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8 killed after Russian firefighter plane crashes in Turkey
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 14 (ANI): Five crew members from the Russian military and three Turkish specialists who were on board the Russian Be-200 aircraft died in the crash in Turkey, local media reported on Saturday.
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Death toll from floods in Turkey's Black Sea region rises to 43
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 14 (ANI): The death toll from flooding caused by downpours in Turkey's Kastamonu and Sinop provinces rose to 43, local media reported on Saturday.
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Firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 14 (ANI): A firefighting plane, that was rented from Russia, crashed in southern Turkey on Saturday, local media reported.
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Nepal to receive 4 mn doses of Moderna vaccines through COVAX
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 14 (ANI): Nepal is set to receive nearly four million doses of coronavirus Moderna vaccines, financed by the World Bank, through the COVAX cost-share option, local media reported on Saturday.
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Pak lifts travel restrictions from 11 countries, including India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Pakistan has lifted travel restrictions from 11 countries including India on Friday, local media reported.
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Over half of Afghanistan's provinces fall to Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): Taliban has toppled six provincial capitals in the past 24 hours which brings the total number of provinces fallen to the terrorists to 18, local media reported on Friday.
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Pak soldiers clash with Afghan protesters at Chaman border
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Pakistani forces fired tear gas and clashed with the Afghans protesting at the Chaman border over the Taliban's closure of the border area, local media reported on Friday.
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7 killed in separate fire incidents in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Five people, including two women, died of suffocation after a fire erupted in their house in Pakistan's Karachi, local media reported on Thursday.
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Afghan President offers Taliban power sharing deal to end violence
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 12 (ANI): The Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan government on Thursday has offered a "share of power" to the Taliban in a bid to stop the escalating violence in the war-torn country where the insurgent group has captured 10 provincial capitals so far, local media report
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Sri Lanka mulls improving labor protections for domestic workers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka's Minister of Labor Nimal Siripala De Silva has proposed amendments to local labor laws that would increase protections for domestic workers and make them eligible for pension schemes, local media reported Thursday.
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Pakistan: Inflation causes hike in food prices, impacts lower income group
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 12 (ANI): Inflation in Pakistan has caused an increase in food prices in the country, worsening conditions of lower-middle-income households, local media reported.
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Afghan acting Finance Minister steps down, leaves country amid Taliban-led
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting Finance Minister Khalid Payenda has stepped down and left the country following pressure from the presidential palace, local media reported.
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