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Russia cuts oil production by 346,000 bpd under OPEC deal

October 4, 2017 4:32 PM

Russia cuts oil production by 346,000 bpd under OPEC deal

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that Russia has decreased oil production in September under the oil output reduction agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries by 346,000 barrels per day. <br/><br/>In May 2017, the agreement was extended by nine months, until...

Paris motorbike explosion did not appear to target Jordan: Embassy official

October 4, 2017 4:32 PM

Paris motorbike explosion did not appear to target Jordan: Embassy official

A motorbike explosion outside the Jordanian military attache's office in western Paris did not appear to intentionally target Jordan. This was informed by an embassy official on Wednesday. According to a police source, a motorbike had exploded in front of the building, however the reasons for t...

Fukushima operator can restart nuclear reactors at world's biggest plant

October 4, 2017 4:31 PM

Fukushima operator can restart nuclear reactors at world's biggest plant

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant cleared a major regulatory hurdle on Wednesday to restart two reactors in Japan, its first since the 2011 tsunami sparked the hazardous atomic accident in decades. <br/><br/>The Nuclear Regulation Authority provided Tokyo Electric Powe...

Vitamin D supplements may halve severe asthma attack risk

October 4, 2017 2:22 PM

Vitamin D supplements may halve severe asthma attack risk

Vitamin D supplements along with standard medication may halve the risk of suffering a severe asthma attack requiring hospital attendance, a study claims. The study, conducted by Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), found that vitamin D supplementation resulted in a 30 percent re...

Turkey: Bomb blast kills three soldiers, wounds five

October 4, 2017 1:56 PM

Turkey: Bomb blast kills three soldiers, wounds five

Three soldiers succumbed and five others wounded as a bomb detonated in southeast Turkey by Kurdish militants near the border with Iran. The blast occurred in the Yuksekova district of Hakkari province. <br/><br/>It said a large number of armoured vehicles were sent to the area to captur...

Pakistan executes 3 terrorists convicted by military courts

October 4, 2017 1:07 PM

Pakistan executes 3 terrorists convicted by military courts

In Pakistan, three terrorists tried and convicted by military courts were executed at a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today. The terrorists are identified as Sajid, Behram and Fazal-i-Ghaffar. <br/><br/>A statement of Inter-Services Public Relations said the convicts were involved in commit...

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