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October 7, 2017 8:21 AM

Syrian army ousts IS from last central Syria pocket: Syrian military sources

In Syria, army has cleared Islamic State (IS) from its last pocket of territory in central Syria after months of fighting. Syrian military sources said, the armed forces completed military operations in the eastern Homs countryside, eliminating the last groups of the IS in the area and liberating an...

October 7, 2017 8:20 AM

US moves to lift decades-old trade embargo against Sudan

The United States has lifted its 20-year-old trade embargo against Sudan. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert said that the lifting of sanctions is in recognition of Sudan government's sustained positive actions to maintain a cessation of hostilities in conflict areas, improve humanit...

October 7, 2017 8:20 AM

United States says no plan to sign global anti-nuclear treaty

The United States today said it has no intention of signing a nuclear weapons ban treaty. A State Department spokesman told AFP that the United States does not support and will not sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. He said the treaty will not make the world more peaceful, will n...

October 7, 2017 2:17 AM

Saudi Arabia rejects UN blacklisting over children deaths in Yemen

Saudi Arabia today rejected the UN's move to blacklist the coalition fighting in Yemen for the killing and maiming of children, calling the information cited in the international body's annual list "misleading."<br/>&apos;<br/><br/>Saudi Ambassador to the UN Abd...

October 7, 2017 2:16 AM

Tightens restrictions on ex-President Mohammad Khatami: Iran opposition

Iran's opposition today said that restrictions have been tightened on reformist former president Mohammad Khatami, barring him from all public meetings for three months.<br/>&apos;<br/>Khatami has been banned from appearing in the media since mass protests against the government in ...

October 6, 2017 9:06 PM

6.0-magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Fukushima in Japan

A 6 (Point)0-magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Fukushima in Japan on Friday. Officials said the quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, its epicentre 255 kilometres east of Ishinomaki. <br/><br/>According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake posed no t...

October 6, 2017 8:27 PM

Death toll in Pakistan Shia shrine attack rises to 22

In Pakistan, the death toll in the suicide attack at a prominent Shia shrine in restive Balochistan province has risen to 22. According to Deputy Commissioner Asadullah Kakar, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest when he was stopped by a police officer guarding the Dargah Fatehpur. <br/...

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