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January 1, 2018 12:15 PM

Eight injured in two separate bomb blasts in Pakistan

In Pakistan, at least eight people were injured, including three security officials, in two separate bomb blasts in Chaman in Balochistan Province today. The first attack, which injured two people, took place near an under-construction building on Chaman's Mall Road.<br/><br/>Accord...

January 1, 2018 12:12 PM

Entire US is within range of North Korea's nuclear weapons: Kim Jong

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today warned the United States that he has a "nuclear button" on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened.<br/><br/>In his televised New Year's Day speech, Kim said, the entire United States is within range of North Korea's n...

January 1, 2018 12:09 PM

UAE introduces VAT for first time

The United Arab Emirates has introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time. The 5 per cent levy is being applied to the majority of goods and services. Petrol and diesel, food, clothes, utility bills and hotel rooms all now have VAT applied. But some expenditures have been exempted from the ta...

January 1, 2018 12:09 PM

Entire US is within range of North Korea's nuclear weapons: Kim Jong

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today warned the United States that he has a "nuclear button" on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened.<br/><br/>In his televised New Year's Day speech, Kim said, the entire United States is within range of North Korea's n...

January 1, 2018 11:22 AM

6 killed as seaplane plunges into river in Australia

In Australia, six people have died after a seaplane plunged into a river some 50 kilometres north of Sydney. Five of those killed were British nationals - one of them was an 11-year-old girl. They died alongside the pilot, who was Australian. The crash happened on the Hawkesbury River near the subur...

January 1, 2018 8:40 AM

New world record as Burj Khalifa lights up for 2018

The New Year revelers at Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE were enthralled with two spectacular record making events.Dubai's Burj Khalifa did not just beam the highest searchlight but set a new Guinness World record for the largest eco friendly laser light show on a single building. This was ...

January 1, 2018 8:18 AM

Venezuela raises minimum wage 40 %, stoking world's fastest inflation

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 40 percent increase to the minimum wage. In his televised year-end address, leftist Maduro said the new wage level would protect workers against what he calls Washington's economic war to sabotage socialism. Most economists say the government ...

January 1, 2018 8:18 AM

Anti- govt protests continue in several cities of Iran; 2 killed

At least two people have been killed and dozens arrested since protests broke out Thursday in the city of Masshad and spread to Tehran and other cities. An official in Tehran said that 200 people were arrested during the protests in the Iranian capital, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. I...

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