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Ball in Afghan court for permanent ceasefire: Pak PM

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (AFP): Pakistan's prime minister said on Thursday "the ball was in the Afghan Taliban's court" for a permanent ceasefire, a day after a 48-hour truce was called in the wake of deadly cross-border clashes."If in 48 hours they want to resolve the issues and address our genuine...

Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce violations

JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (AP/AFP): Israel said on Thursday it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of the US-mediated ceasefire.A row over the return of bodies of hostages...

Trump due in Seoul on Oct 29 for APEC summit

SEOUL, Oct 16 (AFP): US President Donald Trump is expected to arrive in South Korea on October 29 for the upcoming APEC summit, South Korea's presidential office said Thursday.The US president is expected to be "arriving on the 29th", an official from the office told AFP.US officials maintain that Trump...

Perovskite solar cells can be game-changing next generation of solar power

LONDON, Oct 16 (BBC): Some argue advances in perovskite solar cells mean we are on the brink of the next solar energy revolution. But it all depends on how they hold up in the real world.Inside a lab on the outskirts of Oxford, UK, sample solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are...

Army colonel to lead Madagascar after coup ousts civilian president

ANTANANARIVO, Oct 16 (Reuters) -Madagascar's new military ruler, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, said he will be sworn in as president on Friday and was open to talks with the African Union, after it suspended the country's membership following a coup to oust President Andry Rajoelina.Rajoelina, whom lawmakers impeached after he fled...

Trump indicates approval of CIA action against Venezuela

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (AFP): US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday he had authorized covert CIA action against Venezuela and said he was considering strikes against alleged drug cartels on land in the South American country.Trump's comments triggered outrage from leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who decried "coups d'etat orchestrated by...

Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Indonesia's Papua

JAKARTA, Oct 16 (AFP): A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Thursday, the US Geological Surveysaid, but there was no tsunami warning and no immediate reports of damage.The epicentre of the quake, which struck around 2:48 pm local time (0548 GMT), was about 200 kilometres...

Gunmen kill 14 in central Nigeria attacks

LAGOS, Oct 16 (AFP): Gunmen have killed at least 14 people in separate attacks on two villages in central Nigeria's Plateau state, a Red Cross official told AFP on Wednesday.The state and the wider central Nigeria region has for years suffered deadly clashes between farmers and herders over dwindling land,...