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October 2, 2017 5:36 AM
In Afghanistan, an erroneous airstrike killed 10 security forces in volatile Helmand province today. Afghan officials said that the incident happened after the Afghan Air Force mistakenly dropped bombs on their position. <br/><br/>Governor of Helmand, Hayatullah Hayat told newsagency AFP...
October 2, 2017 5:35 AM
The Emir of Kuwait has freed 22 Indian prisoners and commuted the sentences of 97 others lodged in the Arab country's jails. <br/><br/>According to India's Embassy in Kuwait City, the list containing the names of 119 Indians is addition to the 15 Indian prisoners whose death se...
October 1, 2017 7:53 PM
Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to the streets in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong today to protest against what they say is the Beijing-backed government's use of the courts to pursue its opponents. <br/><br/>Demonstrators marched through the semi autonomous Chinese region&#...
October 1, 2017 7:22 PM
In Spain, at least 337 people were injured in clashes in Catalonia today amid the referendum on the region's independence from Spain. <br/><br/>In a tweet Catalan government's spokesman Jordi Turull said a total of 337 people have been injured in clashes with Spanish police dur...
October 1, 2017 7:10 PM
The United Arab Emirates today started collecting new "sin" taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks. <br/><br/>Tobacco and energy drinks will be taxed at 100 per cent and soft drinks at 50 per cent. Shoppers could be seen stocking up the day before.<br/>T...
October 1, 2017 5:53 PM
At least 38 people were injured in Catalonia today as a result of clashes between protesters and police amid the referendum on the region's independence from Spain. <br/><br/>Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and forced their way into activist-held polling stations as thousan...
October 1, 2017 5:01 PM
Italy has ordered North Korea's incoming new ambassador to leave the country in a protest over Kim Jong-Un's missile launches and nuclear tests. <br/><br/>This was announced by the Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano in an interview with Italian daily La Repubblica, today. <br/...
October 1, 2017 5:01 PM
China today opened a 409-km new expressway costing about linking Tibet's provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi, which is close to Arunachal Pradesh border. <br/><br/>State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the toll-free expressway has linked the two major cities which are also t...
October 1, 2017 2:22 PM
Voting has begun in Catalonia in an independence referendum that has been banned by the Spanish government and the constitutional court. Catalan government officials said, ballot boxes were ready and predicted a big turnout. <br/><br/>But the Spanish interior ministry said, police office...
October 1, 2017 12:22 PM
China today marked the 68th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China. More than 115,000 people from across China gathered at the Tiananmen Square at the heart of Beijing to watch the raising of the National Flag. <br/><br/>At the backdrop was a 17-meter-tall giant d...
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