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October 23, 2016 4:45 PM

Global efforts needed to beat Tuberculosis: WHO

Global TB Report 2016 by World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that spread of the disease is much faster than was estimated and global efforts to beat it need to be expedited.<br/><br/>Although the overall number of TB deaths continues to fall across the globe, new data has shown ...

October 23, 2016 2:11 PM

Clashes resume after Aleppo ceasefire expires

In Syria, heavy clashes erupted between regime and rebel forces in city of Aleppo after a unilateral ceasefire announced by Russia expired. Ground clashes and shelling, which had continued throughout the day on frontlines, intensified. The humanitarian ceasefire began on Thursday, and came after Mos...

October 23, 2016 2:11 PM

Won't hesitate to act alone on terror networks in country: US warns Pak

The US has warned Pakistan that it will not hesitate to act alone, when necessary, to disrupt and destroy terror networks operating in their country. Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secretary on Countering the Financing of Terrorism, said that Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI ...

October 23, 2016 2:02 PM

Twin blasts rock Japanese park in Utsunomiya, 1 killed

In Japan, one person was killed and three injured today in explosions at two locations near a park in city of Utsunomiya, state broadcaster NHK reported. The cause of the blasts was not known. <br/><br/>The police said they were investigating whether the incidents at the two sites were l...

October 23, 2016 12:07 PM

Twin blasts rock Japanese park in Utsunomiya, 1 killed

In Japan ,one person was killed and at least two other injured in two simultaneous blasts at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100 kilometres north of capital Tokyo. <br/><br/>The local fire department said It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts.NHK footage showed a car completely ...

October 23, 2016 9:24 AM

Death toll in Cameroon train crash rises to 70

In Cameroon, the number of people killed in a train crash on Friday has risen to 70, with another 600 injured. The train was travelling between the country's mains cities, Douala and Yaounde, when it came off the tracks. <br/><br/>The train was overcrowded because a bridge on the ro...

October 23, 2016 9:24 AM

UN envoy asks for Yemen cease-fire extension

The UN special envoy for Yemen urged the warring parties in the Arab country to extend a temporary ceasefire for at least another renewable 72 hours. The current 72-hour truce expired yesterday. There was no immediate word on whether the combatants would agree to extend the cease-fire. <br/>&l...

October 23, 2016 9:24 AM

Iraqi army drives IS from Christian region near Mosul

In Iraq, army troops stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014. The advance took place as US Defense Secretary Ash Carter met Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad yesterday, to evaluate the campaign that began on Monday with air and ground support from...

October 23, 2016 9:23 AM

Clashes resume after Aleppo ceasefire expires

In Syria, heavy clashes erupted between regime and rebel forces in city of Aleppo after a unilateral ceasefire announced by Russia expired. Ground clashes and shelling, which had continued throughout the day on frontlines, intensified. The humanitarian ceasefire began on Thursday, and came after Mos...

October 23, 2016 9:23 AM

Won't hesitate to act alone on terror networks in country: US warns Pak

The US has warned Pakistan that it will not hesitate to act alone, when necessary, to disrupt and destroy terror networks operating in their country. Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secretary on Countering the Financing of Terrorism, said that Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI ...

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