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September 29, 2019 2:29 PM

Thailand: 13 killed after truck flips over while trying to change lanes

<span style="color: #222222;">In Thailand, thirteen people, most of them students, were killed when a pick-up truck flipped over while trying to change lanes in Bangkok today. Police sources said graphic CCTV footage shows passengers riding in the back being hurled ou...

September 29, 2019 2:28 PM

Saudi King's bodyguard shot dead in personal dispute

A prominent bodyguard of Saudi Arabia's King Salman has been shot dead in what authorities described as a personal dispute. This was revealed by the state TV today, offering few details on the incident.<br />'' <br />'' Tributes poured in across s...

September 29, 2019 1:31 PM

Death toll rises to 30 in Indonesia earthquake

<span style="color: #222222;">The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia's remote Maluku islands rose to 30 today. On Thursday, terrified residents ran into the streets as buildings fell in around them when the 6.5-magnitude tremor struck, sp...

September 29, 2019 1:15 PM

No intention to retire from politics, says Lankan Prez

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says he has no intention to retire from politics and would make a massive transformation in the country's development after December. Addressing a function in Polonnaruwa last evening, President Sirisena said he is in good health and would not retire. H...

September 29, 2019 1:12 PM

China: 36 killed, scores injured after bus collided with truck

In China, at least 36 people were killed and as many injured when a packed bus collided with a truck in eastern Jiangsu province. <br />'' <br />'' Authorities said today that the vehicle was carrying 69 people its maximum capacity  when i...

September 28, 2019 9:34 PM

India-funded school building inaugurated in Nepal

<span style="color: #222222;">In Nepal, India's Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Ajay Kumar today inaugurated a new school building constructed with New Delhi's assistance of 38.60 million Nepali rupees.<br />'' <br />'&...

September 28, 2019 8:47 PM

Violence mars Presidential election in Afghanistan

<span style="color: #222222;">Afghans voted in presidential elections today, even as insurgents attacked polling centres in a series of blasts and clashes broke out across the country that left at least two people dead.<br />'' <br /&amp...

September 28, 2019 7:56 PM

Boris Johnson faces probe for alleged US businesswoman links

<span style="color: #222222;">A London authority has asked the police to find out if Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a criminal link to an American businesswoman who allegedly got favourable treatment from him when he was mayor of London.<br />'&ap...

September 28, 2019 7:31 PM

Nepal releases coins to mark Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary

To celebrate 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Nepal Rastra Bank has issued commemorative coins. <br />''<br />''In special ceremony coins of 2,500, 1,000 and 100 Nepali rupees were launched in Kathmandu last evening. <br />&...

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