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Attackers throw acid at three Pakistani female students

Attackers throw acid at three Pakistani female students

-- 2018-04-19 16:18:19

A group of men on motorcycles hurled acid at three female students when they were on their way to university in the city of Gujrat, say Pakistani police. Officer Umair Hayat says one of the three me...

5.9 quake shakes southern Iran

5.9 quake shakes southern Iran

-- 2018-04-19 15:07:43

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Kaki region in Iran’s southern Bushehr province at 11:05am local time (0635 GMT) on Thursday, Iran Seismological Center said. With a depth of 18 km, the ea...

India SC rejects petitions seeking probe into judge’s death

India SC rejects petitions seeking probe into judge’s death

-- 2018-04-19 13:06:57

India’s Supreme Court dismissed on Thursday petitions calling for an investigation into the death of a lower court judge in 2014 when he was presiding over a case against a top political aide of...

China sees Nepal as a natural area for cooperation with India

China sees Nepal as a natural area for cooperation with India

-- 2018-04-18 13:04:49

Nepal is a natural area for cooperation between China and India, the Chinese government’s top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi said on Wednesday, as he invited India to participate in connectiv...

Mini-truck falls off bridge in India, killing 21

Mini-truck falls off bridge in India, killing 21

-- 2018-04-18 11:39:17

A mini-truck carrying members of marriage party fell from a bridge in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, leaving at least 21 people dead and 12 others injured, said police. The accident took pla...

Myanmar to free 8,000 prisoners

Myanmar to free 8,000 prisoners

-- 2018-04-17 13:58:32

Myanmar’s new president said on Tuesday over 8,000 prisoners will be freed in an amnesty, a move the government said would bring about humanitarian support amid the country’s political ref...

India crockery factory fire kills two

India crockery factory fire kills two

-- 2018-04-17 11:59:52

A devastating fire inside a crockery-manufacturing factory in Indian capital city of New Delhi left at least two people dead on Monday night, said officials on Tuesday. “The fire broke out in t...

Three die in Australia 'explosion'

Three die in Australia 'explosion'

-- 2018-04-17 11:55:39

Three people have died in a house fire in Australia following reports of an explosion, police have said. Authorities found the bodies of two women and a man after flames engulfed the home in Brisba...

Syria air defence intercepts missiles fired at two air bases

Syria air defence intercepts missiles fired at two air bases

-- 2018-04-17 10:50:21

Syrian anti-aircraft defences shot down missiles fired at the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late on Monday and another base northeast of the capital, Damascus, Syria’s state televi...

UAE minister slams Qatar Emir’s absence from Arab summit  

UAE minister slams Qatar Emir’s absence from Arab summit  

-- 2018-04-16 22:07:33

The no-show by the Emir of Qatar at the 29th Arab summit held in Dhahran on Sunday is an obvious case of arrogance, a UAE senior official has said. “The absence of the Emir of Qatar from the Dh...

Judge resigns after acquitting all in Mecca Masjid blast case

Judge resigns after acquitting all in Mecca Masjid blast case

-- 2018-04-16 21:48:17

The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court judge of Hyderabad K Ravinder Reddy resigned on Monday, barely hours after acquitting the five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case, a senior ju...

Eight stand trial for Kashmir girl rape, murder

Eight stand trial for Kashmir girl rape, murder

-- 2018-04-16 15:23:10

Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that spa...

Japan PM may quit in June

Japan PM may quit in June

-- 2018-04-16 13:16:42

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, plagued by suspected cronyism scandals and cover-ups and with his ratings sliding, will likely step down in June, former leader Junichiro Koizumi was quoted on Mond...

Pakistan fails to improve human rights, watchdog says

Pakistan fails to improve human rights, watchdog says

-- 2018-04-16 13:07:51

Pakistan has failed to improve its human rights record over the past year, says an independent Pakistani watchdog. The damning report card was issued by the Human Rights Commission on Monday. It sa...

Arab leaders demand probe into Syria chemical attacks

Arab leaders demand probe into Syria chemical attacks

-- 2018-04-16 11:36:35

An Arab League summit called on Sunday for an international probe into the “criminal” use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw as Iran’s interference in the affairs...

