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September 17, 2016 7:45 AM
In China, the death toll due to Typhoon Merandi, world's strongest typhoon this year, has risen to 14. More than a dozen people are also missing. The typhoon had hit the southern part of Taiwan on Wednesday and, the next day, slammed into the southeastern part of China with strong winds and las...
September 17, 2016 7:44 AM
Pentagon has said, a US airstrike has killed one of Islamic State's most senior leaders, Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, in Syria. Also known as Dr Wa'il, he was minister of information for IS, and oversaw the production of propaganda videos showing executions. <br/><br/>...
September 17, 2016 7:44 AM
The European Union, EU, has agreed on priorities for reinvigorating the bloc despite the situation created by the UK Brexit vote. France and Germany showed symbolic unity by holding a joint press conference after the summit talks in the Slovak capital Bratislava.<br/><br/>It was the EU&#...
September 17, 2016 7:44 AM
In Syria, convoys carrying humanitarian aid to the besieged city of Aleppo have been held up for yet another day, as fighting between Syrian forces and rebel fighters outside Damascus raised concerns about the longevity of a fragile ceasefire. The clashes Friday were described as some of the most se...
September 16, 2016 8:42 PM
The British and German embassies in Turkey have been forced to shut amid fears of a militant attack. The embassies in Ankara both stayed closed today after intelligence warned of a possible threat during the festival of Eid al-Adha. <br/><br/>The authorities said four people arrested ear...
September 16, 2016 8:40 PM
In Pakistan, at least 25 people were killed and 30 others injured in a blast today. A security source said a suicide bomber targeted a mosque in Mohmand Agency's Anbar tehsil in Peshawar <br/>during Friday prayers.<br/><br/>The source said that the suicide bomber blew himself ...
September 16, 2016 8:37 PM
United States has asked Pakistan to target all militant groups without discrimination including those groups, that target Pakistan's neighbours and close all safe havens. <br/><br/>US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Olson said in Washington that terroris...
September 16, 2016 7:40 PM
Early voting is under way in Russia's Parliamentary election, dominated by President Vladimir Putin's supporters. Most Russians will vote on Sunday but in the remotest regions ballots were cast early, in a country spanning 11 time zones. <br/><br/>Evidence of vote-rigging spark...
September 16, 2016 7:40 PM
Myanmar has sentenced a group of soldiers to five years of hard labour for the murders of five villagers. The seven soldiers - four of them officers - confessed to the killings after the men's bodies were found with knife wounds in a shallow grave. They had been among a group rounded up by sold...
September 16, 2016 6:47 PM
The European Union is in a "critical situation", the German chancellor has said, as leaders meet in Slovakia to discuss ways to regain trust after the UK's vote to leave the bloc. <br/><br/>Angela Merkel said they needed to show they could improve on security, defence co-o...
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