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February 4, 2017 8:52 PM
In Afghanistan, avalanches and freezing weather have killed more than 20 people. Officials said that rescue work is on to save scores still trapped under the snow. The avalanches, which followed three days of heavy snow, destroyed homes and blocked roads in central and northeastern provinces. In nor...
February 4, 2017 8:12 PM
US has called Iran the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism, amid rising tensions between the two nations. Defence Secretary James Mattis' comments came a day after the Trump administration imposed new sanctions against Iran in response to a ballistic missile test. US officials said ...
February 4, 2017 8:03 PM
US President Donald Trump has vowed to overturn a legal ruling by a federal judge in Seattle, who suspended his ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim states. Mr Trump said on his private Twitter account that the opinion of the Judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from the US, is ...
February 4, 2017 7:51 PM
In Sri Lanka, chief minister of Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran today boycotted the 69th Independence Day function in Jaffna and instead attended protest meetings in Mullaitivu district. Provincial Governor hoisted the national flag, but the Chief Minister chose not to be present....
February 4, 2017 7:10 PM
At least nine people have been killed and one is still missing after a fishing boat capsized in eastern Indonesia. An official said that the wooden boat was carrying around 30 people when it overturned yesterday afternoon after departing from Takalar Lama river to Tanah Keke island in the province o...
February 4, 2017 7:09 PM
In Syria, atleast fifty-one militants have been killed by Turkish forces as part of its ongoing operation in the northern al-Bab and Bzagah regions. In a statement, Turkish military today said it destroyed fifty six buildings and three command control centers of Islamic State in the regions. The mil...
February 4, 2017 6:10 PM
US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters today announced a new phase in their campaign for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa. A spokeswoman of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the third phase aims at liberating Raqa and its surroundings. <br/><br/>It launched the...
February 4, 2017 5:57 PM
US Customs and Border Protection has informed US airlines that they can resume boarding travellers who had been barred by an executive order last week, after it was blocked nationwide by a federal judge in Seattle. <br/><br/>The district court on Friday issued a temporary nationwide bloc...
February 4, 2017 4:28 PM
The United Nations has opposed safe zones in Syria for refugees, saying country was not the right place for initiative. U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees, Filippo Grandi said that terrorism and fragmentation of Syria and its warring parties are obstacles to creating working safe zones in the countr...
February 4, 2017 2:34 PM
The White House says the US Justice Department will file an emergency stay of a court ruling on President Donald Trump's immigration order. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement that the Justice Department intends to defend the executive order, which the administration believes ...
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