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February 11, 2018 7:07 PM

Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashes near Moscow

A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed in the outskirts of Moscow today after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport. Russian media report said the Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the ...

February 11, 2018 6:31 PM

Russian airliner carrying at least 62 passengers crashes

A Russian airliner carrying at least 62 passengers has crashed after vanishing from radar screens as it left a Moscow airport for the Urals. Media report said the Saratov Airlines An-148 regional jet was en route to the city of Orsk when it vanished. <br/><br/>An emergency services sourc...

February 11, 2018 6:17 PM

FTII Pune reaches to international students

The Film and Television Institute of India, FTII Pune has reached to international students. In a first-ever initiative by the Government of India, 20 actors from Nepal will join three weeks course at the prestigious film institute from Monday. <br/><br/>The specially designed course is ...

February 11, 2018 5:17 PM

Pakistan's activist Asma Jahangir dies of cardiac arrest

Asma Jahangir, Pakistan's renowned human rights lawyer, social activist and an outspoken critic of the country's powerful military establishment, died in Lahore today of cardiac arrest. She was 66. Known for her outspoken nature and unrelenting pursuit for human rights, Asma was the first ...

February 11, 2018 4:52 PM

Search for Taiwan quake victims ends as toll rises to 17

In Taiwan, rescuers ended their search today of a building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as the last trapped pair were presumed dead, bringing the final death toll to 17. <br/><br/>Thousands of emergency workers had combed through rubble at the foot of the 12-storey Yun...

February 11, 2018 8:48 AM

Gas explosion at Bolivia Carnival leaves 6 dead, 28 injured

In Bolivia, at least six people were killed and 28 others injured when a street vendor's gas canister exploded near the route of the Carnival in the city of Orura. Deputy Commander Freddy Betancurt said the blast took place on a street parallel to where participants were making the folkloric en...

February 11, 2018 8:48 AM

UN chief calls for immediate de-escalation in Syria

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate de-escalation in Syria after Israel carried out raids inside the war-torn country. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, Guterres is following closely the alarming military escalation throughout Syria and the...

February 11, 2018 8:17 AM

Boko Haram releases 13 hostages after talks with Nigeria

Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women who it had kidnapped in separate raids last year. Nigeria's government said the academics were abducted by the Nigeria-based Islamic militants while conducting oil prospect evaluations in the Lake Chad area last year. <...

February 11, 2018 8:17 AM

11 Turkish troops killed in deadliest day of Kurdish offensive

In Turkey, at least 11 soldiers were killed yesterday, when a helicopter was downed. Army said the helicopter was on a mission in the Afrin region as part of Ankara's offensive dubbed Operation Olive Branch. Turkey launched a military operation against the Kurdish People's Protection Units...

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