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US mayor dies in Afghan attack

KABUL, Nov 04 (Agencies): A Utah mayor serving in Afghanistan was reportedly killed and another service member was wounded when an Afghan commando opened fire on them on Saturday in Kabul.Maj Brent Taylor, the mayor of North Ogden, was killed, according to Utah's lieutenant governor, Spencer Cox, who expressed shock...

Asia Bibi's husband pleads for asylum

ISLAMABAD, Nov 04 (Agencies): The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row has pleaded for asylum from the UK, US or Canada.Asia Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih, said they were in great danger in Pakistan.The Supreme Court overturned her conviction on Wednesday, saying...

Iranians mark 1979 US embassy seizure

TEHRAN, Nov 04 (Xinhua): Thousands of Iranians held rallies in Tehran on Sunday to mark the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the former US embassy in the capital city.The demonstrators took to the streets and gathered outside the former US embassy in central Tehran, now named "den of espionage."They...

Syria ready to cooperate with new UN envoy

DAMASCUS, Nov 04 (AFP): Syria is ready to cooperate with new UN envoy Geir Pedersen as long as he avoids the methods of his predecessor, its deputy foreign minister said in remarks published Sunday.Pedersen, who assumes the role at the end of November, is the fourth negotiator to have been...

Bahrain jails opposition chief over Qatar spy case

DUBAI, Nov 04 (AFP): Bahrain sentenced the head of the country's Shiite opposition movement to life in prison on Sunday after convicting him of spying for rival Gulf state Qatar in a ruling rights groups called a travesty.Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-banned Al-Wefaq movement, and two of his...

UK, EU close to Brexit deal over Irish border

LONDON, Nov 04 (AFP): Britain would remain in a temporary customs union with the EU, avoiding a hard Irish border, as part of a new deal being thrashed out between London and Brussels, according to a Sunday Times report.Senior sources told the paper that Prime Minister Theresa May has secured...

News in Brief- (5-11-2018)

New Caledonia rejects independence NOUMEA, Nov 04: Partial results from an independence referendum in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia showed that a large majority of voters had opted to remain part of France, local media reported on Sunday. With 70 per cent of voting slips counted, 59.5 per...