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BD treats thousands of Rohingya refugees for violent injuries
Bangladesh said nearly 14,000 refugees had been treated in hospital and mobile medical clinics for illness and injury.
Trump orders new sanctions on North Korea
Trump says North Korea’s textiles, fishing, information technology, and manufacturing industries can be targeted.
ATM turns 50
ATMs are ubiquitous and possibly still a necessity, despite the big changes in how people pay for things.
India presses on with Myanmar defence supplies
India’s decision to discuss military cooperation with Myanmar appears part of a push to counter Chinese influence.
Benazir killed for defying terrorists and being a woman: British PM
Theresa May reminds world leaders that no country has suffered more at the hands of terrorists than Pakistan.
Trump strategy has turned around Afghan war, says Ghani
The US strategy that President Trump announced in his Aug 21 address had made “a difference of day and night”: Ghani.
Three civilians killed in held Kashmir, claim police
No militant group fighting against Indian rule immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Eight dead in Libya migrant shipwreck, 90 missing
TRIPOLI: At least eight migrants drowned and almost 90 others went missing after a shipwreck off Libya, a local...
Turkey, Iran, Iraq concerned over Kurdish referendum
The three countries voiced concerns that the referendum would endanger the gains Iraq has made against the IS.
World’s richest woman Liliane Bettencourt dies at 94
“Liliane Bettencourt died last night at home,” her daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyers said.
Iraq brings all remaining IS territory under attack
BAGHDAD: Iraq brought all of its territory still held by the militant Islamic State group under attack on Thursday,...
Puerto Rico faces floods, misery after Maria ‘obliteration’
SAN JUAN: Flash floods brought fresh misery to Puerto Rico on Thursday after its infrastructure was shattered by...
Trump needs a crash course on the Second World War
When will our politicians and dictators stop using the Second World War as a yardstick for their hatred and pride?
Independence movements in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan face the point of no return
ON Monday, the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan plans to go ahead with a referendum on independence. Six days...