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September 10, 2017 6:56 PM

Tony Blair calls for EU migration curbs to avoid Brexit

Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair today called for stricter controls on migration from within the European Union (EU) to avoid the country having to completely split from the economic bloc. The Labour leader, under whose leadership the UK is seen as having opened its doors to migration...

September 10, 2017 6:56 PM

N Korea's global threat requires global response: NATO chief

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today that North Korea's nuclear and missile programme represented a global threat and requires a global response.<br/><br/>In an interview with the BBC, he also refused to say whether an attack on the Pacific US territory of Guam would t...

September 10, 2017 6:56 PM

US historian who tried to save Afghanistan's heritage dies

American historian Nancy Hatch Dupree, who dedicated most of her life to preserving Afghanistan's heritage, died in a Kabul hospital today. She was 89. Dupree first arrived in the Afghan capital in 1962 as the wife of a diplomat. Over the next five decades since, she travelled throughout the co...

September 10, 2017 6:55 PM

Eight terrorists killed in Egypt

Egyptian security forces today killed at least eight terrorists during a raid on their hideout in the country's Ard Ellewa district. A security official said, five policemen were injured in the shootout. <br/><br/>The state-run news agency MENA reported that Police raided the hideou...

September 10, 2017 6:55 PM

Six killed as rainstorms sweep Italy

At least six people have died in violent rainstorms sweeping across Italy today with the Tuscan city of Livorno taking the brunt of the flooding. Four people from the same family were found dead in a flooded house in the city, where 40cm of rainfall in four hours transformed streets into rivers and ...

September 10, 2017 5:21 PM

Eye of Hurricane Irma hits Florida's southern islands

The eye of Hurricane Irma has hit Florida's southern islands as a category four storm. Forecasters say, it is expected to pummel the low-lying Keys with winds reaching 130 miles per hour, before travelling north-west up Florida's Gulf Coast. <br/><br/>More than 6.3 million peop...

September 10, 2017 5:11 PM

Atleast 90 dead after massive earthquake in Mexico

At least 90 people have died in Thursday's 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico. A government spokesman said 71 people had been killed in the south-west state of Oaxaca alone. Hundreds of families have reportedly been camping in the streets, afraid of the dangers of aftershocks. The earthquake wa...

September 10, 2017 4:23 PM

Iraq holding hundreds of foreign Islamic State family members

Iraqi officials say they are holding more than 1,300 foreign women and children, the families of Islamic State fighters, at a camp as displaced people in northern Iraq. They said today that the 1,333 individuals, from 14 countries, surrendered to Kurdish forces at the end of August after Iraqi force...

September 10, 2017 2:04 PM

Nepal EC invites int'l observers for province, parliament polls

The Election Commission of Nepal has invited international observers for upcoming provincial and parliamentary elections. The commission has issued a notice inviting applications from the international organisations, communities and individuals to observe the elections of the House of Representative...

September 10, 2017 12:59 PM

India urges Myanmar to handle situation in Rakhine with maturity

India has urged Myanmar that the situation in Rakhine state be handled with restraint and maturity, focusing on the welfare of civilian population alongside those of the security forces. In a statement, External Affairs Ministry said that it is imperative that violence is ended and normalcy in the s...

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