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Over 300 Australians missing in Nepal Earthquake
Canberra, April 27 (IANS) Over 300 Australians are still missing following the tremors that devastated Nepal, authorities said on Monday.
The department of foreign affairs and trade has been in contact with more than 200 of the 549…
19th-Century Kathmandu Tower Collapses
The Dharahara, a nine-storeyed 19th-century tower, collapsed here after a huge earthquake shook Nepal and caused widespread devastation on Saturday, a media report said. Hundreds of people are reportedly trapped in the debris, a posting on…
Italian Police arrest 18 Terror Suspects, foil Vatican Attack
Italian police on Friday arrested 18 people in what they called a "vast" operation against a group allegedly inspired by the Al Qaeda and foiled an attack on the Vatican. All those arrested were Pakistanis and Afghans, police said. Those…
Ramdev to teach Yoga to 20,000 Nepalis in Kathmandu
Over 20,000 Nepalis will take part in a five-day mass yoga session to be inaugurated by President Ram Baran Yadav in Kathmandu on Friday. Indian yoga guru Ramdev arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon to conduct the session at Tundikhel…
10 People killed, 35 injured in Two Bomb blasts in Iraq
At least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded in two bomb blasts in central Iraq on Wednesday, a police source said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a bus stop in the city of Samarra, about 120 km north of Baghdad, leaving at least…
42 Rebels, Islamic State Militants killed in Syria clashes
At least 30 Syrian rebels and 12 members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group died during clashes on Wednesday morning in western Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
The IS extremists managed to regain control…
Pakistan executes 17 Condemned Prisoners
Seventeen condemned prisoners were executed in various jails in Pakistan on Tuesday, which marks the higgest number of executions in the country since the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted.
In Central Jail in Gujranwala, three…
Egyptian Court sentences Ousted President to 20 Years Jail
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted as president in 2013, to 20 years in prison for inciting the killings of protestors outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in December 2012. This is the first verdict…
European Union presents 10-Point Plan on Migrant Crisis
European foreign and interior ministers, at a joint meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, presented a 10-point plan on the immediate actions to be taken in response to the migrant crisis after a series of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea.…
China plans $45 bn investments in Pakistan, signs 51 MoUs
Pakistan and China on Monday signed 51 agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in diverse fields with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping scheduled to unveil a $45-billion investment plan that can help Pakistan…