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Retired Uyghur postal worker sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for 're
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 5 (ANI): A retired Uyghur postal worker in China's Xinjiang region, released from an internment camp due to health issues, was rearrested in 2020 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for participating in "illegal religious activities", said a media report.
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North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 5 (ANI): North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan, media reports said on Saturday.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for mosque explosion in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the explosion at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that claimed over 50 lives, media reports said on Saturday.
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NHRC seeks report from Bihar govt on groundwater contamination
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report referring to the recent Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 that in 31 of 38 districts of the State the groundwater is contaminated with Arsenic, Fluoride and excessive Ir
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Series of attacks in Balochistan shows Pakistan's failure to pre-empt subv
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): The continuing spate of deadly attacks in Balochistan reflects the country's failure to pre-empt subversive forces, which seem to be operating with untempered vigour, a media report said on Friday.
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Pakistan: Death toll rises to 56 in Peshawar Mosque suicide bombing
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): The death toll rose to 56 and 194 others were wounded in a suicide attack at a Shia mosque on Friday in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, local media reported.
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2 killed, over 20 injured in blast outside mosque in Afghanistan's Paktia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gardez (Paktia) [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): Two people were killed and over 20 others were injured after an explosion took place outside a mosque in Afghanistan's Paktia province, media report citing officials said on Friday.
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Pakistan may remain on FATF grey list until June
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Pakistan is expected to remain on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for another four months, until June 2022, local media reported on Friday.
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Ukraine conflict: Fire breaks out at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 4 (ANI): The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), located in southern Ukraine, has reported a fire on its territory, media reports said on Friday.
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Pakistan: 11,000 ghost schools in Sindh have teachers but no students
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): As many as 11,000 schools in Sindh province have teachers but no students, said Pakistan media reports which added the teachers are serving in these schools draw reasonable salaries without doing any work.
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Afghan border security personnel continue aggressive attitude along Durand
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Afghan border security personnel continued their aggressive attitude, cross border violations and disregard of mutually agreed and established procedures along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Durand Line, local media reported.
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'Draconian' law against media draws flak in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): The "draconian" media law amendments passed by the Imran Khan government as an ordinance is drawing widespread criticism in Pakistan as it seeks to place fetters on the constitutional rights of citizens, local media reported.
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