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More than 30 bodies have been recovered from a river in Bangladesh, and more people are feared dead, after two ferries collided on Monday morning. A vessel called the Morning Bird, which was carrying up to 60 passengers, sank in just 20 seconds after colliding with Mayur-2, a larger ferry, at around 8:55 a.m. in  Dhaka , local police chief Shah Jamal told CNN. Jamal said the bigger boat was attempting to drop its anchor at a port on the River Buriganga at the time of the crash. He added there were at least eight women and three children among the deceased, and that the Morning Bird sank very quickly, in around 15-20 seconds. Shahidul Islam, a Bangladesh Fire Service official, told CNN: "We have so far recovered 32 bodies from the capsized ferry. We have already handed over the bodies to the relatives. A joint team of Navy, water authorities and private divers along with river police are working on the rescue mission." A relative of a victim reacts after re

Iran on Monday reported 162 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest single-day toll since the country’s outbreak began in February. “This increase in numbers is, in fact, a reflection of our overall performance, both in terms of reopening and in compliance with health protocols,” health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said at a news conference. The previous record daily toll of 158 deaths was reported by health authorities in early April. Official figures have shown an upward trajectory in new confirmed cases since early May when Iran hit a near two-month low in daily recorded infections. Iran reported its first COVID-19 cases on February 19 and it has since struggled to contain the outbreak, the deadliest in the Middle East. Lari announced an additional 2,536 new cases on Monday, bringing the total to 225,205. The overall official death toll is now at 10,670 Iranian authorities have refrained from enforcing full lockdowns to stop the pandemic’s spread and the use of

The convoy of Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, on Monday killed a bike rider in Katsina State. SaharaReporters gathered that the victim, who was sharing wedding invitations at the time of the accident, died on the spot. It was gathered that the accident occurred around Mani House Junction within the Katsina metropolis.  A source told SaharaReporters that the convoy abandoned the corpse of the deceased on the road and drove away. Buratai was at the Forward Operating Base, Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of efforts to combat banditry and ensure lasting peace and security in the state and the North-West region. The Chief of Army Staff during a visit to Governor Aminu Bello Masari at the Government House said he will remain in Katsina State for sometime to coordinate and supervise operations in Rugu Forest and beyond. He assured that the operations against the bandits will continue to rid the region of hoodlu

INDIA’S MINISTER of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar participates in a working dinner with Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, during the G20 Aichi-Nagoya Foreign Ministers’ meeting, 2019 (photo credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/REUTERS) In the wake of recent Chinese aggression in the disputed Himalayan border running along the Ladakh area of Kashmir, the debate about India aligning with the United States has resurfaced once again. One of the central questions to India’s China threat is how it should respond in an emerging new cold war in which the United States and China are at loggerheads. In this globalized and interdependent world, “evasive balancing” is one strategy that can be pursued by countries such as India, Japan, France and Australia. Countries tend to exhibit balancing or band-wagoning behavior when there is an existential threat. The current framework established to balance  China  is the formation of a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (known as

The US killed General Soleimani and others in a January drone attack near Baghdad International Airport. Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Trump, along with more than 30 others Iran accuses of involvement in the January 3 attack that killed General Qassem Soleimani, face "murder and terrorism charges", the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Alqasimehr did not identify anyone else sought other than Trump, but stressed Iran would continue to pursue his prosecution even after his presidency ends. Interpol, based in Lyon, France, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Alqasimehr was also quoted as saying Iran had requested a "red notice" be put out for Trump and the others, the highest-level notice issued

In terms of lives lost, families separated, people imprisoned, and churches shut down, the 21st century has, so far, been the worst period of persecution against Christians in recorded history. Among the hottest persecution hot-spots is Nigeria. According to religious freedom watchdog  Open Doors USA, Nigeria ranks  at #12 worldwide for persecution of Christians. Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram is the known villain in Nigeria, and justifiably so. They are among the most brutal Islamist radical terror groups in the world. Just last week,  attacks in northeastern Nigeria  by a Boko Haram splinter-group left dozens of soldiers and civilians dead. Back in January, the group  beheaded  Nigerian pastor Lawan Andimi. Kidnapped from his village and forced to negotiate for his release with the government, Andimi wouldn’t break. Instead,  he turned his hostage video into a stunning testimony  to Christ. Still, as bad as Boko Haram is, much of the recent bloodshed in Nigeria has

onHow Tinubu got into trouble with Buhari – Bode George Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the latest travail of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as self-inflicted. In a chat with  Daily Independent , George said Tinubu’s problem began when he started laying claim to being the ‘national leader’ of the party even though he occupies no elective position. George, who is the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, argued that in a presidential system of government, the President is the national leader in a ruling political party and not any individual, no matter how highly placed. “From the very beginning, I used to tell them that the party APC is a congregation of strange bedfellows. When you have a big party like that and someone wants to hijack it, there will be problem. “First of all, it is a misnomer in a presidential system for a man who is not elected into any position to c