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October 22, 2016 8:28 PM
The death toll in the packed passenger train derailment in Cameroon has risen to 60. <br/><br/>Almost 600 people were injured when the train, travelling from Yaounde to the economic hub of Douala, came off the rails near the central city of Eseka.<br/><br/>The train was cramm...
October 22, 2016 8:28 PM
In Pakistan, two senior leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were arrested today for unknown reasons minutes before they were scheduled to address mediapersons at the Press Club in Karachi. <br/><br/>A heavy contingent of the paramilitary Rangers surrounded the Karachi Press Club an...
October 22, 2016 8:27 PM
ISIS rounded up and killed 284 men and boys as Iraqi-led coalition forces closed in on Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq. <br/><br/>An Iraqi intelligence source told CNN that those killed on Thursday and Friday were used as human shields against attacks forcing...
October 22, 2016 8:27 PM
An Egyptian criminal court today confirmed a 20-year prison sentence given to Mohammed Morsi, in the first final verdict in a case against the former president. Eight other defendants were sentenced to prison terms of up to 20 years in the case. <br/><br/>In April 2015, a Cairo court had...
October 22, 2016 8:10 PM
The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan has passed away. She was 77. <br/><br/>Quoting her family, public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News said, Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama, north of Tokyo. <br/><br/>She conquered ...
October 22, 2016 6:53 PM
Two Sri Lankan navy vessels today embarked on a seven-day training and goodwill visit to India. Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS 'Sayura' and Fast Missile Vessel SLNS 'Suranimala' will visit Cochin Port from October 22-28 to take part in a series of training programmes.<br/><...
October 22, 2016 6:52 PM
Iraqi security forces have eliminated 48 of the gunmen who stormed parts of Kirkuk in a shock attack claimed by the Islamic State group. <br/><br/>Brigadier General Khattab Omar Aref told news agencies that some of them blew themselves up when the security forces cornered them.<br/>...
October 22, 2016 5:32 PM
In Syria, hundreds of wounded civilians were stranded in rebel-held areas of Aleppo today.<br/><br/>UN said, security concerns had prevented evacuation even as Russia extended a ceasefire into the third day.<br/><br/>The unilateral humanitarian pause in the Syrian army's...
October 22, 2016 5:31 PM
In Syria, hundreds of wounded civilians were stranded in rebel-held areas of Aleppo today.<br/><br/>UN said, security concerns had prevented evacuation even as Russia extended a ceasefire into the third day.<br/><br/>The unilateral humanitarian pause in the Syrian army's...
October 22, 2016 5:27 PM
US soldiers at a base near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have donned protective masks against toxic fumes from a sulphur plant set afire in fighting with Islamic State.<br/><br/>They took the precaution after wind blew smoke from the fire towards Qayyarah air field. US Defence Secreta...
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