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July 3, 2017 7:37 AM

France: 8 people wounded in shooting in front of mosque in Avignon

In France, eight people were lightly wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southeast city of Avignon, the prosecutor's office said. <br/><br/>The suspects, carrying a handgun and a shotgun, arrived in a Renault Clio before opening fire on the crowd, La Provence newspaper...

July 3, 2017 7:36 AM

Pakistan PM's cousin Tariq Shafi appears before JIT

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cousin, Tariq Shafi, made a second appearance before the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Sharif family today. <br/><br/>Speaking to reporters in Islamabad after his JIT appearance, Shafi said, he had been questioned regarding the Sha...

July 3, 2017 6:06 AM

US backed force enters Syria's Raqa from south

US-backed fighters have entered Islamic State terror group held Raqa from the south for the first time, crossing the Euphrates River to enter a new part of the Syrian city. <br/><br/>Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have spent months closing in on ...

July 3, 2017 2:25 AM

Iraq forces battles last few hundred jihadists in Old Mosul

Iraqi forces were battling the last few hundred jihadists in Mosul's historic centre today as they pressed the final stages of an assault to drive the Islamic State group from the city.<br/><br/>More than eight months since the country's forces launched a gruelling operation to...

July 3, 2017 1:24 AM

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 14 at camp for displaced Iraqis

In Iraq, a suicide bomber attacked a camp for displaced Iraqis in Anbar province today, killing 14 people, a police major and a doctor said. The blast at the camp, west of Anbar capital Ramadi, also wounded 13 people.<br/><br/>The doctor and the major both said that most of the victims w...

July 3, 2017 1:20 AM

Syrian President Bashar Assad to be face of new Syrian Lira bank note

A new 2,000 Syrian Lira bank note with the face of President Bashar Assad will go into circulation today, the Syrian Central Bank announced. The notes are the first time Syria will depict President Bashar Assad on its currency since he took office 17 years ago.<br/><br/>Assad's face...

July 3, 2017 12:33 AM

United States: 6 killed in plane crash in northern Wisconsin

In the United States, six people aboard a Cessna airplane were killed when it crashed in northern Wisconsin.The Price County Sheriff's Office says the airplane crashed at 3:21 a.m. Saturday near the city of Phillips. The sheriff's office says the plane had left from Chicago and was heading...

July 2, 2017 11:56 PM

Pakistan oil tanker fire: Death toll rises to 198

The death toll in Pakistan's oil tanker inferno rose to 198 today as four more persons, injured in the country's one of the worst fire accidents, succumbed. An official said the four victims died during the last 24 hours. <br/><br/>The death toll may go up further as most of th...

July 2, 2017 11:54 PM

Pakistan: 6 killed, 24 injured as passenger van catches fire

In Pakistan, at least six people, including four women, were killed and 24 others were injured today, after a passenger van caught fire in Multan city in Punjab province. The van was on its way to Multan from Sarwar Shaheed Chowk. Rescue workers rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and the inj...

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