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Quake jolts Pak-Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Sept 24 (AFP): A strong earthquake rattled eastern Pakistan Tuesday afternoon forcing residents into the street in several cities, with witnesses claiming a building collapsed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.The shallow 5.8-magnitude hit 22.3 kilometres (13.8 miles) north of the city of Jhelum along the boundary separating the agricultural heartland of...

Death toll rises to 26 in Papua protests

JAKARTA, Sept 24 (AP): The death toll from violent protests in Indonesia's restive Papua province has risen to 26 after several bodies were found under burned buildings, officials said on Tuesday. An angry mob torched local government buildings, shops and homes and set fire to cars and motorbikes in Papua...

US, Turkey stage jt patrols in NE Syria

ANKARA, Sept 24 (AFP): The US and Turkey launched a second round of joint patrols in northeastern Syria on Tuesday as part of plans to create a "safe" buffer zone, the Turkish defence ministry said.Four Turkish armoured vehicles crossed the border to join US forces in Syria, state news agency...

European powers urge Iran for new talks

TEHRAN, Sept 24 (Agencies): The leaders of France, Britain and Germany are urging Iran to enter talks about a new arrangement to bolster the fraying nuclear deal Tehran struck with the West in 2015 - though they said they still supported that agreement, which the U.S. has withdrawn from. French...

20,000 apply for 'venting anger' at HK leader

HONG KONG, Sept 24 (AFP): Hong Kong's embattled leader said Tuesday more than 20,000 people have applied to take part in a dialogue session with her and "vent their anger" at the government after three months of huge pro-democracy protests.It is the government's first attempt to reach out to the...

Maduro will meet Putin today

MOSCOW, Sept 24 (AFP): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, as the embattled South American leader seeks to shore up support from allies."All aspects of bilateral cooperation will be discussed," the Russian President's press spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists...

NASA signs megadeal for moon mission

WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (AFP): NASA on Monday earmarked almost $3 billion to Lockheed Martin to build three Orion capsules, to allow US astronauts to return to the moon by 2024.The megadeal calls for a first phase including three capsules for $2.7 billion, for Artemis missions III to V - to...

News in Brief (25-09-2019)

US-N Korea nuke talks likely to resume soonSEOUL, Sept 24: South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in a private briefing Tuesday that nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea will likely resume within two to three weeks, according to one of the lawmakers who attended the session. The...