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April 9, 2017 5:05 PM

19 crew members freed from ship captured by Somali pirates in Gulf of Aden

<br/>&apos;Nineteen crew members have been freed from a ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials received an alert yesterday that pirates had boarded the timber-carrying ship about 120 kms from the coast of Yemen. Ships from three countries diverted to its path. ...

April 9, 2017 4:59 PM

21 people killed, dozens injured in explosion at church in Egypt

<br/><br/>&apos;At least 21 people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion at a church in northern Egypt. <br/>State media say, the blast targeted St George's Coptic church in the city of Tanta in the Nile Delta. <br/>The cause of the explosion is not ye...

April 9, 2017 4:58 PM

NASA's Kepler space telescope discoveres Venus-like planet

Astronomers, using NASA's Kepler space telescope, have discovered a Venus-like planet. Isabel Angelo, a scientist at SETI Institute, research organisation in the US said the plant is orbitting a dim star that is one-fifth the diameter of Sun and is located 219 light-years away from Earth. <b...

April 9, 2017 4:57 PM

21 people killed, dozens injured in explosion at church in Egypt

<br/><br/>&apos;At least 21 people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion at a church in northern Egypt. <br/>State media say, the blast targeted St George's Coptic church in the city of Tanta in the Nile Delta. <br/>The cause of the explosion is not ye...

April 9, 2017 2:37 PM

Hundreds leave Syria Homs rebel district under deal

In Syria, hundreds of more rebels and their families have left the last opposition-held Waer neighbourhood in Homs city, for opposition-held territory elsewhere in the country. <br/><br/>The evacuation is part of a Russian-supervised deal to give safe passage to the rebels and bring the ...

April 9, 2017 2:37 PM

NASA's Kepler space telescope discoveres Venus-like planet

Astronomers, using NASA's Kepler space telescope, have discovered a Venus-like planet. Isabel Angelo, a scientist at SETI Institute, research organisation in the US said the plant is orbitting a dim star that is one-fifth the diameter of Sun and is located 219 light-years away from Earth. <b...

April 9, 2017 2:37 PM

US Navy carrier strike group heads toward Korean Peninsula

A US Navy carrier strike group is heading toward the Korean Peninsula as the United States boosts its defenses against North Korea's nuclear ambitions. The Carl Vinson Strike Group comprises an aircraft carrier and other warships.<br/><br/>US Pacific Command said the deployment was ...

April 9, 2017 2:18 PM

Egypt: 13 killed in explosion at church

At least 13 people were killed in an explosion at a church in Egypt. State media reported that the blast targeted the St George Coptic church in the city of Tanta, north of Cairo. <br/><br/>A private news channel said, at least 42 people had been injured.<br/><br/>The cause o...

April 9, 2017 2:15 PM

NASA's Kepler space telescope discoveres Venus-like planet

Astronomers, using NASA's Kepler space telescope, have discovered a Venus-like planet. Isabel Angelo, a scientist at SETI Institute, research organisation in the US said the plant is orbitting a dim star that is one-fifth the diameter of Sun and is located 219 light-years away from Earth. <b...

April 9, 2017 2:09 PM

Bangladesh welcomes PM Modi's commitment to early solution to Teesta

Bangladesh has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to ensuring the early solution to Teesta water issue. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque in a media interaction in New Delhi last evening said Mr Modi's comment in the joint statement with visiting Prime Minister Sh...

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