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Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, a police officer said on Monday. The death toll, which has repeatedly risen as exhumations have been carried out, could rise further. The Kenyan Red Cross said 112 people have been reported missing to a tracing and counselling desk it has set up at a local hospital. The cult’s leader, Paul Mackenzie, was arrested on April 14 following a tip-off that suggested the existence of shallow graves containing the bodies of at least 31 of his followers. “The death toll now stands 73 people,” Charles Kamau, head detective in Malindi, Kilifi County, told Reuters via telephone. He said three more people had been arrested, without giving details. Privately-owned NTV channel reported that one of those arrested was being held on suspicion of being a close associate of the leader of the cult. Fol

SWAT: Condemnations pour in across the country following the twin bomb blasts inside a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat’s Kabal town, ARY News reported on Tuesday. Reacting over the bomb blast inside the police line mosque in Peshawar, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the suicide attack on CTD police station in Swat. He said the nation is deeply grieved over the martyrdom of police officials. Strongly condemn suicide attack on CTD police station in Swat. Nation is deeply grieved over martyrdom of police officials. Our police has been the first line of defence against terrorism. We will not rest until we eliminate this scourge. My condolences to bereaved families. — Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) April 24, 2023 PTI chairman Imran Khan took to Twitter and condemned the bomb blast. He expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the blast at the Kabal police station in Swat. My condolences go to the families of the victims of

Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said the U.S. and Saudi Arabia mediated the truce. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the agreement first and said it followed two days of intense negotiations. The two sides have not abided by several previous temporary truce deals. Fighting erupted between the SAF and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on April 15 and has killed at least 427 people, knocked out hospitals and other services, and turned residential areas into war zones. “During this period, the United States urges the SAF and RSF to immediately and fully uphold the ceasefire,” Blinken said in a statement. He said the U.S. would coordinate with regional, international and Sudanese civilian interests to create a committee that would oversee work on a permanent ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements.

LAHORE: Former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that he will strengthen the national institutions after coming into power, ARY News reported on Monday. While addressing PTI workers and supporters at Zaman Park Lahore, Imran Khan said that a governance system becomes successful in the presence of strong institutions.  “People have misunderstood that I will take revenge after coming into power. I will strengthen the national institutions and will never take revenge on anyone.” READ: IMRAN KHAN DEMANDS RELEASE OF PTI’S INSTAGRAM LEAD ATTA UR REHMAN “We are not going to take revenge from others but to establish justice and law. Our political party is not struggling for any personal agenda.” Khan said that the supremacy of law will end if the status of the Constitution is compromised. He added that they will take to the streets to protect the country and its Constitution. “The nation has no option other than taking to the streets. If we do not co

Nine teenagers were shot early Sunday at an after-prom party in Jasper, Texas, prompting what will be an increased police presence at the town’s high school this week, officials said. None of the gunshot wounds were life-threatening, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that offered few other details about the shooting at a residence in Jasper, a town of about 7,200 people some 134 miles (215 km) northeast of Houston. The victims were taken to two hospitals, the sheriff’s office said, without reporting on the number of shooters. “This investigation is ongoing and people of interest are being questioned,” the statement said. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 19, KBMT-KJAC television news reported. Jasper High School held its prom, a right of passage for American secondary schools, at a church meeting hall on Saturday night, the TV news reported. The superintendent of the Jasper Independent School District, John Seybold, pledged full cooperation with any law-e

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank in Year 2022 released maximum funds to Pakistan, citing the bank’s annual report ARY News said on Monday. According to the report, the ADB and the partners allocated US$ 5.5 billions for projects in Pakistan. Moreover, US$ 2.6 billion dollars concessional loans were approved for Pakistan. The Asian Development Bank overall made 31.8 billion dollars project financing in Asia, the bank’s annual report stated. Devastating floods inflicted maximum loss to the economy in Pakistan in 2022. These unprecedented floods damaged crops and disbalanced the demand and supply in the country, the report said. “Destruction of crops also hike prices in local market,” according to the ADB report. “The conflict between Russia and Ukraine caused inflation at the global leve,” the bank’s annual report said. “Pakistan required the expets on climate change to avoid losses inflicted by the change in weather patterns,” ADB report stated. “The ADB providing services of

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser said that the PML-N want a verdict from Supreme Court on gunpoint, ARY News reported  As per details, the PTI leader Asad Qaiser said that they will accept every verdict of the Supreme Court. He said that the top court has provided an opportunity to all the political parties to move towards a solution to this current crisis but the PDM government is using delaying tactics. The former speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser lambasted Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) saying that they want a verdict from the supreme court on gunpoint but PTI is serious in their approach to talks within the jurisdiction of the constitution. He further said that the PML-N have not given a ticket to their candidates yet. Asad Qaiser maintained that an early election is the only solution to this current inflation and political crisis. Read more:  ELECTION DATE: SC ADJOURNS HEARING AS GOVT, PTI TO HOLD