Passenger train derails in India, killing 2 passengers and injuring 20 others
NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train derailed Tuesday in eastern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad official said.
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Bangladesh protests resume after government ignores ultimatum to release leaders, apologise
Bangladeshi students held scattered street protests on Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government ignored an ultimatum to release their leaders and apologise for those killed in deadly unrest.
Shot in the eyes, victims of Bangladesh protest violence face dark future
Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were hit in the eyes by pellets fired by security forces, and might lose vision forever — a lasting marker of the mayhem that engulfed the nation earlier this month.
Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed
A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody on Sunday.
At least 30 dead in Gaza school airstrike; Israel says targeted militants
At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian health officials said, an attack that Israel said targeted militants who were using the compound.
‘All We Think of Is Him’: Putting Names and Faces to Bangladesh Carnage
A part-time tutor, shot in the neck and killed. A journalist and young father, felled by a bullet to the head. A shopkeeper’s son, also fatally shot in the head.
Bangladesh protest leader fears for his life, taken into custody by government
Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil service job quotas for the recent days of deadly nationwide unrest.