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October 31, 2017 7:08 AM

Powerful storms kill seven people in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic

At least seven people have been killed in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic as powerful storms wreaked havoc in parts of central and northern Europe. <br/><br/>Thousands of people in Poland and the Czech Republic are still without power. <br/><br/>The centre of the Germa...

October 31, 2017 7:01 AM

US court largely blocks Trump's military transgender ban

A US court has largely blocked President Donald Trump's controversial ban on transgender people serving in the military. <br/><br/>Mr Trump had, in August, signed an executive order banning transgender people from serving openly, reversing former President Barack Obama's direct...

October 30, 2017 8:48 PM

20 killed in Nepal road accidents

At least 20 persons have died in two separate accidents in Nepal. <br/><br/>In Gulmi district 11 persons died and 9 others injured when a minibus skidded off from the road and fell around 350 meters down. <br/><br/>Superintendent of Police, Gulmi Anurag Dwivedi told AIR that ...

October 30, 2017 6:17 PM

Pakistan anti-graft court issues arrest warrant against Finance Minister

A Pakistani anti-graft court today issued a bailable arrest warrant against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar after he failed to appear before it in a corruption case spiralling from the Panama Papers scandal. <br/><br/>The Accountability Court in Islamabad dismissed 67-year-old Dar's appl...

October 30, 2017 6:16 PM

11 killed in Nepal road accidents

In Nepal, at least 11 people were killed today and several others injured in two separate road accidents. <br/><br/>Police said, in the first incident, seven people died and seven others sustained injuries in western Gulmi district when a micro-bus heading towards Tamghas in Gulmi skidde...

October 30, 2017 5:51 PM

Fresh Syria talks open in Astana

A fresh round of peace talks seeking to end Syria's war opened in the Kazakh capital Astana today. <br/><br/>The latest round of talks begins days after the Islamic State terrorist group was forced out of its de facto capital Raqa in northern Syria, in a major victory for the US-bac...

October 30, 2017 5:45 PM

Concentration of CO2 in atmosphere hits record high: UN

The UN said today that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high. <br/><br/>It warned that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. <br/><br/>The World Meteorological Organization said, concentrations...

October 30, 2017 5:38 PM

Israeli minister, Palestinian PM discuss economic ties

Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon met with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to discuss strengthening economic ties between the two sides. <br/><br/>President Donald Trump's special Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt tweeted today that the meeting in Ramallah yielded meaning...

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