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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan stable after 'assassination attempt'
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan stable after 'assassination attempt'
by  AFP

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was in stable condition after being shot in the foot Thursday at a political rally in what the country's president deemed "a heinous assassination attempt". In a tweet, Pakistan's President Arif Alvi also called it "a heinous assassination attempt".

A home for the dead: The quest for burials in flood-stricken Chad
A home for the dead: The quest for burials in flood-stricken Chad
by  AFP

First came the torrential rains, which burst river banks, swept away homes and upended hundreds of thousands of lives. The World Bank says 42 percent of the 16 million population live in poverty, while the United Nations says 5.5 million need emergency humanitarian aid.

East Ukraine hospital that stayed open despite war, occupation
East Ukraine hospital that stayed open despite war, occupation
by  AFP

In six months of Russian occupation and eight months of fighting, Izyum hospital in eastern Ukraine never stopped working, operating on wounded civilians in its basement while awaiting liberation. The Russian troops set up their own field hospital in a neighbouring basement.

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