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October 29, 2017 6:09 PM

Taliban kills 13 policemen in Afghanistan

The Taliban killed 13 policemen in an attack on a checkpoint early on Sunday in the northern Kunduz province. <br/><br/>Hayatullah Ameri, Chief of the Khan Abad district, near where the attack took place, says only one policeman escaped the battle alive. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Muja...

October 29, 2017 6:02 PM

Norwegian rescuers find Russian helicopter missing in Arctic

A Russian helicopter that went down off the coast of Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic this week has been found and the eight Russians on board are presumed dead. <br/><br/>The Mil Mi-8 chopper, carrying five crew and three scientists, went missing on Thursday as it was fl...

October 29, 2017 6:02 PM

73 fighters killed in clashes between Syria's army and IS

Heavy clashes between Syria's army and the Islamic State group in Deir Ezzor city have killed at least 73 fighters in the last 24 hours. <br/><br/>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said, Syria's army controls most of Deir Ezzor city, capital of Deir ...

October 29, 2017 6:02 PM

26 persons injured in Nepal bus mishap

In Nepal, 26 persons were injured in a bus accident in Ramnagar forest in Chitwan district Sunday morning. <br/><br/>The condition of 4 injured is critical. All injured passengers have been admitted in Chitwan Medical College. The accident occurred when a tipper truck collided head on wi...

October 29, 2017 2:36 PM

Severe tropical storm Saola may bring heavy rains

A severe tropical storm Saola is expected to bring heavy rains and strong winds to Japan's Pacific coast. Japan Meteorological Agency today said, the storm is now situated 180 kilometers south-southeast of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture and moving east-northeast at a speed of 40 kilometers per...

October 29, 2017 2:33 PM

Cooperation urgent on accelerated North Korea threat: US Secretary of Defence

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis has that the increasing nuclear threat from North Korea has brought a new urgency to military and diplomatic collaboration with South Korea. Mattis, while appearing alongside his South Korean counterpart, Song Young-moo, at a press conference in Seoul yesterday, ...

October 29, 2017 2:32 PM

Xi ally Li Qiang named Shanghai party head

Li Qiang, an ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has been named the top Communist Party official in Shanghai, replacing Han Zheng who last week joined the elite Politburo Standing Committee.<br/><br/>The official Xinhua news agency today said that according to a decision of the Central...

October 29, 2017 2:27 PM

Somalia police end night-long siege of hotel, 25 dead

In Somalia, security forces have ended a night-long siege of a Mogadishu hotel by five extremists. The attackers stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance gate. Police said troops regained control of the Nasa-Hablod hotel today morning, hav...

October 29, 2017 11:40 AM

Afghan's deputy provincial governor abducted in Pakistan

A deputy provincial governor of Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province has been abducted by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. <br/><br/>Afghan Consul General in Peshawar Moin Mrastyal said yesterday that Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi, the deputy governor ...

October 29, 2017 11:25 AM

Cuba announces new immigration policies to boost ex-pat ties

Cuba has announced changes to the island's immigration policies, seeking to strengthen ties with the 8 lakh Cubans living outside the country. <br/><br/>Speaking to a group of Cubans residing in the United States, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said yesterday the new rules go into...

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