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October 17, 2017 6:00 PM

Taliban suicide attack: Death toll rises to 42

In Afghanistan, the death toll has risen to 42 when Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a police training centre in the eastern city of Gardez, the capital of Paktia province. <br/><br/>The dead include 21 civilians and 21 police personnel. The death toll is expected to rise as mo...

October 17, 2017 5:31 PM

Trump promises action on drug prices that may impact India

US President Donald Trump has promised to bring the cost of prescription drugs way down and let other countries pay more for these medicines in a new policy that could have implications for India. <br/><br/>He told his Cabinet members at a meeting at the White House yesterday that the pr...

October 17, 2017 5:28 PM

Death toll from US drone strike rises to 26

The death toll from a US drone attack on a compound used by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network in Pakistan's remote tribal Kurram district along the Afghan border has risen to 26. Yesterday's attack is the deadliest strike on the group this year.<br/><br/>Afghan officials said ...

October 17, 2017 5:27 PM

32 dead, over 200 injured in Afghan police centre attack

In Afghanistan, the death toll has risen to 32 with more than 200 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack on a police training centre attached to the headquarters in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province. <br/><br/>Local media said police chief for Paktia province, Toryalai Abdyani, wa...

October 17, 2017 5:25 PM

India signs pact to send interns to Japan for training

India has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Japan to send youngsters there as technical interns for on-the-job training for a period of three to five years. <br/><br/>The MoC on Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) was signed by Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pra...

October 17, 2017 2:08 PM

20 dead, over 70 wounded in Afghan police centre attack

In Afghanistan, 20 people were killed and over 70 wounded in a suicide bombing targeting a police training centre attached to the headquarters in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province. <br/><br/>The deputy governor, Abdul Wali Sahee, said more than 20 people have been killed and over 70...

October 17, 2017 1:29 PM

Google Maps announces to provide virtual visits to all planets, Moon

Google has announced that one can now virtually visit all planets and moons in our solar system using Google Maps. <br/><br/>It will now enable a visit to Saturn's natural satellites as well as Jupiter's. <br/><br/>According to google official, Google has also added...

October 17, 2017 1:28 PM

Car bomb killed reporter who covered Malta's 'Panama Papers' link

The Maltese investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, who had exposed her country's links with the Panama Papers document leak, has been killed when a bomb destroyed her car as she was driving near her home.<br/><br/>Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that her death r...

October 17, 2017 12:28 PM

Suicide car bomber, gunment attack provincial police HQ in Afghanistan

At least one suicide car bomber and a number of gunmen attacked a provincial police headquarters in Afghanistan on Tuesday. <br/><br/>The Taliban claimed the responsibility for the attack.<br/><br/>A police official said the exact casualty toll was unclear as the attack was o...

October 17, 2017 11:27 AM

US 'not taking sides' in Iraqi-Kurdish dispute: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said his country is not taking sides in the Iraqi government's seizure of the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters at the White House, President Trump said that the US does not like Iraqi and Kurdish troops clashi...

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