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Israel lauds new era in ties with India

NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed a ‘new era’ in ties with India on Monday as he signed a series of deals during the first visit by an Israeli Prime Minister in 15 years.Netanyahu made the comment after talks with Narendra Modi, who made history...

Twin suicide bombings kill 35 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan 15 (Agencies): Twin suicide bomb explosions on Monday struck busy area in downtown Baghdad, leaving 35 people killed and 92 others wounded, a police and medical source said.The two massive blasts were carried out by two suicide bombers during the morning rush hours at a crowded site near...

Abbas calls Trump's peace efforts 'slap of the century'

RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (AFP): Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas denounced US President Donald Trump's peace efforts as the "slap of the century", at a key meeting Sunday on the White House's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.In a wide-ranging two-hour speech, Abbas reiterated he would not accept the Trump administration as...

Nine die in Kashmir border violence

SRINAGAR, Jan 15 (AFP): At least nine people including four Pakistani soldiers were killed in fighting in disputed Kashmir on Monday, India and Pakistan said.The Pakistani army said four of its soldiers and three Indian troops had been killed in an exchange of fire across the heavily militarised de-facto border...

KSA begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted

JEDDAH, Jan 15 (Reuters): Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) began screening feature-length animated children's films this weekend in a makeshift theatre, after a 35-year-old ban on cinemas was lifted in the conservative Islamic kingdom.The first permanent theatres could open as early as March, part of a liberalising reform drive that...

Afghan air force kills 32 militants in latest raids

KABUL, Jan 15 (Xinhua): At least 32 militants were killed in two separate airstrikes in Afghanistan, the country's defence ministry said Monday. In one raid conducted by Afghan National Army (ANA) Air Force on Sunday against a Taliban's position in Khaki Safed district of western Farah province, 28 insurgents lost...

News in Brief -(16-01-2018)

Cops investigate brutal rape, murder of teenagers in IndiaNEW DELHI, Jan 15: Indian police said Monday they were investigating the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls whose mutilated bodies were found just hours apart in a state bordering New Delhi. The brutality of the crimes in Haryana, a...