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March 2, 2017 8:01 AM

Reinvestigate Mumbai terror attack case: India tells Pakistan

India has asked Pakistan to re-investigate the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case and put on trial Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed. A Pakistan Interior Ministry official told PTI that besides Hafiz Saeed, India has also demanded trial of Lashkar-e-Taiba operation commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi in the ...

March 2, 2017 7:51 AM

Brexit bill delayed as Lords back EU nationals' rights

In Britain, the House of Lords voted yesterday the government's European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill to amend and thereby delay a bill empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to begin Brexit negotiations, demanding guarantees for EU nationals living in Britain. Peers voted by 358 to 2...

March 2, 2017 7:47 AM

New drugs urgently needed to fight 12 superbugs: WHO

World Health Organization, WHO has said that New drugs are urgently needed to fight 12 superbugs. The WHO published in Geneva its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" - a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.<br/>&...

March 2, 2017 7:46 AM

Brexit bill delayed as Lords back EU nationals' rights

In Britain, the House of Lords voted yesterday the government's European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill to amend and thereby delay a bill empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to begin Brexit negotiations, demanding guarantees for EU nationals living in Britain. Peers voted by 358 to 2...

March 2, 2017 6:00 AM

Elephants may sleep less than any other mammal

There's an old saying that elephants never forget. You can now say they almost never sleep. Scientists on Wednesday said that a first-of-its-kind study tracking the sleep behavior of wild elephants found the world's largest land mammal sleeps two hours per day on average, and some days not...

March 2, 2017 5:33 AM

Sudan's Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir named his first Vice President and long-time ally Hassan Saleh to the newly-created post of Prime Minister. <br/><br/>The ruling party's Deputy Leader Ibrahim Mahmoud said yesterday in a meeting chaired by President Bashir approved the nomina...

March 2, 2017 5:27 AM

Classified US satellite launched from California

A rocket carrying a classified US satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office has been launched from California. The Atlas 5 rocket lifted off yesterday and roared away into a clear sky over Vandenberg Air Force Base. <br/><br/>All systems were going well when the launch webcast con...

March 2, 2017 4:52 AM

Twin bomb blasts rock Kabul

In Afghanistan, at least 16 people were killed and 44 injured in twin suicide attacks in the country's capital Kabul. The near-simultaneous attacks struck the Afghan capital around noon today. <br/><br/>Public health ministry spokesman Wahid Mujro said that 15 people were killed in ...

March 2, 2017 1:05 AM

Syria army enters IS-held Palmyra

Syria's army entered the ancient city of Palmyra today after fierce battles against the Islamic State terrorist group. <br/><br/>According to the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman, the army has entered a western neighbourhood of Palmyra and has seized...

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