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Pakistan sacks HC judge over remarks against ISI

Pakistan sacks HC judge over remarks against ISI

-- 2018-10-12 20:36:41

Pakistan President Arif Alvi has sacked a High Court judge who earlier accused the country's spy agency of interfering in judicial proceedings to influence the July election. The law ministry of the...

Turkey to release US pastor Brunson

Turkey to release US pastor Brunson

-- 2018-10-12 19:51:10

A court in Turkey is to release the jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention for the past two years by Turkey sparked a crisis in ties with the United States. Brunson returned to court on Fri...

Wildlife officials to use Calvin Klein perfume to lure man-eater

Wildlife officials to use Calvin Klein perfume to lure man-eater

-- 2018-10-12 19:46:56

Can a world-famous eau de toilette for men, known for its smoky and spicy fragrance, help trap a "man-eating" tiger prowling in the jungles of India's western state of Maharashtra? Wildlife officials...

Papua New Guinea's Maserati import raises questions

Papua New Guinea's Maserati import raises questions

-- 2018-10-12 18:50:09

Papua New Guinea's government is under scrutiny for importing 40 luxury Maserati cars from Italy for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit. The Quattroporte sedans, which cost...

Trump administration trying to kill me: Maduro

Trump administration trying to kill me: Maduro

-- 2018-10-12 18:42:22

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to assassinate him, as relations strain between the ideologically opposed nations. Maduro, a for...

Royal Wedding: Princess Eugenie marries

Royal Wedding: Princess Eugenie marries

-- 2018-10-12 17:48:53

Princess Eugenie has married her long-term partner Jack Brooksbank on Friday at St George's Chapel in Windsor. The ninth in line to the throne was watched by her grandmother, the Queen, and Prince Ph...

South Korea president express optimism to end of Korean War

South Korea president express optimism to end of Korean War

-- 2018-10-12 17:18:17

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said it is only a matter of time before the US and North Korea declare an end to their state of war on the Korean peninsula. The war ended in 1953 with an armistice...

Saudi team reaches Turkey for Khashoggi investigation

Saudi team reaches Turkey for Khashoggi investigation

-- 2018-10-12 17:00:51

A delegation from Saudi Arabia has reached Turkey as part of a joint investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Without giving further details, two Turkish so...

UK to cut hybrid car subsidies

UK to cut hybrid car subsidies

-- 2018-10-12 15:33:08

Britain will cut the incentives available to those buying plug-in hybrid vehicles as it focuses on pure electric models, sparking anger from an industry trade body as carmakers already face declining...

Media outlets, business executives pull out of Saudi confce

Media outlets, business executives pull out of Saudi confce

-- 2018-10-12 15:08:36

Media companies are pulling out of a Saudi investment conference because of growing outrage over the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist in Turkey. Economist Editor-In-Chief Zanny Minton Be...

Cyclone Titli leaves nine dead in India

Cyclone Titli leaves nine dead in India

-- 2018-10-12 13:49:35

At least nine people have been killed in India’s Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states as cyclone Titli made landfall with the wind speed of up to 150 kmph, local agencies reported. The cyclone ki...

Eastern Uganda landslide kills 31

Eastern Uganda landslide kills 31

-- 2018-10-12 12:33:30

At least 31 people were killed when a landslide rolled down the slopes of Mt. Elgon in eastern Uganda, wrecking homes and burying animals, a government official briefed media on Friday. Martin Owor,...

Colombia mudslide takes lives of 12

Colombia mudslide takes lives of 12

-- 2018-10-12 11:52:52

At least 12 people have died in a mudslide in Colombia that swept through many mountainside homes, local disaster officials say. Officials said the slide occurred at about 2:00am Thursday in the cent...

Hurricane Michael leaves 'unimaginable destruction'

Hurricane Michael leaves 'unimaginable destruction'

BBC 2018-10-12 10:28:09

Hurricane Michael left "unimaginable destruction" as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state's governor, Rick Scott, says. "So many lives have been changed forever," he said. "So many fa...

Malaysia to abolish death penalty for all crimes

Malaysia to abolish death penalty for all crimes

-- 2018-10-11 20:29:41

Malaysia's new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed Thursday...

