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ISLAMABAD, April 5 (Xinhua) — The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a census team in the country’s eastern Punjab province, which left six people killed and 15 others injured, local Urdu media reported. Express News said that TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani took credit of the attack in a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday warned that slow productivity growth since the 2008 financial crisis would threaten financial and social stability in some countries. “Another decade of weak productivity growth would seriously undermine the rise in global living standards,” said Christine Lagarde, IMF’s managing director, at an event held […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, April 4 (Xinhua) — Iran strongly condemned Monday terrorist attack in Russia’s St. Petersburg subway stations, Tasnim news agency reported. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi expressed sympathy with the families of the victims, saying “We once again remind the necessity for joint international efforts for seriously confronting terrorism regardless of motivations behind it.” […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, April 4 (Xinhua) — Indian government has approved procurement of a fresh batch of Barak surface-to-air missiles for its naval warships to enhance maritime capability, the state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday. The proposal was approved during a meeting of the defence acquisition council (DAC), chaired by India’s Defense Minister Arun […]
Read MoreMAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 4 (Xinhua) — Seven militants were killed and 19 others wounded in two separate clashes in northern Afghanistan, said a military statement on Tuesday. In one incident, six militants were killed and 18 others injured after fighting flared up between security forces and militants in Guzar village, Chimtal district in Balkh province […]
Read MoreCANBERRA, April 4 (Xinhua) — Australia’s leading scientific research agency has lamented the outdated regulations relating to medical and pharmaceutical research, claiming that many contracts are being taken overseas because of the political “red tape” in Australia. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have outlined their plans for a clearer “roadmap” […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — In a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump offered his full support to Russia in responding to an attack in St. Petersburg Metro, the White House said. Trump spoke with Putin to condemn the attack and expressed “his deepest condolences to the […]
Read MoreST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said at least 10 people had been killed and 37 others were injured in an explosion of an unknown explosive device with destructive elements in St. Petersburg. The explosion took place around 14:40 in a train carriage on the runway between the metro […]
Read MoreSEOUL, April 4 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday grilled former President Park Geun-hye, who has been taken into custody over corruption allegations. Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader. She was removed from […]
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