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Pakistan's opposition leader jailed for 10 days ahead of by-elections
Pakistani opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif was ordered jailed on Saturday for 10 days after being arrested in a corruption case, his lawyer said, meaning he will not be able to campaign for his party ahead of crucial by-elections next
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Nobel Peace Prize: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad announced as winners
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Congolese doctor and a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
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Pakistan Muslim League President Shehbaz Sharif arrested
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday in a Rs 14 billion housing scam case. Sharif, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, was
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Earthquake Measuring 4.5 Hits India-Nepal Border
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh Friday afternoon, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. There were
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Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE deposit over $1bn in Jordan Central Bank
The UAE has extended $833 million in support to Jordan as part of a $2.5 billion package being provided along with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to help
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Watch: Emirati sings Gandhi's favourite song 'Vaishnav Jana To'
Yasser Habeeb, a well-renowned Emirati singer performed one of the most breath-taking renditions of ‘Vaishnav Jana To,’ which is
Read MoreRed alert in three districts of Kerala, heavy rains expected
A red alert has been declared in three districts of Kerala for extremely heavy rain on Sunday by the Met department. The three districts - Idukki, Thrissur and Palakkad - are located on the northern and central part of the state.
Read MoreModerate earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan
A moderate earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Karachi and parts of Sindh and Balochistan on Wednesday. According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 12 kilometers
Read MoreTwo Planes Collide, airport shuts down
On 3 October, two military transport planes collided at Khartoum Airport in Sudan, said aviation bloggerVitaliy Trubnykov. Blogger published photos on Facebook showing an Antonov An-32 and an Antonov An-26 military transport aircraft
Read MoreIndian expat wins Dh7 million in the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi draw
Another Indian expatriate becomes a millionaire in the latest Big Ticket Abu Dhabi draw held in the capital on Wednesday. Mohammed Kunhi Mayyala, who had purchased ticket no. 121013 at Big Ticket Abu Dhabi, was announced as the winner of the
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