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September 27, 2017 2:34 PM

Pak accepts Haqqanis, Hafiz Saeed, LeT are liabilities

Pakistan has accepted that Haqqanis, Hafiz Saeed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are liabilities. <br/><br/>This was stated by the Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, at the Asia Society forum in New York on Tuesday. <br/><br/>Clarifying the position of Islamabad, Mr. Asif said, he is accepti...

September 27, 2017 2:27 PM

Pak court indicts FM Ishaq Dar in corruption case

In Pakistan, an accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday indicted Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). <br/><br/>The reference was filed against Dar for possessing assets beyond his known sources of inco...

September 27, 2017 1:57 PM

Nepal: Counting of votes for final phase of local polls almost complete

Counting of votes for the third and final phase of local elections in Nepal is almost complete. Results of 133 local bodies out of 136 have been declared. Now results of just 3 local bodies including Birgunj, the only metropolitan city of Province 2 is awaited. <br/><br/>AIR corresponden...

September 27, 2017 12:20 PM

UN Cheif urges US, Russia to promote efforts for nuclear disarmament

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the United States and Russia to promote efforts for nuclear disarmament. <br/><br/>In his speech in New York on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Guterres said the states possessing nuclear weapons have a s...

September 27, 2017 8:56 AM

Saudi Arabia issues decree allowing women to drive

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time. <br/><br/>Saudi Press Agency reports, Government ministries are to prepare reports within 30 days and the order will be implemented by June next year. <br/><br/>The royal decree wi...

September 27, 2017 8:54 AM

WADA suspneds French anti-doping lab

The World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, on Tuesday announced that it had provisionally suspended the WADA accreditation of the laboratory of the National Anti-Doping Organisation of France, AFLD, because of analytical issues. <br/><br/>WADA in a statement said, The provisional suspension cam...

September 27, 2017 8:54 AM

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake streks off northern Japan

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no risk of tsunami.<br/><br/>The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake struck at 5:22 a.m. or 1:52 India time off Iwate prefecture at a depth of about 30 kilometers.&l...

September 27, 2017 8:53 AM

Female suicide bomber kills five people in Nigeria

In Nigeria, a female suicide bomber killed five people when she blew herself up in a mosque in the northeast. Local militiamen told news agency AFP that this is the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram jihadists.<br/><br/>The bomber on Tuesday stormed the mosque in the town of Dikwa, 90 ki...

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