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December 22, 2016 12:20 PM

Hundreds of Syrians moved out of war-ravaged Aleppo in heavy snow

Hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians, including small children, were moved out of war-ravaged Aleppo in heavy snow yesterday as the evacuation of former rebel strongholds entered its final phase. <br/><br/>The departures from Aleppo pave the way for President Bashar Assad to assume f...

December 22, 2016 12:19 PM

Japan cabinet approves biggest defence budget

Japan cabinet today approved it's biggest annual defence budget in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile threats and a territorial row with China. The Cabinet approved 43.6 billion dollars in defence spending for the fiscal year starting in April, up 1.4 per cent from the initial b...

December 22, 2016 11:23 AM

Indian given over 3 months sentence for overstaying in Pak

Rehanur Rehman, an Indian national has been sentenced to over three months in jail by a local court for overstaying in Pakistan. <br/><br/>He was yesterday presented before a magistrate, who sentenced him to three-and-half-month imprisonment for living in Pakistan without a valid visa. H...

December 22, 2016 11:22 AM

China launches satellite to monitor global carbon emissions

China today launched a global carbon dioxide monitoring satellite to understand climate change, hours after it lifted nearly a week-long red alert for the worst smog that engulfed about 40 cities in the country.<br/><br/> The 620-kg satellite TanSat was put into orbit by Long March-2D ro...

December 22, 2016 8:26 AM

United Nations Security Council to vote on Israeli settlements

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote today on a draft resolution that would demand that Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Diplomats said Egypt circulated the draft yesterday and the 15-memb...

December 22, 2016 8:23 AM

Taliban militants claim responsibility for attack on Afghan MP's house

Taliban militants in Afghanistan say they are responsible for attacking the house of a Member of Parliament in Kabul, killing at least five people. The attack took place in the compound of the Helmand MP, Mir Wali. He is believed to have survived but two of his grandchildren are reported to have bee...

December 22, 2016 6:39 AM

14 Turkish soldiers killed in fighting against IS terror group in Syria

In Syria, at least 14 Turkish soldiers have been killed and 33 wounded in fierce fighting against Islamic State terror group in the town of al-Bab, which Turkey is helping rebels take from IS control. <br/><br/>It is the Turkish military's biggest loss in a single day since launchin...

December 22, 2016 5:56 AM

Germany arrests Moroccan IS suspect linked to Paris attacks planner

German police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of belonging to the Islamic State terror group and having close ties with the ringleader of last year's Paris attacks. <br/><br/>Officials said, the suspect has been identified as Redouane S. He is accused of being a member of a c...

December 22, 2016 5:55 AM

Germany hunts Tunisian suspect after IS claims truck attack

German police has launched a manhunt for a rejected asylum seeker suspected to be involved in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State terror group. <br/><br/>Officials said, the suspect, 24-year-old Tunisian national Anis Amri, had already been un...

December 21, 2016 9:06 PM

Balochistan HC warns Musharraf of red warrant if he fails to appear

The Balochistan High Court has warned former Pakistani dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf that a red warrant would be issued to him, if he fails to appear in court in connection with the murder of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation in 2006.<br/> <br/>Earl...

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