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  • Musharraf challenges death sentence in Pak court
    New Delhi/Islamabad, December 27 (IANS): Former Pakistan President and Army Chief Pervez Musharraf on Friday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court challenging the death sentence handed to him by a spec
  • Typhoon Phanfone toll reaches 28 in Philippines
    Manila, December 27 (IANS): Typhoon Phanfone has left at least 28 people dead in the Philippines, with two injured and 12 missing, authorities said on Friday. The storm, locally named Ursula, on Wednesd
  • US again flies spy planes over Korean Peninsula
    Seoul, December 26 (IANS) The US flew spy planes around the Korean Peninsula again, an aviation tracker said on Thursday, at a time of speculation that North Korea could carry out a major provocation amid
  • UN declares Malala decade's 'most famous teenager'
    Islamabad, December 26 (IANS) The UN has declared Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai as "the most famous teenager in the world" in its 'Decade in Review' report. In part on
  • HK protesters, police clash for third straight day
    Hong Kong, December 26 (IANS) Riot police sprayed blue dye and restrained several anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Thursday, on the third consecutive day of unrest over the Christmas holiday targ
  • Mexico condemns 'police siege' at embassy in Bolivia
    Mexico City, Decemebr 26 (IANS) The Mexican government has said that for the last two days a police siege had been established around its embassy in Bolivian capital La Paz, where nine officials of th
  • Typhoon Phanfone kills 13 in Philippines
    Manila, December 26 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed as typhoon Phanfone slammed the Philippines, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain, government officials said on Thursday. The Philippine
  • Republican 'disturbed' over party's stance in Trump impeachment
    Washington, December 26 (IANS) Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has said that she was "disturbed" by her party's stance before President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, it was reported on Thursday. T
  • 4-yr-old Indian becomes Santa in Dubai
    Dubai, December 26 (IANS): A Dubai-based four-year-old Indian boy turned Santa Claus this Christmas and distributed food and gifts among the blue-collar workers, a media report said. Miraan Hotwani and
  • Japan executes man sentenced to death for 4 murders
    Tokyo, December 26 (IANS): A man convicted and sentenced to death in Japan over the murder of four people was executed on Thursday, the country's Justice Ministry said. Addressing the media, Justice Min
  • Israel strike Gaza after attack near Netanyahu's event
    Jerusalem, December 26 (IANS): Israeli military aircraft carried out strikes in Gaza Thursday, hours after rocket fire toward Ashkelon city forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a campaign eve
  • 9 dead as typhoon Phanfone slams Philippines
    Manila, December 26 (IANS): At least nine people were killed as typhoon Phanfone slammed the Philippines, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain, authorities said on Thursday. The Philippine Depar
  • 26 killed in Indonesia as bus plunges into ravine
    Bangkok, December 24 (IANS) At least 26 people were killed after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's South Sumatra, police said on Tuesday. The bus, going from Bengkulu to Palembang on
  • NZ calls off search for two missing in volcano eruption
    Sydney, December 24 (IANS) New Zealand authorities have announced the suspension of search operations for two people who remain missing following the recent eruption of White Island volcano, offshore in th
  • Notre Dame will not host Xmas mass for first time in 213 years
    Paris, December 24 (IANS) For the first time in 213 years there will be no Christmas mass at Notre Dame here. Since 1803, the iconic gothic cathedral has hosted a Christmas mass but the devastating infe
  • Trump impeachment: McConnell not ruling out calling witnesses
    Washington, December 24 (IANS) US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that Republicans "haven't ruled out" calling witnesses in the upcoming impeachment trial to decide whether President Donald
  • Saudi trial over Khashoggi 'important step': US official
    Washington, December 24 (IANS) A senior official of US State Department has said that Saudi Arabia's sentencing of five people to death over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is "an important
  • 2 dead, over 65,000 affected by SL heavy rains
    Colombo, December 23 (IANS): Two people were killed and over 65,000 affected by days of heavy rains and strong winds across Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Centre said in a statement on Monday. Over
  • Ukraine aid withheld 91 mins after Trump-Zelensky call
    Washington, December 23 (IANS): Ninety-one minutes after US President Donald Trump called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in July this year, the White House asked that military aid to Kiev be
  • NZ volcano: 17th victim dies in hospital
    Wellington, December 23 (IANS): A person who was injured in the devastating December 9 eruption of the White Island/Whakaari has died in a hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17, a top police off
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