Third-strongest storm Michael batters US

Third-strongest storm Michael batters US

-- 2018-10-11 18:37:21

The third-strongest storm in recorded history to hit the mainland US has battered north-west Florida, flooding beach towns and snapping trees. Rescue services are waiting for daylight to assess the f...

Next South Asia Maritime Forum to be held in Dubai

Next South Asia Maritime Forum to be held in Dubai

-- 2018-10-11 18:25:12

The 3rd South Asia Maritime and Logistics Forum-2019 will be held in Dubai. Shipping Secretary Md Abdus Samad revealed the information at the closing ceremony of second South Asia Maritime and Logist...

Nadal opens his tennis academy to Majorca flood victims

Nadal opens his tennis academy to Majorca flood victims

-- 2018-10-11 18:04:51

World number one Rafael Nadal has helped flood victims in his native Majorca, opening up his tennis academy on the island to the homeless and helping to clear mud and water. Video on Spanish newspape...

Gunmen kidnap Africa’s ‘youngest billionaire’ in Tanzania

Gunmen kidnap Africa’s ‘youngest billionaire’ in Tanzania

-- 2018-10-11 15:44:05

The man said to be Africa's youngest billionaire has been kidnapped by masked gunmen in Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam, police say. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was abducted outside a swanky hotel gym whe...

S Korea now says no change on N Korean sanctions

S Korea now says no change on N Korean sanctions

-- 2018-10-11 14:59:07

South Korea never considered lifting sanctions against North Korea imposed over the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship, the country’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said on Thursday....

Turkey cannot remain silent over Khashoggi’s disappearance: Erdogan

Turkey cannot remain silent over Khashoggi’s disappearance: Erdogan

-- 2018-10-11 14:47:10

Turkey cannot remain silent over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by Hurriyet newspaper on Thursday, adding Turkey is investigating...

US raises pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

US raises pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

Reuters 2018-10-11 14:26:08

US President Donald Trump increased pressure on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to provide information on what happened to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said he wanted to get to the bottom of...

US charges Chinese man with aviation 'espionage'

US charges Chinese man with aviation 'espionage'

-- 2018-10-11 13:03:23

The US justice department has announced charges of economic espionage against a suspected Chinese intelligence officer. Officials say Yanjun Xu tried to steal trade secrets from US aviation and aeros...

Heavy winds, rains kill 12 in Sri Lanka

Heavy winds, rains kill 12 in Sri Lanka

-- 2018-10-11 10:44:42

Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Thursday said 12 people had been killed and over 69,000 affected from the heavy winds and rains which lashed out across the island since last week...

Cyclone ‘Titli’ hits eastern Indian coast with wind, rain

Cyclone ‘Titli’ hits eastern Indian coast with wind, rain

-- 2018-10-11 10:18:55

The severe cyclonic storm ‘Titli’ hit India’s Odisha-Andhra coast at Gopalpur with a hurricane wind speed of 126 kph at around 6:15 am (local time) on Thursday. The Indian Meteorolo...

Strong quake hits Indonesia again, three dead

Strong quake hits Indonesia again, three dead

-- 2018-10-11 09:53:39

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing three people in Java and damaging some buildings while causing...

Three newspaper journalists on remand in Myanmar

Three newspaper journalists on remand in Myanmar

-- 2018-10-10 20:40:50

Three senior journalists of Myanmar’s largest private newspaper were remanded in custody after handing themselves in to police on Wednesday over the allegations of causing 'fear or alarm'. One...

UN bemoans Afghan civilian killings

UN bemoans Afghan civilian killings

-- 2018-10-10 19:49:31

The United Nations in a new report bemoaned the "extreme" number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan's protracted war, saying 2,798 Afghan civilians died in the first nine months of this year, while...

India’s #MeToo: Pressure piles up on employers to respond to allegations

India’s #MeToo: Pressure piles up on employers to respond to allegations

-- 2018-10-10 15:24:57

Pressure is building on major Indian employers to take allegations of sexual harassment more seriously after a surge in the number of complaints against prominent public figures in the past week. At...

Turkey migrant boat capsize leaves four dead; 30 missing

Turkey migrant boat capsize leaves four dead; 30 missing

-- 2018-10-10 15:01:34

Four people died after a migrant boat sank off the western coast of Turkey late on Tuesday, the Turkish interior ministry said on Wednesday, adding that 30 others were still missing. The boat sank of...