Israel’s Partner in collaboration deal with Amazon Prime Video

Israel’s Partner in collaboration deal with Amazon Prime Video

-- 2018-04-15 20:21:01

Partner Communications, Israel’s second-largest mobile phone operator, said on Sunday it signed a collaboration agreement with Amazon Prime Video for its TV service. Partner TV customers now ha...

Man tries to take crew hostage, Air China diverts flight

Man tries to take crew hostage, Air China diverts flight

-- 2018-04-15 13:59:55

An Air China flight bound for Beijing made an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Sunday after a passenger threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen. The country&r...

China apartment fire takes five lives

China apartment fire takes five lives

-- 2018-04-15 11:50:46

A fierce fire broke out at an apartment building fire in east China’s Jiangsu Province early Sunday, killing five people and wounding four others, local authorities said. The building in Huhe v...

Mild quake shakes Myanmar's Yangon

Mild quake shakes Myanmar's Yangon

-- 2018-04-15 11:04:30

A mild earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale has shaken Myanmar’s Yangon region early Sunday morning, according to the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. With an epicentre of 30.6 km...

Gaza blast kills four Palestinians

Gaza blast kills four Palestinians

-- 2018-04-15 10:47:35

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said four of its members were killed in an apparent accidental blast in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The group said in a statement that it was “mourn...

Trump hails ‘perfectly executed’ Syria strikes

Trump hails ‘perfectly executed’ Syria strikes

-- 2018-04-14 22:50:12

US President Donald Trump has hailed an overnight military strike on Syria as "perfectly executed", adding: "Mission Accomplished". The US, UK and France attacked three government sites, targeting wh...

Western airstrikes make Assad more determined to crush enemies

Western airstrikes make Assad more determined to crush enemies

-- 2018-04-14 20:52:46

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Western airstrikes would only make him more determined to crush his enemies. “This aggression will only make Syria and its people more determined...

Indian police arrests lawmaker in connection with rape

Indian police arrests lawmaker in connection with rape

-- 2018-04-14 17:14:11

A lawmaker from India’s ruling party was arrested on Friday in connection with the rape of a teenager, police said, after days of protests by activists accusing authorities of failing to investi...

Israel expresses support for strikes in Syria

Israel expresses support for strikes in Syria

-- 2018-04-14 16:10:20

Israel has issued a statement on Saturday in support of the air strikes on Syria by US and its allies. "Last year, President Trump made clear that the use of chemical weapons crosses a red line. Toni...

Boat with 70 Rohingya Muslims leaves Myanmar for Malaysia

Boat with 70 Rohingya Muslims leaves Myanmar for Malaysia

-- 2018-04-14 15:49:37

KUALA LUMPUR: A boat carrying 70 Rohingya Muslims set out for Malaysia from Myanmar this week, two sources and a rights group said, the latest to embark on a dangerous sea journey. The vessel will be...

Iran's supreme leader says Western attack on Syria a crime

Iran's supreme leader says Western attack on Syria a crime

-- 2018-04-14 15:41:24

ANKARA: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said an attack on Syria by the United States, France and Britain on Saturday was a crime and would not achieve any gains. “Today&rsquo...

Syria crisis: UN chief says Cold War is back

Syria crisis: UN chief says Cold War is back

-- 2018-04-14 12:38:41

The UN's secretary general has said the Cold War is "back with a vengeance". Antonio Guterres also warned about the dangers of escalation over Syria, reports BBC. The US and its allies are conside...

Russia may call UN meeting over Syria attack

Russia may call UN meeting over Syria attack

-- 2018-04-14 12:14:38

MOSCOW: Russian lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov said on Saturday that Russia was likely to call for a meeting of the United Nations security council to discuss U.S., British and French air strikes on Syri...

Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence

Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence

-- 2018-04-14 10:46:20

UNITED NATIONS — A new U.N. report puts Myanmar’s armed forces on a U.N. blacklist of government and rebel groups “credibly suspected” of carrying out rapes and other acts of s...

Nawaz’s lifetime disqualification: politicians, analysts’ opinion

Nawaz’s lifetime disqualification: politicians, analysts’ opinion

-- 2018-04-14 09:59:58

The Supreme Court announced its verdict on the case pertaining to the duration of disqualification of lawmakers under Article 62(1)(f) of the constitution. The apex court ruled that those disqualifi...