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Japan conducts first sub drill in disputed South China Sea

TOKYO, Sept 17 (AFP): Japan has carried out its first submarine drill in the South China Sea, a newspaper said Monday, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waters.The submarine Kuroshio on Thursday joined three Japanese warships in waters just southwest of the China-controlled Scarborough...

Ethiopian, Eritrean leaders sign peace deal in Jeddah

JEDDAH, Sept 17 (Reuters): Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace agreement in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the second peace deal reached since July between the once warring African countries.The Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders signed a "joint declaration of peace and friendship" on July...

Taliban attacks claim 10 Afghan forces’ lives

KABUL, Sep 17 (AP): The Taliban attacked on Monday Afghan police and military bases, killing 10 members of the security forces.In northwestern Badghis province, five officers were killed, including Abdul Hakim, the police commander of a reserve unit, in an attack that took place near the provincial capital of Qala-i-Now.Jamshid...

Pakistan auctions cars in austerity drive, PM commutes by helicopter

ISLAMABAD, Sept 17 (Reuters): Pakistan's new government on Monday began auctioning off about 100 government-owned vehicles as part of new Prime Minister Imran Khan's highly publicised cost-cutting drive, which has drawn mixed reviews.Auction official Mohammad Asif told Reuters the vehicles could bring in about 2 billion rupees ($16 million) to...

US confirms Palestinian aid cut

JERUSALEM, Sept 17 (AFP): The United States (US) has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmemes supporting conflict resolution with Israelis, an official said Sunday, adding to more than $500 million in other cuts.The latest cuts come from $10 million in programmemes on reconciliation involving Palestinians as well as...

Rescuers retrieve 43 bodies in Philippines landslide

BENGUET, Sept 17 (Agencies): Emergency workers in the Philippines recovered 43 bodies from the muddied wreckage of a gold miners' bunkhouse after Typhoon Mangkhut set off a landslide, burying the remote northern town of Itogon in a river of debris and potentially doubling the country's death toll, officials said on...

Cholera death toll climbs to 28 in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Sept 17 (AFP) The death toll in Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 28, state media said on Monday.The cholera outbreak, first detected in a township outside the capital Harare earlier this month, prompted the government to declare an emergency in the city after at least 3,000 cases were...

News in Brief (18-09-2018)

S Korea plays down chance of nuke progress at Kim summitSEOUL, Sept 17: A senior South Korean official is playing down the chance that this week's inter-Korean summit could produce major progress in efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear programme. Presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok told reporters...