India frees 19 Pakistani prisoners

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Amritsar– 19 Pakistani prisoners returned home from the Attari-Wagah border after being released by Indian authorities on Tuesday. They had been put in Indian jails on charges ranging from...

5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's southern Amami-Oshima Island: JMA

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TOKYO– An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck off the north-east coast of Japan's southern Amami-Oshima Island, the weather agency here said Wednesday. No tsunami warning or...

Afghanistan: Prison riot kills 4 inmates, 33 injured including police

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Kabul ,Afghanistan– Four inmates lost their lives while 33 others, including 20 police officers, were injured after riots broke out at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison here on Tuesday (local time). ...

Forest fire still burning in SW China

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KUNMING– Firefighters in southwest China's Yunnan Province are still battling a forest fire that broke out on Monday. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, over 2,000 people and three helicopters were...

3 Dead, 1 Injured after roof collapses in under-construction building in Jodhpur

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Jodhpur –Three people died and one sustained injuries after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Prithvipura area of Jodhpur on Monday night. District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit told...

Iran FM visits India to hold talks over oil supplies

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NEW DELHI– Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in New Delhi late Monday night, and is slated to meet his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday, official sources said. ...

Beijing's new airport completes 1st passenger plane test flight

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BEIJING– Beijing Daxing International Airport completed its first test flight of passenger planes as four aircraft landed safely on the runway Monday morning. China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines,...

Female Afghan former journalist shot dead in Kabul

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KABUL–A former journalist who worked for the Afghan parliament was shot and killed in Kabul on Saturday, an official said, in the latest brazen attack to rock Afghanistan's capital.  ...

At least 14 killed in road accident in northeast Kenya

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GARISSA, Kenya– At lest 14 people were killed and dozens others injured in a grisly road accident on Sunday night in Garissa county in northeast Kenya, the police confirmed on...

Former vice finance minister sentenced to 15 years in prison for graft

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BEIJING– Former vice minister of finance Zhang Shaochun was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for taking bribes worth 66.98 million yuan (about 9.8 million U.S. dollars). His illegal...

LS polls phase 6: Polling begins for 59 seats

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New Delhi– Voting began for the seven Lok Sabha seats of Delhi along with 52 others seats in the 6th phase of seven-phased parliamentary elections. As many as 979 candidates are...

5.7 magnitude quake jolts New Zealand's Kermadec Islands

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Wellington– An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale rattled New Zealand's Kermadec Islands in the early morning hours on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake...

1 dead, 2 injured in U.S. bar shooting

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WASHINGTON– A late night bar shooting killed one and injured two others in the U.S. state of Florida, according to local police. The shooting took place at a bar...

2 killed in IS attack in southern Libya

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TRIPOLI–Islamic State (IS) militants on Thursday launched an attack on the southern Libyan town of Ghadwa, 60 km south of Sabha City, killing two and injuring several others. "A...

Nigeria launches campaign to end open defecation by 2025

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 ABUJA– The Nigerian government has approved the inauguration of a national campaign as part of efforts toward making the country free from open defecation by 2025. Minister of Water...