World

NEPAL: The world’s shortest man, as verified by Guinness World Records (GWR), died at a hospital in Nepal. He was 27-year-old. Khagendra Thapa Magar, from Baglung district of Nepal, measured 67.08cm (2ft 2.41in).

AUSTRALIA: Two Indian Nationals are among a gang of suspected pickpockets arrested by the Melbourne Police.

LONDON: Prince Harry will make his first public appearance on Thursday as Queen Elizabeth has agreed to the wishes of her grandson and his American wife Meghan to seek an independent future – by stepping back from their senior royal roles.

SYDNEY: Over 5,000 camels were shot dead by helicopter-borne marksmen in Australia within a period of five days, reports said.

BEIJING, CHINA: A bus and some pedestrians in China were swallowed by a huge sinkhole, leaving six people dead and 10 more missing, reports a state media on Tuesday.

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: The government of New South Wales used helicopters and planes to feed the starving animals amid Australian Bushfires.

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II will hold a meeting on Monday  in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by Prince Harry’s announcement that he and his wife Meghan were stepping back as senior royals.

Ukrainian Plane Crash: Iran says it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane, Iran’s state media reports. The general staff of Iran’s armed forces said that after the plane flew close to a sensitive site belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, it had done so was due to ‘human error’. Those responsible …

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan police have reportedly resolved the case of a Sikh youth, who was brutally murdered in Peshawar.

OTTAWA, CANADA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said that “multiple” intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down a Ukrainian international Airline flight after it took off from Tehran, which killed all on board, including 63 Canadians.