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Three people were killed over two days in clashes in the southeastern Iranian town of Saravan near the border with Pakistan, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported.An angry mob stormed the district governor’s office Tuesday, a day after shootings at the border left at least two people dead.For all ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirIndian immigration authorities prevented a former lawmaker from Indian administered Kashmir from traveling to the United Arab Emirates, he told Anadolu Agency on Friday.Altaf Kaloo, who belonged to the region's oldest pro-India political party, National Conference, said authorities at New Delhi's International Airport did not allow ...

Pakistan lawmaker Ayaz Sadiq, who faced criticism from the Pakistan government and Army for revealing that Imran Khan-led govt had released Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman fearing an imminent attack from India, said he stands by his statement, adding that he knows “many secrets” but never made irresponsible statements.Speaking in ...

Issued on: 26/10/2020 - 14:57 Dozens of Tunisian artists and intellectuals have signed a petition calling for the country's judiciary to prosecute a lawmaker who justified the gruesome killing of French teacher Samuel Paty by an Islamist radical. Signatories of the petition accused Tunisian lawmaker Rached Khiari of “condoning ...

Peshawar, Oct 9: A Pakistani lawmaker attempted self-immolation on Friday, alleging the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shah Farman, was illegally occupying her land in provincial capital Peshawar. KPK Assembly member Nighat Yasmeen Aurakzai poured kerosene on herself outside the office of the Provincial Police Chief in Peshawar Cantonment ...

Seiko Noda Photographer: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg Photographer: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg One of the three women to snag a senior position under Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is already planning to challenge him for the ruling party leadership next year.Veteran Seiko Noda, who last week was appointed executive acting secretary-general of ...

World09:58 GMT 09.09.2020(updated 11:01 GMT 09.09.2020) Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/09/1080407013_0:52:3072:1780_1200x675_80_0_0_e757226ff7043e9f38714ea02bdee5ae.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngHenry Batyaev. Sputnik Internationalhttps://sputniknews.com/world/202009091080406270-donald-trump-nominated-for-2021-nobel-peace-prize-reports-say/The nomination comes just weeks after the United States helped broker the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, paving way for their diplomatic relations.President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace ...

KARACHI, PakistanA Pakistani lawmaker on Monday urged the international community, including the UN, to swiftly act to sop “genocide” of Kashmiris by Indian security forces, warning the world against a “brewing” nuclear conflict on the long-smoldering Kashmir dispute.Addressing a seminar in the capital Islamabad, Shehryar Khan Afridi, chairman of ...