PESHAWAR, (APP): At least five labourers were killed and six injured in an explosion in coal mine in Doli area of Lower Orakzai Agency, said police control Hangu on Saturday. The blast occurred in a coal mine in Doli area of Lower Orakzai Agency. At least five labourers were killed and six others injured in […]
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Five killed, 6 injured in coal mine explosion in Lower Orakzai Agency
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Putin calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ along Karabakh frontline: Kremlin
MOSCOW, (APP/AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for an immediate end to fighting along the front line of Nagorny Karabakh, after Armenia and Azerbaijan said fierce clashes had erupted in the disputed region. “President Putin calls on the parties in the conflict to observe an immediate ceasefire and exercise restraint in order […]
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Strong quake shakes Alaska, no tsunami warning
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated remote region of southeastern Alaska late Friday, the US Geological Survey that monitors quakes worldwide reported. The quake struck at 0550 GMT Saturday (9:50 pm Friday) some 654 kilometres (406 miles) southwest of Anchorage, and 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast Chignik Lake, Alaska. […]
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Russian tourist killed by a crocodile in Indonesia
JAKARTA, (APP/AFP) – A Russian tourist was mauled to death by a crocodile in a popular diving site in Eastern Indonesia, an official said Saturday. The body of Sergey Lykhvar was discovered on Tuesday in Raja Ampat islands of West Papua, four days after he was reported missing. Local search and rescue head Prasetyo Budiarto […]
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Police general becomes Vietnam’s new president
HANOI, (APP/AFP): Lawmakers in communist Vietnam approved a top police general for the role of president Saturday, making the head of a controversial domestic security force one of the country’s most high profile politicians. Tran Dai Quang won 91.5 percent of the votes during a ballot at the rubber stamp parliament early Saturday, having been […]
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Security Council to vote at 2300 GMT on UN police presence in Burundi
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) – The UN Security Council will meet at 2300 GMT on Friday to vote on a French draft resolution that would lay the groundwork for a UN police presence to help quell violence in Burundi, diplomats said. The measure would request that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon report back to the […]