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October 5, 2016 12:55 PM

White House petition seeking to declare Pakistan 'terror sponsor' makes record

In US, more than 50,000 new signatures have been added to the White House petition, seeking to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. With a total 6,65,769 signatures, the Petition is believed to be the most popular White House petition so far as the highest number of signatures received b...

October 5, 2016 12:12 PM

6 secret ballot for selecting new UN Secretary General to be held today

A sixth secret ballot for selecting the new UN Secretary General will be held today by the United Nations Security Council. Today's ballot will signal whether former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is likely to be the next Chief or whether one of the five permanent Security Council m...

October 5, 2016 8:33 AM

U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, a US service member was killed in Nangarhar Province yesterday while carrying out operations against the Islamic State terror group. The US military, in a statement, said the service member was killed conducting operations with Afghan forces when the patrol triggered an Improvised Ex...

October 5, 2016 8:32 AM

Syria peace efforts must continue despite break with Russia: Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said, efforts to end Syria's war must continue despite Washington's decision to break off talks with Moscow over what he called its irresponsible support for President Bashar al-Assad. The United States, on Monday, had suspended talks with Russia on imp...

October 5, 2016 8:20 AM

Myanmar scraps stringent emergency law

Myanmar has scrapped a stringent law which had been used by the former military leaders to silence opponents. The Emergency Provisions Act was introduced in 1950 after independence from Britain. <br/><br/>It allowed the authorities to detain people without charge and prescribed jail or e...

October 5, 2016 8:13 AM

Turkey suspends 13000 police officers, shuts down TV station

In Turkey, nearly 13,000 police officers have been suspended, dozens of air force officers detained and a TV station shut down widening a state ordered clampdown against perceived enemies in the wake of July's failed coup. <br/><br/>The suspensions were ordered hours after Deputy Pr...

October 5, 2016 7:46 AM

US: VP candidates launch attacks on presidential nominees

In the United States, Republican Mike Pence and his Democratic counterpart Tim Kaine quickly launched attacks on presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at a debate between the two vice presidential contenders. The two candidates wasted no time in launching broadsides in the opening m...

October 5, 2016 7:45 AM

White House petition seeking to declare Pakistan 'terror sponsor' makes record

More than 50,000 new signatures have been added to the final count of the White House petition seeking to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. The petition asking the administration to declare Pakistan, State Sponsor of Terrorism was archived by the White House on Monday with 613,830 sig...

October 5, 2016 7:20 AM

Farc talks resume after rejection of Colombia peace deal

In Colombia, government negotiators have resumed talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group to try to resurrect the peace deal following its rejection in Sunday's referendum. The two sides are back in the Cuban capital, Havana, after Colombians voted narrowly again...

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