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July 16, 2017 8:17 PM

Macron urges resumption of Mideast talks based on two states

French President Emmanuel Macron called today for a resumption of long-stalled West Asia peace talks based on a two-state solution. Macron said after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that France is ready to support all diplomatic efforts towards this end within the parameters of ...

July 16, 2017 8:16 PM

Venezuelans taking part in unofficial poll over new constituent body

Venezuelans are taking part in an unofficial referendum on government plans for a new assembly that could change the constitution. Critics of the new assembly say it could herald dictatorship. Voters are also being asked if they want fresh elections before Socialist President Nicolas Maduro's t...

July 16, 2017 7:59 PM

Five Yemeni soldiers killed in suspected Qaeda attack: Army

Five Yemeni soldiers were killed and three wounded today when gunmen suspected of ties to Al-Qaeda opened fire on a military checkpoint.<br/><br/>An army source said, the gunmen managed to escape after the attack on the checkpoint in the northeast of Shabwa province, a southern stronghol...

July 16, 2017 7:34 PM

Nepal: CIAA files corruption case against suspended IRD official & others

In Nepal, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case of more than 10 billion Nepalese rupees against suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma and two others. The case was filed at a Special Court in Kathmandu today agains...

July 16, 2017 7:33 PM

Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli to be the new Chief Justice of Nepal

Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli will be the new Chief Justice of Nepal. The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) today unanimously endorsed Justice Parajuli&apos;s name for the post of Chief Justice of Supreme Court. After endorsement by PHSC the President will now appoint him as Chief Justi...

July 16, 2017 5:57 PM

Super stretchy, strong artificial spider silk developed

British scientists have developed stretchable and strong artificial spider silk, made almost entirely of water. The artificial silk may be used to make eco-friendly textiles and sensors. The fibres are spun from a soupy material called hydrogel, which is 98 per cent water and the rest made of silica...

July 16, 2017 5:45 PM

Pak Army chief analysing evidence against Jadhav

Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa is analysing the evidence against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court, and will decide his appeal on merit. The Army said this in Islamabad today. Jadhav filed a mercy petition before Gen Bajwa last month. <br/&gt...

July 16, 2017 5:28 PM

Indian-origin doctor finds 27 contact lenses in woman's eye in UK

An Indian-origin eye specialist in the UK has found 27 contact lenses stuck in the eye of a 67-year-old woman who was due to have a cataract surgery. <br/><br/>Rupal Morjaria, a trainee ophthalmologist at Solihull Hospital near Birmingham, found 17 lenses first and then noticed 10 others...

July 16, 2017 5:17 PM

Eight dead in Senegal football stadium stampede

Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar yesterday in a stampede that broke out following clashes between supporters that were met by police firing tear gas. <br/><br/>Sports minister Matar Ba said a young girl was among the dead, while around 60 ...

July 16, 2017 12:40 PM

22 killed in fire in China's Jiangsu province

In China, at least 22 people died in a fire in eastern province of Jiangsu. Local media reported that the fire broke out this morning at an apartment building in the settlement near the Changshu county-level city. The report said, the firemen managed to extinguish the blaze and the cause of the inci...

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