MALAKAL, South Sudan, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): At least 56 rebels and four government troops were killed in heavy weekend clashes in northeastern South Sudan, in a worrying surge of violence in the world’s youngest nation. Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) spokesman Brigadier General Lul Ruai Koang said Monday that rebels aligned with former vice president […]
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At least 60 killed as fighting surges in South Sudan
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Ghusal-e-Kaaba ceremony held in Masjid al-Haram
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): Ghusal-e-Kaaba ceremony was held on Monday at Masjid al-Haram in Saudi Arabia. The practice was performed by governor of Makkah PrinceKhalid al-Faisal. private news channel reported. Head of the caretaker family of Kaaba, Sheikh Saleh binZain-ul-Abdeen Al Shaibi told that Kaaba was washed with 45 litre Zamzam water after Fajr prayer. […]
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Iran says Kerry’s remarks on sanctions ‘unacceptable’
TEHRAN, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – Iran has rejected remarks by US Secretary of State John Kerry that its policies in Syria and Yemen are blocking efforts to encourage banks to do business with it. In an interview published Friday, Kerry told Foreign Affairs magazine that Iranian support for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement […]
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Man blows himself up at Abkhazia television centre: media
MOSCOW, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): An unidentified man on Monday blew himself up at the state-owned TV centre in Abkhazia, a tiny Moscow-backed breakaway region of Georgia, a local official said. “A man blew himself up on the territory of the TV centre. It was obviously clear that he had a bomb,” Russian news agency RIA […]
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Daughter of former Philippine dictator urges forgiveness
MANILA, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): The daughter of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos called for forgiveness on Monday as she led a rally at the Supreme Court urging it to approve a controversial hero’s burial for her father. About 1,000 supporters gathered with Imee Marcos at the court, which may announce on Tuesday whether it approves […]
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Suicide car bomb blast kills 10 south of Baghdad: officials
BAGHDAD, Oct 17, (APP/AFP): A suicide car bomb explosion targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint south of Baghdad Monday killed at least 10 people, security and medical sources said. The blast in Yusufiya, a frequently targeted area just south of the capital, also left at least 17 people wounded, an interior ministry official said. It came […]