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Netherlands agrees to return looted Sri Lankan treasures, including the 275-year-old cannon, gold and silver swords
During a ceremony at the cultural ministry in Colombo, Gunay Uslu, the deputy minister of culture, education, and science for the Netherlands, signed documents transferring ownership of the antiques to Sri Lanka.
Niger cuts off electricity and water supply to the French embassy after asking the French ambassador to leave the country
As per the orders by Niger's junta, anyone helping the French with goods and services will be considered "enemies of the sovereign people”.
3 US Marines killed, 20 more injured after Marine Corps Osprey aircraft crashes during training drill in Australia
The Osprey aircraft crashed during Exercise Predators Run, a training exercise involving troops from US, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, and East Timor.
France bans Islamic attire Abaya in schools: French education minister Gabriel Attal implements stricter dress code from the upcoming school session
"You enter a classroom, you must not be able to identify the religion of the students by looking at them", the French Education Minister said while advocating for a strict dress code in schools.
Wagner Chief Evgeny Prigozhin’s death in plane crash confirmed by DNA testing: Moscow
Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed that one of the men who died in a plane crash earlier this week was Wagner Chief Evgeny Prigozhin
Afghanistan: Sikh woman says she is forced to wear Burqa, look Muslim, so she cannot be identified as ‘Sikh’, hasn’t celebrated festivals since Taliban...
Many of them were forced to flee Afghanistan because of the Taliban's strict restrictions which include their appearance and the prohibition on celebrating their religious holidays in public.
United States: White supremacist goes on a shooting spree in Florida, kills 3 African Americans, was earlier evaluated for mental health crisis
According to the investigators, Ryan Palmeter was a lone-wolf attacker, who was in possession of a tactical vest, mask, handgun and an AR-15-style rifle.
London’s British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigns after failing to investigate theft of valuable items from storeroom
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The director of the British Museum in London, Hartwig Fischer resigned from his post after admitting to failing in his investigation into the theft of items
To stop the growing incidents of Quran burning in public, Denmark plans law against desecration of holy books
Danish government announced that it would propose a law that would make it illegal to desecrate or burn any holy book in Denmark
US: Pakistani doctor Muhammad Masood sentenced to 18 years in prison for trying to join ISIS, wanted to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attacks
Masood used an encrypted messaging service to enable his travel overseas to join the Islamic terrorist organisation ISIS between January and March 2020.
