SYDNEY -- Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held across Australia on Sunday, with organizers claiming crowd numbers to be in the tens of thousands.
Organized by the Palestine Action Group, the national rallies follow a recent demonstration in Sydney that attracted tens of thousands of protesters and shut down the Harbor Bridge. (Australia--Pro-Palestine Protests)
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KABUL -- A teenage boy lost his life and four others sustained injury as an unexploded ordnance, which had been left over from the past wars, went off in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province on Saturday, said a news release of the provincial police office on Sunday.
The incident took place in Chak district when some teenagers were playing on a ground, killing one on the spot and injuring four others, the news release added without providing more details. (Afghanistan-Blast)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's special counsel team investigating former President Yoon Suk-yeol's short-lived martial law imposition sought a warrant to arrest former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday.
The special counsel team said in a news briefing that it filed the arrest warrant for Han on Sunday afternoon on charges including aiding the ringleader of insurrection, perjury, fabricating official documents, and damaging public files. (S.Korea-Former PM)
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ISLAMABAD -- Preparations are underway for Pakistan's first-ever national cervical cancer vaccination campaign, which is set to begin on Sept. 15, sources from the country's Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive will run until Sept. 27 across selected regions, including eastern Punjab, southern Sindh, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, and Islamabad, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Pakistan-Cancer-Vaccination) ■
