BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Nov 1 (APP/AFP): Kyrgyzstan’s security service said Tuesday that a drunk man who halted operations at the country’s main airport with a false bomb scare was trying to stop his wife from leaving for Moscow. Ilya Eremeev, 30, phoned emergency services Monday and said there was a bomb on a plane “to prevent […]
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Kyrgyz man halts main airport with ‘bomb’ claim
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Indian troops martyr 17 Kashmiris in October
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (APP): Indian troops, in their unabated acts of state terrorism, in occupied Kashmir, martyred 17Kashmiris including 2 young boys during the last month of October. According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, these killings rendered 1 woman widowed and2 children orphaned,reported Kashmir Media Service.
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Lebanon MPs elect Aoun president, ending 29-month void
BEIRUT, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – Lebanon’s parliament on Monday elected former general Michel Aoun president, ending a vacuum and political stalemate of more than two years. Live footage from the vote count in the country’s parliament showed that Aoun had received more than the 50 percent-plus-one majority of 65 votes needed for him to be […]
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Suicide bomber kills six civilians in east Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – A suicide bomber on Monday detonated his explosives in a gathering of tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least six people in the latest direct assault on civilians. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province which is a […]
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Filling graves in Kashmir part of planned strategy: Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (APP): All Parties Hurriyet Conference(APHC), Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani has said that civilian killingsare part of a well-planned strategy by the authorities. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said,”Filling of graveyards with innocents is a well-planned strategyof the authorities and those crying and delivering sermons on theeducation and well-being […]
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Germany takes aim at China on trade on eve of key visit
FRANKFURT, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – Germany’s economy minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday launched a fresh attack on “unfair and aggressive trade practices” by China ahead of a visit to the country. “Ducking away from this confrontation would be just as bad as arrogance and ignorance towards Chinese interests,” he wrote in Die Welt newspaper. Tensions […]