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December 23, 2016 1:33 AM

Iran completes huge deal for 100 Airbus planes

Iran's national carrier Iran Air today completed an order for 100 Airbus planes with a list price of around 20 billion US dollar as the Islamic Republic opens up to the West. The jets will bolster Iran's ageing passenger fleet with the addition of 46 A320 planes for medium-haul routes, 38 ...

December 23, 2016 1:11 AM

Syrian army says Aleppo has returned to govt control

Syrian Army has claimed to retake Aleppo entirely and brought security and safety back to the city, as the last group of rebel fighters were evacuated. The last group of rebels and their families holed up in a small enclave in Aleppo were evacuated today, under a deal that gives the army and its all...

December 23, 2016 12:06 AM

Saudi Arabia deports fake currency racket leader Abdul Salam

Saudi Arabia has deported a ring leader of a fake Indian currency note racket, Abdul Salam, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) upon his landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi today. Abdul Salam alias Podi Salam, a resident of Malappuram in Kerala, wa...

December 22, 2016 11:40 PM

Saudi Arabia projects 2017 Budget deficit of about 53 billion US Dollar

Saudi Arabia today projected a 2017 Budget deficit of about 53 billion US Dollar. Expenses next year will reach 237 billion US Dollar against revenues of 184 billion US Dollar. The Saudi Cabinet said in a statement that this year's deficit will be 79 billion US Dollar, down 8.9 per cent from 20...

December 22, 2016 11:34 PM

Britain: Prince Charles warns of 'dark days' in Christmas message

Britain's future king today issued a plea against religious persecution and rise of populism, warning against going back to the dark days of the 1930s, in his special Christmas message. Talking on BBC's 'Thought of the Day' segment, Prince Charles urged respect for those of diffe...

December 22, 2016 7:48 PM

Putin calls for strengthening Russia's military nuclear potential

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for reinforcing his country's military nuclear potential in a speech during a Defense Ministry meeting in Moscow, asserting that Russian army's preparedness has considerably increased and urged for continued improvement as to ensure it can neutra...

December 22, 2016 7:48 PM

34 killed in separate attacks in Iraq's Mosul

In Iraq, 34 people including eight policemen have been killed while forty others wounded in different incidents of attacks in Mosul. <br/><br/>According to Defence Ministry, twenty-three people were killed when three car bombs have ripped through an outdoor market in Mosul. <br/>&l...

December 22, 2016 7:29 PM

34 killed in separate attacks in Iraq's Mosul

In Iraq, 34 people including eight policemen have been killed while forty others wounded in different incidents of attacks in Mosul. According to Defence Ministry, twenty-three people were killed when three car bombs have ripped through an outdoor market in Mosul. <br/><br/>The attack oc...

December 22, 2016 7:29 PM

Triple car bombing kills 23 in Iraq's Mosul

In Iraq, a triple car bombing killed at least 23 people today in a town recently retaken from the Islamic State group, near the jihadists' final stronghold of Mosul. Iraq's army said, a terrorist attack in the form of three car bombs at a market in Gogjali killed 15 civilians and eight pol...

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