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December 11, 2016 12:30 AM

Islamic State group fighters re-enter Syria's Palmyra city

Islamic State group fighters have re-entered Syria's famed ancient desert city of Palmyra from which they were driven out eight months ago. <br/><br/>Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that Islamic State fighters entered Palmyra today and now occupies its northwest. <br...

December 11, 2016 12:28 AM

Yemen: 50 soldiers killed, 70 injured in suicide bomb attack

In Yemen, 50 soldiers killed and around 70 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a military camp in southern city of Aden today. <br/><br/>The Military source said that the bomber detonated his explosives belt as hundreds of troops gathered to receive their monthly pay at the barracks in A...

December 10, 2016 8:57 PM

Nigeria: 57 killed,177 wounded in double suicide bombing

A double suicide bombing in a marketplace in northeast Nigeria has left 57 dead and 177 wounded. <br/><br/>Yusuf Muhammed, chairman of the Madagali local government, says 120 children are among those wounded when two women suicide bombers blew themselves up Friday at opposite ends of the...

December 10, 2016 8:38 PM

Won't allow H-1B visa holders to replace US workers: Donald Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he would not allow Americans to be replaced by foreign workers, in an apparent reference to cases of American companies wherein people hired on H-1B visas, including Indians, displaced US workers. <br/><br/>Speaking to his supporters in Iowa, he s...

December 10, 2016 2:04 PM

China launches new cargo service linking Tibet with Nepal

China has launched a new cargo service connecting Tibet and Nepal as dozens of trucks carrying goods worth 2.8 million dollar left the Tibetan border port of Gyirong en route to Kathmandu.<br/><br/>New rail and road cargo service which launched yesterday, connecting Guangdong, Tibet and ...

December 10, 2016 1:40 PM

Indo-US ties as strong as ever under Obama: US

India-US relationship under the Obama Administration is "as strong as ever" and President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "worked closely" on a wide range of issues during this period, the White House has said.<br/><br/>White House Deputy Press Secre...

December 10, 2016 1:16 PM

Ghana's opposition leader Akufo-Addo wins presidential election

Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country's national election becoming president elect at the third attempt by defeating President John Mahama.<br/><br/>Electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said, Akufo-Addo defeated President Mahama by 53.8 percent to 44.4...

December 10, 2016 12:46 PM

India abstains from voting on UNGA resolution on Syria

An UN General Assembly's resolution urged for an immediate ceasefire in Syria. The Assembly also expressed a concern at the continued deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the country and demanded quick, safe, sustained, unhindered and unconditional humanitarian access throughout the c...

December 10, 2016 12:45 PM

India abstains from voting on UNGA resolution on Syria

An UN General Assembly's resolution urged for an immediate ceasefire in Syria. The Assembly also expressed a concern at the continued deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the<br/>country and demanded quick, safe, sustained, unhindered and<br/>unconditional humanitarian acc...

December 10, 2016 12:20 PM

Amendment bill to be revised to forge consensus: Nepal's DPM

Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that the Constitution amendment bill will be revised to bring about consensus among political parties and hoped that it would be approved. <br/><br/>Speaking at a programme in Lamjung yesterday Financ...

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