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September 26, 2016 8:25 AM

US welcomes India's decision to ratify Paris Climate Agreement

The US has welcomed India's decision to ratify the key Paris Climate Change agreement on October 2.<br/><br/>In a tweet, the US Ambassador to India Richard Verma while congratulating Prime Minister for his leadership to Act On Climate said the US welcomes the news India will join th...

September 26, 2016 6:45 AM

Miami Marlins baseball star Jose Fernandez dies in boat crash

Jose Fernandez, a pitcher for the Miami Marlins baseball team, has died in a boat crash at the age of 24. The US Coast Guard said Fernandez was one of three people killed in the crash off Miami Beach, Florida yesterday. <br/><br/> The club said it was devastated. Marlins's home game...

September 26, 2016 6:45 AM

US accuses Russia of 'barbarism' in Aleppo

The US ambassador to the UN has accused Russia of barbarism over the bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo. At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Samantha Power said Russia had told the council outright lies about its conduct in Syria. She said Russia and the Syrian regime were laying w...

September 26, 2016 6:44 AM

Top Pakistani Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan

One of the top Pakistani Taliban commanders along with at least 10 other terrorists have been killed in an operation in eastern Afghanistan. Azam Khan Tariq, the former spokesperson for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed in air strikes carried out by Afghan and NATO forces in Paktika pr...

September 26, 2016 6:44 AM

Swiss endorse new surveillance powers

Swiss voters have given a strong approval to a law on new surveillance powers for the intelligence agencies. The new law will allow the authorities to tap phones, snoop on email and deploy hidden cameras and bugs. <br/><br/>Supporters said it will help Switzerland catch up with other cou...

September 25, 2016 7:22 PM

Syrian & Russian warplanes pound rebel-held east Aleppo

Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held east Aleppo today ahead of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the worst surge in violence to hit the devastated city in years. Overnight, residents and a monitor reported heavy air raids on the besieged east of the city, which Syria's army h...

September 25, 2016 6:11 PM

Seven people killed & 28 wounded by suicide bomber in Baghdad

In Iraq, seven people were killed and 28 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a commercial street of Baghdad today. The ultra-hardline Sunni group claimed the attack in Iskan, a mostly Shi'ite district in the west of the Iraqi capital. The militants' Amaq news agency said the b...

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