bhole Baba are kept at a workshop near his ashram in Bichhawan village of Mainpuri district, in IndiaÂ’s Uttar Pradesh state on July 4, 2024. - Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Indian preacher not hiding after stampede, says lawyer

The self-styled Indian preacher whose latest sermon ended in a deadly stampede is not hiding from police, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, without disclosing the guru’s whereabouts. Bhole Baba’s prayer meeting
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Composite image of Governor Siminilayi Fubara (left) and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.. About 20 CSOs have condemned the use of dynamite by supporters of Nyesom Wike during protests in Rivers State.
Composite image of Governor Siminilayi Fubara (left) and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.

CSOs condemn use of dynamite in Rivers protests

Approximately 20 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have warned that the use of dynamite explosives by supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, during protests in Rivers State
4 days ago
This picture taken on June 26, 2024 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on June 27, 2024 shows the separation and guidance control test of individual mobile warheads conducted by the DPRK missile administration at an unconfirmed location in North Korea. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT / SOUTH KOREA OUT / ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. /

North Korea says successfully tested multiple-warhead missile

North Korea successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said Thursday, as dozens more trash-laden balloons sent by Pyongyang landed in the South. Relations between the two Koreas are at one
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