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July 10, 2017 5:38 PM

Pakistan: Senior police official killed in Balochistan suicide attack

In Pakistan, a senior Pakistani police official was among three persons killed today in a suicide attack on a police vehicle in the country's restive Balochistan province. <br/><br/>District Police Officer Killa Abdullah Sajid Mohmand, who was critically wounded in the blast, succum...

July 10, 2017 2:13 PM

US laptop ban lifted on Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian

Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian have become the latest Middle Eastern airlines to let passengers take laptops in the cabin on US-bound flights. <br/><br/>Both carriers said they had worked with US officials to tighten security checks on flights from Kuwait and Jordan. <br/><b...

July 10, 2017 1:47 PM

Iraq declares victory over ISIS after months-long battle in Mosul

Iraq has declared victory over the Islamic State terror group in Mosul after months-long campaign, dealing the biggest defeat yet to the jihadist group. <br/><br/>Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said he is in liberated Mosul to congratulate the heroic fighters and the ...

July 10, 2017 1:08 PM

Indian-American develops handheld device for cervical cancer

An Indian-American professor and her team have developed a new handheld, low cost device that will soon check cervical cancer without using a painful speculum. <br/><br/>Nimmi Ramanujam and her team of researhers at Duke University in North Carolina has developed the "all-in-one dev...

July 10, 2017 12:56 PM

Camden Lock Market fire: 70 firefighters tackle huge blaze at London

The London Fire Brigade says, dozens of firefighters battled a large fire in a building in London's popular Camden Lock Market early today. <br/><br/>It said 10 firetrucks and 70 firefighters had been sent to the site when a blaze erupted near Camden Stables shortly after midnight y...

July 10, 2017 12:54 PM

Panama Papers case: Pakistan probe panel to file final report today

In Pakistan, a joint investigation team probing the Panamagate graft case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family will submit its final report to the Supreme Court today. <br/><br/>The six-member Joint Investigation Team was set up in May by the Supreme Court with the mandate t...

July 10, 2017 11:45 AM

Fresh earthquake of 5.9 magnitude rocks Philippine island

In Philippines, a 5(point)9-magnitude quake today rocked a central island still reeling from a deadly tremor last week. <br/><br/>The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the moderately strong quake struck Leyte island near Ormoc, a city of about 200,000<br/>people at 9:41 am local tim...

July 10, 2017 11:38 AM

Donald Trump backtracks on Russia joint cyber unit

US President, Donald Trump has backtracked on a proposal to work with Russia to create an impenetrable cyber-security unit to prevent election hacking. <br/><br/>Hours after promoting the idea yesterday, the US President said that he did not think it could actually happen. <br/>&lt...

July 10, 2017 7:46 AM

California wildfires: Hundreds evacuated as flames spread

Wildfires in California are quickly spreading, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated. Officials said a combination of high temperatures and parched land has added to the difficulties of firefighters. <br/><br/>About 17 fires fanned by strong winds are raging across the length and br...

July 10, 2017 6:18 AM

Iraq declares victory over IS in Mosul

Iraq has declared victory over the Islamic State terror group in Mosul after months-long campaign, dealing the biggest defeat yet to the jihadist group. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said he is in liberated Mosul to congratulate the heroic fighters and the Iraqi ...

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