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Malaysia Airlines lifts baggage ban on Europe flights
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines said Wednesday it has lifted a ban on check-in baggage on flights to Paris and Amsterdam, after the move angered many passengers who slammed the airline on social media.
The U-turn came less than 24 hours…
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Fire at hotel in Pakistan, no casualty reported
Islamabad: A fire broke out after midnight at a hotel near the military's general headquarters in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi but no one was hurt in the blaze.
The reason of the fire is not known which started at the record room…
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N Korea says conducted ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test
Seoul: North Korea announced today it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, a development that, if confirmed, would marking a stunning step forward in its nuclear development.
"The republic's first hydrogen bomb test…
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UN chief calls on Iran, Saudi to avoid tensions
United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked Saudi Arabia and Iran to avoid actions that could further exacerbate tensions, as he expressed disappointment at the execution of cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr and said the break in Saudi…
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14 killed, 32 injured in arson attack on bus in China
Beijing: At least 14 people were killed and 32 others injured today when a passenger bus was set ablaze in a suspected arson attack during morning rush hour in northwest China.
The Ningxia regional department of public security has…
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US expects Pak to act against Pathankot perpetrators
Washington: The US has said it expects Pakistan to act in bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Pathankot attack and asked Islamabad to live up to its pledge that it will not "discriminate" among terror groups.
"The government of…
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US begins arrest and deportation of illegal migrants
Washington: The US has launched nationwide enforcement operations to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who entered the country with children and have lost asylum cases.
Most of those arrests are of those entering the US from its…
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Seven killed, over 90 injured in north-east quake
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IMPHAL: With the death of one more person, the earthquake toll in Manipur rose to seven this afternoon but no casualties were reported from Tamenglong District where the epicentre was located, officials said.
Manipur bore the brunt…
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Three militants killed outside Indian mission in Afghanistan
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Kabul/New Delhi: At least three terrorists were killed in a fierce overnight gunbattle with security forces who engaged militants attempting to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Incidents of intolerance not new to Pakistan: Author
New Delhi: Pakistani author Haroon Khalid says that incidents of intolerance have been happening in his country for a few years now and hopes that India's bubble of "tolerant" silent majority is never busted.
One of the biggest such…
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