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October 17, 2016 12:06 PM
Japan has barred all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from airplanes, mirroring moves by US regulators and a string of carriers that banned the recalled devices over fire risk concerns.<br/><br/>The weekend announcement from Japan's transport ministry<br/>follows an earlier w...
October 17, 2016 11:58 AM
In Iraq, a military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State terror group has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says. Mr Abadi said in an address broadcast on state television in the early hours of today that the time of victory has come and operations to liberate Mosul ...
October 17, 2016 11:57 AM
In Pakistan, at least 23 persons were killed and 50 others injured when two buses collided with each other on Khanpur Road in Punjab province today. <br/><br/>Police Spokesperson Arshad Nawaz said the accident occurred in in Rahim Yar Khan's Khanpur area. <br/><br/>He sa...
October 17, 2016 11:51 AM
The last king of Rwanda, Kigeli V, who ruled the east African nation for less than a year before being forced into exile, finally settling in the United States, has died. PTI quoting official website said that he was 80.<br/><br/>Born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa, King Kigeli came to power ...
October 17, 2016 11:51 AM
China today successfully launched a spacecraft carrying two astronauts, in its longest-ever manned space mission, who would later join its experimental space lab orbiting the Earth as the country moved a step closer to establish its permanent space station by 2022. The 'Shenzhou-11' spacec...
October 17, 2016 11:50 AM
At least 25 inmates died in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil. PTI quoting a news site mentioned that seven of the dead were beheaded and six burned to death in fighting at a prison in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state. The bloodshed began when inmates of on...
October 17, 2016 11:50 AM
In Iraq, a military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State terror group has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says. Mr Abadi said in an address broadcast on state television in the early hours of today that the time of victory has come and operations to liberate Mosul ...
October 17, 2016 11:50 AM
24 people were dead in floods triggered by heavy rains and left four others missing in central Vietnam, disaster officials said today, as Typhoon Sarika approaches after leaving at least two people dead and displacing more than 150,000 in the Philippines.<br/><br/>Disaster Management off...
October 17, 2016 9:25 AM
In Vietnam, at least 15 people have died after torrential rains caused severe flooding across four central provinces and displaced thousands of people. The heavy downpours, which began last Wednesday and have barely eased since, have brought amounts of rain ranging from 300 to 900 mm over the past f...
October 17, 2016 9:25 AM
A Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist has been executed for his role in a 2005 blast that killed two judges. Asadul Islam alias Arif was executed in Khulna jail after Bangladesh Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in August for the blast. <br/><br/>Arif and six other top JM...
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