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March 19, 2017 8:50 PM
In Pakistan, President Mamnoon Hussain today promulgated the Hindu Marriage bill into law. The Act will protect Hindu marriages and family rights.<br/><br/>The President signed the bill on the advice of the Prime Minister. Radio Pakistan reports, the legislation prohibits the marriage of...
March 19, 2017 7:32 PM
Iraqi army helicopters fired rockets at Islamic State positions in Mosul's Old City today as troops on the ground closed in on the strategic and symbolic prize of the al-Nuri Mosque. Government forces have cleared the east and half of western Mosul and are now focused on controlling the Old Cit...
March 19, 2017 7:31 PM
In Syria, fierce clashes have broken out on the eastern side of Damascus following an assault by rebels on regime forces. Rebels detonated two large car bombs today close to the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus. <br/><br/>Government warplanes responded with a number of raids around the are...
March 19, 2017 7:30 PM
Israel has threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes. Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman today said on public radio that the next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against Israeli planes the...
March 19, 2017 6:25 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today in Beijing. According to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry, Xi told Tillerson that there are far more shared interests between the two countries than disputes and called for strengthened bilateral coop...
March 19, 2017 5:55 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today in Beijing. According to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry, Xi told Tillerson that there are far more shared interests between the two countries than disputes and called for strengthened bilateral coop...
March 19, 2017 5:22 PM
Bangladesh Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence of banned Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami's former leader and two of his accomplices for a grenade attack in 2004 on Britain's former envoy in Dhaka. <br/><br/>HuJI leader Mufti Hannan lost the legal battle to save himself from...
March 19, 2017 5:11 PM
Bangladesh Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence of banned Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami's former leader and two of his accomplices for a grenade attack in 2004 on Britain's former<br/>envoy in Dhaka. <br/><br/>HuJI leader Mufti Hannan lost the legal battle to save hi...
March 19, 2017 2:22 PM
In Yemen, eight rebels have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition air raid on their convoy near Burj town in Taez province. The convoy was carrying two senior rebel leaders but they survived in the attack. Meanwhile, dozens of rebels were killed and wounded in a series of Saudi-led coalition strikes ...
March 19, 2017 2:20 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed today for a four-day trip to Europe including Germany, France, Belgium and Italy. He will discuss security issues and make progress on trade as regional tensions soar over accelerating North Korean threats. Abe's trip comes a few days after US Secretary...
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