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December 17, 2017 7:31 PM

Pakistan: 9 killed, 44 injured in terrorist attack on church in Quetta

In Pakistan, heavily-armed terrorists attacked a church during a midday service today in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least nine people and wounding 44 others including children and women. Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said that at least two suicide bombers we...

December 17, 2017 6:56 PM

Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kandahar, one killed

An Afghan woman was killed and four civilians wounded when a suicide car bomb struck a NATO-led coalition forces' convoy in Kandahar city today. An official said the blast occurred around 2 p.m. local time in Police District 5 of Kandahar city, capital of southern province of Kandahar, along a ...

December 17, 2017 6:54 PM

Landslides claim 26 lives in Philippines

In Philippines, landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people in four towns of Biliran island. Sofronio Dacillo, Biliran provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, said today, a day after the storm pounded the east of the archipelago nation that they have recov...

December 17, 2017 6:53 PM

Pakistan: 8 killed, 44 injured in terrorist attack on church in Quetta

In Pakistan, heavily-armed terrorists attacked a church during a midday service today in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least eight people and wounding 44 including children and women. Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said that at least two suicide bombers were inv...

December 17, 2017 2:28 PM

Pakistan: 7 killed, 20 injured in suicide attack targetting church in Quetta

In Pakistan, at least seven people were today killed and 20 injured in a suicide attack targetting a church in Quetta. <br/><br/>Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said, two suicide bombers struck Bethel Memorial Methodist Church while the church service was ongoing. He said, one o...

December 17, 2017 1:14 PM

Argentine dismisses navy head over submarine disappearance

Argentina has dismissed the head of its Navy a month after the disappearance of a submarine with 44 crew members on board.<br/><br/>The sacking of Navy Admiral Marcelo Srur came as relatives of the missing crew demonstrated outside the presidential palace in capital, Buenos Aires yesterd...

December 17, 2017 1:14 PM

South Africa's ANC set to vote for new leader

In South Africa, African National Congress (ANC) is set to vote today on who will succeed President Jacob Zuma as its leader. <br/><br/>The main contenders are the country's deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, and former Cabinet Minister and President Zuma's ex-wife Nkosazana Dla...

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