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Karachi: Amid tight security, Pakistan's Shia Ismaili Muslims today buried the bus attack victims who were killed by ISIS militants in the volatile Karachi city, the first assault by the dreaded terror outfit in the region. Hundreds of…
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Kathmandu: Five aftershocks jolted Nepal today, triggering panic among the people as the death toll in the powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation two days ago climbed to over 100. Nepal was jolted by the quake…
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Manila: Police recovered 58 bodies and about a dozen more people are still missing today from a Philippine factory fire that an angry relative said had trapped workers on the second floor of the building where iron grills on windows…
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Washington: The US today dismissed as untrue reports that a former Pakistani intelligence officer provided information about the hideout of Osama bin Laden to the CIA, saying an unilateral American operation traced and killed the al-Qaeda…
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Beijing: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be accorded a rare "highest-level reception" by President Xi Jinping as the two leaders look to deepen their personal ties, Chinese official media said today. "Modi will begin his first trip to…
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Washington: Some elements within Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI may have had knowledge of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts, but the raid that killed the al-Qaeda chief was a unilateral American military operation, according to a senior US…
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Karachi: At least 41 people from minority Shia Ismaili community were today killed and several others injured after eight gunmen entered their bus and opened indiscriminate fire on the passengers in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi,…
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Kathmandu: Fresh tremors today struck Nepal where thousands of fear-stricken people spent the night in the open after a powerful earthquake killed 65 people, as the nightmare continued for the country already devastated by a temblor over…
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Washington: A US Marine Corps helicopter carrying out earthquake relief in Nepal was reported missing today with eight personnel on board, officials said. "The incident occurred near Charikot, Nepal while the aircraft was conducting…
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Beirut: Syrian government helicopters have dropped a barrel bomb in a neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo, hitting a busy bus depot and killing at least 28 people, activists said. The attack on the Jisr al-Haj neighbourhood…
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