Asia
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Slaughterhouses in Sri Lanka asked to shut as cold weather kills livestock
Colombo: All slaughterhouses and meat shops in the eastern province of Sri Lanka were ordered to be closed for one week…
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Afghan security forces kill 2 IS militants
Jalalabad: Security forces have stormed a hideout of the Islamic State (IS) outfit in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, the capital of…
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Afghan police seize 30 assault rifles in Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif: The Afghan police have collected arms and ammunitions including 30 pieces of AK-47 assault rifles from individuals in the…
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Afghan forces fire rockets into Pak territory, 6 killed
Quetta: At least six civilians were killed while over two dozen sustained injuries when Afghan forces fired rockets into the…
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Cyclone Mandous kills 3, affects over 21,000 in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said on Monday that three people were killed and over 21,000 have been…
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3 IS militants, 1 soldier killed in Iraq
Baghdad: Three Islamic State (IS) militants and an Iraqi soldier were killed in an airstrike and a separate attack by…
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There will be no foreign investment if Pakistan defaults: Imran Khan
Lahore: Lashing out at the coalition government, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that…
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Five killed as Afghan security forces open fire on Pakistani civilians near Chaman border
Balochistan: At least five people were killed and 16 people were left injured on Sunday after the Afghan security forces…
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8 dead, 1 injured after flood sweeps passenger car away in Philippines
Manila: Eight passengers, including a five-year-old girl, died in Rizal province of the Philippines after a flash flood swept a passenger…
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BNPs Dhaka divisional rally begins
Dhaka: The Dhaka divisional mass rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) began at Golapbagh ground after 10 am on Saturday.The…
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Bangladesh accused of violent crackdown on free speech
Dhaka: Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, known as Kajol, said he was held in an underground cell for 53 days,…
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Over 1,300 houses in Sri Lanka damaged by cyclonic storm Mandous
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) has said that more than 1,300 houses in various parts of the island…
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Indian-origin jilted lover gets 6 months jail in Singapore
Singapore: An Indian-origin man was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday for starting a fire outside his ex-girlfriend’s fiance’s…
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Judiciary ranked as the third most corrupt institution in Pak
Islamabad: Pakistanis see police as the most corrupt, tendering and contracting as the second most corrupt while they rank judiciary as…
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9 dead from coal mine explosion in Indonesia
Jakarta: A coal mine exploded in Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra on Friday, leaving nine workers dead, two others…
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I never called ex-COAS Gen Bajwa boss: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he never called former Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa as…
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Audio clip of Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi surfaces in Toshakhana scandal
Islamabad: In the latest development to the Toshakhana scandal in Pakistan, an audio clip of allegedly featuring former Prime Minister Imran…
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Pak questions US on India’s exclusion from religious freedom blacklist
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday took strong exception to the US’ recent decision to add the country to its religious freedom blacklist…
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Pakistan seeks emergency $3bn Saudi cash injection
Islamabad: Pakistan has requested Saudi Arabia to urgently provide $3 billion in cash after its foreign exchange reserves fell to…
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Pakistan passport ranks fourth lowest in world
Islamabad: Pakistan has been ranked 94th, sharing the slot with Somalia, in terms of passport strength while the UAE has…
