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UN chief condemns suicide attack in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned Friday's suicide attack in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, which killed and injured many civilians and caused significant damage to civilian premises, including a hospi
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Japanese companies plan to take firm stand on Uyghur forced labour issue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 1 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns of human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province, Japanese companies are planning to suspend business relations with partners that are found to be forcing Uyghur Muslims to work.
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Pak cleric booked for 'provocative' speech against women, granted bail
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): A Pakistani cleric, who had delivered a 'provocative' speech against women education, has been granted bail in Nowshera district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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At least 30 killed in car bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 30 civilians were killed and 70 others wounded as a car bomb blast rocked a crowded road outside a provincial hospital in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Friday, a local source confirmed.
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Assailant in kindergarten knife attack in Southern China has mental disord
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Guangxi [China], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The suspect who carried out the knife attack at a kindergarten in the city of Beiliu in southwestern China's Guangxi province has a mental illness, local police said on Thursday.
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Economic divide between China's north, south regions grows due to COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted economic divisions among 31 provincial-level jurisdictions in China, where the southern provinces have shown a strong first-quarter rebound while northern regions struggled to recover.
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Pakistan: Sindh shuts schools, colleges, universities amid spike in COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Amid a deadly third wave of coronavirus, the Sindh government has decided to close all schools, colleges and universities in the province.
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295 children test positive for COVID-19 in Pak's Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 26 (ANI): Amid the surge in coronavirus cases in Pakistan, Balochistan government Spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said that 295 children have tested positive for COVID-19 so far across the province.
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Pakistan Army set to enforce COVID-19 SOPs as infections surge
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan government has issued a notification allowing the provinces and federal administration to take the Army's help to enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) amid the rising coronavirus infections in the country.
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5 Taliban killed, 8 wounded in attack at Afghan's Badakhshan province
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 25 (ANI): At least five Taliban were killed and eight more were wounded after they attacked an Afghan forces outpost in Shahr-e-Bozorg district in Badakhshan province on Saturday night.
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At least 24 killed in heavy rains in Angola's Luanda
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Luanda [Angola] April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 24 people have been killed as a result of the heavy rains that hit the province of Luanda in western Angola, the Angop news agency reported on Thursday, citing the provincial commission for civil protection and fire department.
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China dismisses 'Crimes Against Humanity' report on Uyghurs as lies, false
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): While condemnation over China's crackdowns over Uyghurs continues to mount, Beijing dismissed crimes against humanity report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang province as "lies and false information".
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