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HIGHLIGHTS At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in the stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station NDRF team has reached the site of stampede A combination of heavy rain, a loud sound and rush hour caused the tragedy, according to police   MUMBAI: At least 22 people were killed and several injured in […]

  © Mikhail Klimentiev / Sputnik Vladimir Putin has termed the progress in the peaceful solution of the Syrian crisis ‘a joint success’ between Moscow and Ankara after talks with the Turkish leader. He said the agreements created “conditions” to end the bloodshed in the war-torn state. Read more Turkey confirms deposit on Russia’s state-of-the-art S-400 […]

File photo: DPA. An unknown person poisoned food in supermarkets in the south German town of Friedrichshafen after trying to blackmail supermarkets, police said on Thursday. The tainted products included baby foods. Police called on the public to stay calm on Thursday after confirmed that a “very unscrupulous” person added potentially fatal amounts of poison […]

Police recover 15 bodies but many more are feared dead after boat carrying over 100 sinks in rough seas off Bangladesh. The UN says the number of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh has exceeded 500,000 [File: Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera] Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Scores of people, including many women and children, are feared to have […]

False alarm of a US nuclear first strike was detected by a Soviet military analyst who helped evade a nuclear war.   Stanislav Petrov died of pneumonia on May 17, aged 77, and his demise was only reported in mid-September [Pavel Golovkin/AP] Moscow – It took Stanislav Petrov 23 minutes to prevent mutually assured nuclear destruction […]

File photo shows a Peshmerga fighter during a military training conducted by the US-led Global Coalition against ISIS in the Kurdistan Region in 2016. Photo: Rudaw/Farzin Hassan   ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—The Canadian ministry of defense is to continue with its plan to arm the Kurdish Peshmerga forces despite Monday’s referendum that saw the majority of […]

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives President of Republic of Somalia (SPA)  Jeddah– Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz discussed regional issues at al-Salam Palace with visiting President of Somalia Mohammed Abdullah Farmajo. During the meeting, King Salman and Farmajo reviewed relations between the two countries and various fields of […]

Members of Iraqi Federal Police carry their weapon at the frontline during a battle with Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Federal Police have concluded combing of areas recently recaptured from Islamic State in north of Salahuddin, killing 52 militants, Interior Ministry said. During a […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, standing, delivers a message to a group of families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, led by Shigeo Iizuka, third from right, during a meeting at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo Thursday.  Photo: AP POOL Tokyo:Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated to the families of North Korean abduction victims on Thursday his government’s […]

Mariano Rajoy met Donald Trump at the White House. Photo: AFP US President Donald Trump said it would be “foolish” for Catalans to try to leave Spain, urging the country to remain united ahead of a banned independence referendum Sunday. “I really think the people of Catalonia would stay with Spain,” Trump said as he […]