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June 9, 2017 6:25 PM

Suicide attack claims 20 lives in Iraq

In Iraq, at least 20 people were killed and 34 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, today. A source at Musayyib hospital said at least four of the wounded were in very serious condition following the blast. <br/><br/&gt...

June 9, 2017 6:25 PM

Nepal honours Indian who climbed Mt Everest for record 6 times

Nepal has felicitated Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu who became the first Indian to scale Mount Everest for a record six times. According to Nepal's Tourism Department the veteran mountaineer climbed the 8,848-metre high mountain peak, the world's tallest, for the sixth time on May 27. <br...

June 9, 2017 12:26 PM

Japan's Parliament passes law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate

Japan's Parliament has passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, clearing the way for the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries and the accession of his son. <br/><br/>The upper house of parliament passed the bill yesterday with a handful of lawmake...

June 9, 2017 12:22 PM

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE & Bahrain issue Qatar-linked terrorist list

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain have issued a list of designated terrorist organizations and individuals linked with Qatar. Amid deepening diplomatic crisis in West Asia, the four countries in a joint statement this morning endorsed the list of 12 individuals and 59 terror groups for having rec...

June 9, 2017 12:22 PM

Japan's parliament clears way for emperor's abdication

Japan's Parliament has passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, clearing the way for the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries and the accession of his son. <br/><br/>The upper house of parliament passed the bill yesterday with a handful of lawmake...

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