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December 8, 2016 6:32 AM

Insufficient evidence on Kulbhushan Jadhav: Aziz

Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has admitted that the government was presented with only insufficient evidence on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who is under detention. <br/><br/>Addressing a full Senate chamber, Mr. Aziz said the dossier on Ja...

December 7, 2016 9:15 PM

48 feared dead as PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad

In Pakistan, all 48 people on board a PIA plane were feared dead today as the aircraft crashed and burst into flames in a hilly area near Pakistan's Abbottabad after facing engine problems. <br/><br/>According to the army, uptil now 21 dead bodies have been retrieved from the crash ...

December 7, 2016 8:52 PM

Indonesia quake toll jumps to 97 as more bodies found in rubble

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia today has nearly doubled to 97, the military said, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of scores of shattered buildings. <br/><br/>The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake struck Pidie Jaya district in Aceh province at...

December 7, 2016 8:47 PM

Italy's Renzi to meet his Democratic Party

Italy's outgoing Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet his centre-left Democratic Party (PD) today, as he prepares to leave office after Sunday's referendum defeat. <br/><br/> However, there is confusion over who will run the country after he resigns. Mr Renzi had promised the ...

December 7, 2016 6:25 PM

PIA plane with 47 aboard crashes near Abbottabad

A Pakistan International Airlines plane with 47 people on board has crashed near a hilly area near the garrison town of Abbottabad while it was on its way to the capital. Media reports said The ATR plane PK-661 with 47 people crashed near Havelian while en route to Islamabad from Chitral in Khyber-P...

December 7, 2016 6:22 PM

Indonesia quake toll jumps to 97 as more bodies found in rubble

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia today has nearly doubled to 97, the military said, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of scores of shattered buildings. <br/><br/>The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake struck Pidie Jaya district in Aceh province at...

December 7, 2016 6:00 PM

Aleppo battle: Syria rebels 'withdraw from old city'

Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the evacuation of civilians. <br/><br/>Activist monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pull-back in Syria's second city came after days ...

December 7, 2016 5:14 PM

Indonesian Earthquake: Death toll rises to 97

The death toll in the Indonesia's earthquake rose to 97. The Army Chief in Indonesia's Aceh province, Maj Gen. Tatang Sulaiman told AFP reporters that 97 people have been killed and the number is growing, as more bodies are being found.<br/><br/>A strong 6.5 magnitude earthquak...

December 7, 2016 3:02 PM

Six killed by suspected militants in Thailand

In Thailand, six people were killed by suspected militants in country's insurgency-plagued southern provinces. Police said in a statement that the killings took place yesterday in southern Pattani province's Yaring district, Nongchik district and in Narathiwat province. <br/><br/&...

December 7, 2016 2:46 PM

NATO Foreign Ministers agrees; NATO & EU to boost their defense cooperation

The Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have agreed that the NATO and the EU will boost their defense cooperation. <br/><br/>In their meeting in Brussels yesterday, the Ministers agreed to work closely together concentrating on seven fields that include staging jo...

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