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June 24, 2017 2:23 PM

Financial watchdog FATF slams Pakistan on terror financing

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental financial watchdog, established by the G-7 Summit in 1989, has slammed Pakistan for its complicity in financing terrorist entities. It said, certain UN-designated terror groups in the country receive money due to lack of government control...

June 24, 2017 2:23 PM

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny barred from presidential polls

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been formally barred from contesting next year's Presidential election. The Central Electoral Commission has ruled that since Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement and given a suspended sentence, he may not contest. <br/>Navalny was sentence...

June 24, 2017 2:22 PM

UN offers to help resolve Qatar row

The United Nations has offered to step in to help resolve a deepening crisis in the Gulf after Qatar was confronted with a list of demands from its neighbors. UN spokeswoman Eri Kaneko said it expects that the countries involved resolve the situation through dialogue. She said UN is monitoring the s...

June 24, 2017 2:07 PM

More than 140 people feared buried in China landslide

More than 140 people are feared buried in a landslide in Maoxian County of China&apos;s Sichuan Province. According to county government's spokesman 46 homes in the village of Xinmo were swallowed by huge boulders when the side of a mountain collapsed burrying at least 141 people. <br/>Th...

June 24, 2017 2:06 PM

Security forces foil suicide attack on Mecca's Grand mosque; 11 injured

In Saudi Arabia, Six foreign pilgrims were hurt when a suicide bomber targeting Islam's holiest site of Mecca blew himself up yesterday. The Interior Ministry said, security forces have prevented the imminent attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca. It said, five security men were also slightly hur...

June 24, 2017 2:04 PM

Qatar reviews 13-point list of demands of four Arab countries

Qatar is reviewing the 13-point list of demands of four Arab countries and a formal response would be made by the foreign ministry and delivered to Kuwait. Stating this the Qatari official spokesman added that the demands were not reasonable or actionable. Kuwait is helping mediate the dispute. Conf...

June 24, 2017 2:03 PM

UN offers to help resolve Qatar row

The United Nations has offered to step in to help resolve a deepening crisis in the Gulf after Qatar was confronted with a list of demands from its neighbors. UN spokeswoman Eri Kaneko said it expects that the countries involved resolve the situation through dialogue. She said UN is monitoring the s...

June 24, 2017 2:02 PM

At least 16 killed in Bangladesh road accident

In Bangladesh, at least 16 persons, mostly factory workers and labourers, were killed on Saturday in a truck accident near the northwestern city of Rangpur. Police said the accident occurred when a truck they were traveling in while returning home for Eid overturned and fell into a ditch after the d...

June 24, 2017 1:23 PM

Security forces foil suicide attack on Mecca's Grand mosque; 11 injured

In Saudi Arabia, Six foreign pilgrims were hurt when a suicide bomber targeting Islam's holiest site of Mecca blew himself up yesterday. The Interior Ministry said, security forces have prevented the imminent attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca. It said, five security men were also slightly hur...

June 24, 2017 1:08 PM

European leaders criticise Britain's offer to EU nationals after Brexit

European leaders have criticised Britain's offer to European Union (EU) nationals after the Brexit. European Council President, Donald Tusk, said in a news conference after the second day of a Brussels summit that the plan was below expectations. European Commission chief Jean Claude Juncker sa...

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