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July 2, 2017 2:10 PM

Car bombs rock Syrian Capital, at least eight dead

In Syria, a suicide bomber attacked the capital Damascus, killing at least eight people and injuring 12 others. State TV said Syrian police had been chasing three suspected car bombers that were trying to enter the capital. Police stopped two of the vehicles, but the third driver entered Tahrir squa...

July 2, 2017 2:09 PM

Pak PM's cousin Tariq Shafi to appear before JIT today

In Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cousin, Tariq Shafi, is due to appear once again before the Panama Papers case Joint Investigation Team, JIT, today. Sources said the team has prepared questions to be posed to the premier's cousin, who has appeared before the JIT on May 16 and 17...

July 2, 2017 1:38 PM

China to launch second heavy-lift carrier rocket

China is scheduled to launch its second heavy-lift carrier rocket today. The Long March-5 Y2 will take off from the Wenchang launch center in the tropical island province of Hainan. <br/><br/>The heavy-lift rocket, which will send the Shijian-18 communication satellite into orbit, is abl...

July 2, 2017 1:37 PM

List of demands was meant to be rejected, says Qatar FM

Qatar's foreign minister has said Doha will not meet any of the 13 demands made by Saudi Arabia and its allies, offering instead a proper condition for a dialogue to resolve the Gulf crisis. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaking at a news conference in the Italian capital Rome yest...

July 2, 2017 1:36 PM

Gunfire injures 25 people in Arkansas nightclub shooting in US

At least 25 people have been shot at a nightclub in the US state of Arkansas, two of whom are in critical condition. Police said three others were injured in a stampede of people fleeing the scene. Police and local officials said the incident was not terrorism-related. The exchange of gunfire took p...

July 2, 2017 11:45 AM

Pak PM's cousin Tariq Shafi to appear before JIT today

In Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cousin, Tariq Shafi, is due to appear once again before the Panama Papers case Joint Investigation Team, JIT, today. Sources said the team has prepared questions to be posed to the premier's cousin, who has appeared before the JIT on May 16 and 17...

July 2, 2017 11:42 AM

Israel's Ex-PM Ehud Olmert released from prison&apos;

Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison today after being granted parole in a corruption case. Olmert, the country's first former premier to serve jail time, did not speak to newsmen when leaving the Maasiyahu prison in central Israel. <br/><br/>The 71-year-old, ...

July 2, 2017 8:34 AM

Congo declares end to Ebola outbreak after 4 deaths

Congolese Health Minister Oly Ilunga has declared the end of an Ebola outbreak in a remote northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo which caused four deaths in the area. <br/><br/>On May 12, officials declared an outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the eighth to dat...

July 2, 2017 8:33 AM

Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Japan's Hokkaido island

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's northernmost Hokkaido island. Japan Meteorological agency said earthquake hit Abira settlement late yesterday, while Iburi province suffered from 5-magnitude quakes within 7 points scale used in Japan. According to local authorities, one woman was injur...

July 2, 2017 8:33 AM

Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US

US President Donald Trump vowed to support and defend religious liberty. Addressing at a Celebrate Freedom concert honouring veterans last night, Trump said that the threat of terrorism is one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today. <br/><br/>He said t...

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