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September 28, 2016 5:27 PM

Afghanistan pulls out of SAARC Summit

Afghanistan has pulled out of the SAARC Summit in Islamabad scheduled in November this year. <br/><br/>Sources said, Afghanistan has sent a communication to the SAARC Chair Nepal stating that due to increased level of violence and fighting as a result of imposed terrorism on Afghanistan,...

September 28, 2016 2:33 PM

Syria: 30 people killed in latest air strikes in Aleppo city

In Syria, at 30 people were killed and hundreds injured in latest air strikes and ground offensive of Government forces and their allies in Aleppo city. Government forces and their allies attacked the opposition held Aleppo on several fronts in a new campaign aimed at wiping out rebel forces and ret...

September 28, 2016 12:50 PM

Eminent Bangla poet Syed Shamsul Haq died

Eminent Bangla poet, playwrite and essayist Syed Shamsul Haq died in Dhaka last night. He was suffering from lung cancer. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have condoned his death. <br/><br/>Recipient of the Independence Award, Ekushey Padak, Bangla Academy Award and...

September 28, 2016 12:23 PM

Egypt: Death toll of capsized migrant boat in Mediterranean rises to 202

In Egypt, the death toll of the capsized migrant boat in Mediterranean sea has risen to 202, as the rescue workers raised the wreck of the boat and recovered at least 33 bodies today. The Egyptian military said 163 people had been rescued. Survivors said up to 450 migrants had been crowded aboard th...

September 28, 2016 12:20 PM

Dutch-led team to release findings on MH17 today

An international team of Prosecutors looking into the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 will release its findings today. The Dutch-led team is gathering evidence for a possible criminal trial. Prosecutors from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine are also part of the Joint Inve...

September 28, 2016 11:06 AM

US appoints Jeffrey DeLaurentis as 1st Cuban Ambassador

The United States has appointed its first Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis to Cuba in 55 years as relations between the countries thaw. <br/><br/>President Barack Obama said it was a step towards a more normal and productive relationship. <br/><br/>But he may face a battle in C...

September 28, 2016 8:45 AM

Pakistan's parliament passed Hindu Marriage Bill

Pakistan's parliament has passed the much-delayed Hindu Marriage Bill to enable the country's minority Hindu community to register their marriages. The first ever national law was passed on Monday after the draft was presented in the lower house or National Assembly by minister for human r...

September 28, 2016 8:30 AM

Former Israeli PM & President Shimon Peres died

Former Israeli PM and President Shimon Peres died yesterday, two weeks after he suffered a massive stroke. He was 93. Shimon Peres, Israel's most eminent elder statesman, was part of almost every major development from the country's founding in 1948. <br/><br/>In a career spann...

September 28, 2016 8:23 AM

Yemen: 12 women, 4 children died as grenades went off at wedding

In Yemen, at least 12 women and four children died as two grenades went off at a wedding in the town of Yarim in the Ibb governorate. About 20 women were injured. Local media reported yesterday, citing a source in the municipality that the grenades were hurled by mentally disturbed father of the bri...

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