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August 6, 2017 8:05 PM

Britain ready to pay 40bn euro Brexit divorce bill: Report

Britain is open to paying up to 40 billion euros (47.1 billion US Dollars) towards a so-called Brexit divorce bill to the European Union as long as a future UK-EU trade deal can be secured.Three separate sources within the UK civil service and government with knowledge of the UK's Brexit negoti...

August 6, 2017 8:04 PM

12 killed in Nigeria church shooting

Gunmen stormed a Catholic church in a town in southeast Nigeria early today, killing 12 worshippers. Witneses said, the attack took place at around at St. Philip's church in Ozubulu, near the city of Onitsha, witnesses said. Sources said, several worshippers with gunshot wounds are receiving tr...

August 6, 2017 8:04 PM

Britain ready to pay 40bn euro Brexit divorce bill: Report

Britain is open to paying up to 40 billion euros (47.1 billion US Dollars) towards a so-called Brexit divorce bill to the European Union as long as a future UK-EU trade deal can be secured.<br/> <br/>Three separate sources within the UK civil service and government with knowledge of the ...

August 6, 2017 4:52 PM

Islamabad airport cancels flights due to internet cable fault

At least eight domestic and international flights were today cancelled at Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto International Airport due to internet disruption caused by a submarine cable fault. An official of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said, the disruption was caused due to a fault in the main ...

August 6, 2017 2:15 PM

Trump commends UNSC for adopting new sanctions on N Korea

US President Donald Trump has commended the UN Security Council for passing a new resolution that increases sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests. <br/><br/>Trump said China and Russia voted with the US to pass what he called the single largest econom...

August 6, 2017 2:03 PM

Death toll from floods in Northern Vietnam rises to 23

In Vietnam, rescuers have recovered 16 more bodies over the past three days, bringing the death toll from floods in four northern provinces to 23.<br/><br/>Flash floods triggered by heavy rains earlier this week also left 16 people missing and injured 21 others. Nearly 5,000 soldiers and...

August 6, 2017 1:59 PM

Southeast Asian nations feud over China sea claims

Southeast Asian nations were battling today to find a compromise on how to deal with Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea. Diplomats involved in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, Foreign Ministers meet told a news agency that they failed to release a joint statement as schedu...

August 6, 2017 12:47 PM

Typhoon Noru leaves 2 dead, nine injured in southwestern Japan

Typhoon Noru is bringing violent winds and heavy rain to Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima leaving two people died and nine injured. The Meteorological Agency said the typhoon was 30 kilometers west-southwest of Tanegashima Island today morning. <br/><br/>It said Noru, pa...

August 6, 2017 12:42 PM

UNESCO worried about world heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

The UNESCO has cautioned that the damage caused to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) due to the Gorkhaland agitation may put in peril the World Heritage tag it earned in 1999.<br/><br/>Two prime stations Gayabari and Sonada were torched while an arson attempt was made on Elysia Buil...

August 6, 2017 11:31 AM

Hiroshima marks 72nd anniversary of atomic bombing

Tens of thousands of people gathered today in the Japanese city of Hiroshima to reflect on a tragedy that changed the course of history. They were marking the 72nd anniversary since the US detonated an atomic bomb over the city on 6th August, 1945. <br/><br/>People observed a moment of s...

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