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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — A top militant commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit Abu Ismail and his associate were killed Thursday in a brief gunfight with Indian troops in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The gunfight between militants and a contingent of police and army broke out at village Aarigam-Nowgam in the […]
Read MoreLONDON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was holding high level talks in London Thursday to discuss the impact of Hurricane Irma as well as ways of tackling the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). It is Tillerson’s second visit to Britain since taking up his post, and […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — A total of 23 people have died in a fire at a religious school in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning, which may had been caused by short-circuit. Noor Rashid Ibrahim, deputy inspector general of the national police, said the fire claimed the lives of 21 students and two teachers […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — Police in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will establish an integrated database system which can be accessed fast and safely by investigators of member states, so as to support the fight against terrorism, a police officer said on Thursday. The police in ASEAN member nations have agreed to set […]
Read MoreISTANBUL, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — Amid criticism against the Turkish government for not forcibly opposing an upcoming independence referendum by the Iraqi Kurds, many fear the Kurdish bid may lead to Turkey’s break-up in the long run. “This referendum is a first step that will set the stage for Turkey’s disintegration,” Haldun Solmazturk, a retired […]
Read MoreLONDON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — The negotiations between Britain and the European Union (EU) over Brexit could become a prisoner of the politics of the UK’s ruling Conservative Party, according to a leading expert with world’s top think tank Chatham House. As the fourth round of talks between Britain’s Brexit negotiator David Davis and EU […]
Read MoreBERLIN, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged German car makers on Thursday to resolve the damage they had caused to the reputation of the country’s car industry in a string of recent scandals. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), Merkel said “the automotive industry must regain […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A major UNHCR airlift with emergency relief supplies for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is today under way, with the first flight having landed in Dhaka just before 04:30 this morning. A UNHCR-chartered Boeing 777 flew in with 91 metric tonnes of aid, including much needed shelter materials, jerry cans, blankets, […]
Read MoreHalimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, was declared elected as Singapore’s first woman president on Wednesday, after the returning officer announced she was the sole candidate to qualify for the contest, reports reuters.
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