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October 19, 2016 2:29 PM
China's Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft has successfully docked with space lab Tiangong-2 today and two astronauts have entered the lab. According to the mission schedule, the astronauts will remain in the space station for 30 days before returning to Earth.<br/><br/>Shenzhou-11 was l...
October 19, 2016 2:22 PM
United Nations cultural agency has adopted a resolution criticizing Israeli excavation of Palestinian religious sites at al-Aqsa and al-Haram al-Sharif. <br/><br/>Palestine's deputy ambassador to UNESCO, Mounir Anastas, told reporters the resolution reminds Israel that they are the ...
October 19, 2016 2:18 PM
In Afghanistan, Taliban today rejected reports of secret meetings with the Afghan government in a bid to resume long-stalled peace negotiations. <br/><br/>Afghan officials had claimed they held two meetings since September in Doha, after the news was first reported by Britain's The ...
October 19, 2016 12:32 PM
The World Bank has pledged 2 billion US dollars aid to Bangladesh to tackle climate change. This is the second large investment announcement made by the President of the Bank who was on a 2-day visit in Dhaka. Jim Yong Kim said that Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to climate change accounting for...
October 19, 2016 12:32 PM
South African struggle icon and husband of Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter, Mewa Ramgobin, has died at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness. Ramgobin, the former President of the Natal Indian Congress which fought discrimination against Indians in South Africa, breathed his last at Cape Town ...
October 19, 2016 12:31 PM
The United Nations has announced that a 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen will come into effect tonight. In a statement, the office of the UN's special envoy for Yemen confirmed getting assurances of commitment from all parties to the truce.<br/><br/> UN said, the ceasefire between warring...
October 19, 2016 12:18 PM
US has accused Islamic State militants of using civilians as human shields as Iraqi forces move closer to the group's stronghold in Mosul. Around 7 lakh people are believed to remain in Mosul. <br/>US-backed coalition said, they have driven IS out of 10 villages. Government troops are mov...
October 19, 2016 11:35 AM
In Somalia, at least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed today after armed group Al-Shabab carried out a suicide attack at a police station in the city of Afgooye near capital Mogadishu. <br/><br/>The African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia, AMISOM,...
October 19, 2016 8:24 AM
The Taliban and the Afghan government restarted secret peace talks in September and have held two rounds of discussions in Qatar, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported yesterday, citing anonymous sources. Citing a Taliban official, the Guardian said a senior American diplomat was present at the...
October 19, 2016 8:12 AM
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in Beijing on his four-day visit to China. Choosing China for his visit, he makes the visit amid a backdrop of deteriorating China-Philippines ties, due to the unilateral filing of the South China Sea arbitration case initiated by his predecessor Beni...
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