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July 25, 2017 8:36 AM

Two Canadian men found guilty of polygamy in first test of 127-year-old law

In Canada, two men, including one who has 25 wives and 146 children, were convicted of polygamy in a landmark ruling that upheld Canada's longstanding ban on the practice. Winston Blackmore and James Marion Oler, who has five wives, face up to five years in prison after being found guilty in th...

July 25, 2017 8:22 AM

No substantial evidence on 39 missing Indians, says Iraq

Iraq Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said, they do not have any substantial evidence about the fate of 39 Indians who are missing in Mosul since 2014. <br/><br/>Mr Al-Jaafari, who is on a visit to India, told this to reporters in New Delhi yesterday. He said, he is not hundred pe...

July 25, 2017 7:29 AM

17 Turkish journalists face terrorism trial

Seventeen journalists and managers at Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet went on trial yesterday on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation. <br/><br/>If found guilty this week, they could face sentences of up to 43 years in jail. Ten have already been in pre-trial detention for ...

July 25, 2017 7:23 AM

Gulf Arab states blacklist 9 individuals, 9 organizations

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have added nine entities and nine individuals to their ban lists because of alleged links to Qatar over terrorism. <br/><br/>Saudi's state news agency, SPA reported today the four Arab states, who isolated Qatar by cutting al...

July 25, 2017 7:22 AM

Israel to remove metal detectors from holy site in Jerusalem

Israel today decided to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City with other, less obtrusive surveillance means.<br/><br/>A cabinet statement said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet voted to remove the metal detector ga...

July 24, 2017 9:16 PM

Afghanistan: 35 people killed in Kabul in suicide car bombing by Taliban

In Afghanistan, at least 35 people were killed and several injured in a suicide car bombing in capital Kabul today. Police said, a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of the city, although the target of the attack remained unclear. <br/><br/>Police cordoned off the ...

July 24, 2017 9:16 PM

26 dead, 50 injured in blast near CM residence in Pak's Lahore

In Pakistan, a powerful suicide blast near residence-cum-office of Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore today killed 26 people, including policemen, and wounded more than 50 others.<br/><br/> Police and Lahore Development Authority officials were busy in removing encro...

July 24, 2017 9:09 PM

France's Macron faces grassroots court challenge over party rules

French President Emmanuel Macron faced the first grassroots revolt from within his own camp today when hundreds of activists asked a court to halt voting on new rules for the political party that helped him win power in May. <br/><br/>The challenge came on the heels of a poll showing a s...

July 24, 2017 9:07 PM

Afghanistan: 35 people killed in Kabul in suicide car bombing by Taliban

In Afghanistan, at least 35 people were killed and several injured in a suicide car bombing in capital Kabul today. Police said, a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of the city, although the target of the attack remained unclear. <br/><br/>Police cordoned off the ...

July 24, 2017 8:03 PM

26 dead, 50 injured in blast near CM residence in Pak's Lahore

In Pakistan, a powerful suicide blast near residence-cum-office of Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore today killed 26 people, including policemen, and wounded more than 50 others.<br/><br/> Police and Lahore Development Authority officials were busy in removing encro...

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