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Bus inferno kills 52 in Kazakhstan

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Jan 18 (AFP): Fifty-two people were killed on Thursday when the Russia-bound bus they were travelling on caught fire in Kazakhstan, the central Asian nation's emergency services ministry said."On January 18 at 10:30 am (0430 GMT), a bus caught fire ... 55 passengers and two drivers were on...

Assailants gun down mother, daughter in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 18 (AFP): A mother and daughter engaged in polio vaccination programme were gunned down Thursday in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta as they were immunising children, police said, the latest deaths in the country's long campaign against the disease.The duo were killed in a neighbourhood on...

Palestinian dies in clashes with Israeli forces

RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories), Jan 18 (AFP): A Palestinian was killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the north of the occupied West Bank late Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry announced.Israeli forces entered the Palestinian city of Jenin late Wednesday, eyewitnesses said, with violent clashes breaking out in which Israeli police...

Trump foreign policy adds to global uncertainty

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Xinhua): Both highlighted and defined by the "America First" slogan that bears a protectionist trait, US President Donald Trump's foreign policy has seen a bumpy year for his country and the world, and there are signs that the trend will continue into 2018.Trump's signature foreign policies in...

'Fake News Awards'

President Donald Trump tweeted out the winners of his "Fake News Awards" on Wednesday night, proclaiming, "And the FAKE NEWS winners are ...", with a link to the Republican National Committee website, reports Politico.There, an unsigned entry opened by saying, "2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage,...

Drone saves lives of two swimmers

SYDNEY, Jan 18: A drone has dramatically proved its worth when it helped save the lives of two Australian swimmers on Thursday, reports news.com.au.Two boys, aged 16 and 17, got into trouble while swimming off Lennox Head in New South Wales (NSW), near the border with Queensland. At the same...

N Korea gears up for grand military parade

SEOUL, Jan 18 (AFP): North Korea is preparing a lavish display of its military strength in a parade on the eve of next month's Winter Olympics in the South, despite a rare sporting detente with Seoul, it was reported Thursday.Pyongyang, which has rattled the international community with its nuclear and...

Four oil slicks around sunken tanker

BEIJING, Jan 18 (AFP): The spill from a sunken Iranian tanker off China's east coast has spawned four oil slicks as authorities prepared to send robots to the wreckage to assess the environmental damage.The Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, sank in a ball...

News in Brief -(19-01-2018)

'Fire and Fury' to become TV series LOS ANGELES, Jan 18: "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House"-the tell-all President Donald Trump has said is "full of lies"-is to be adapted for television, US media reported Wednesday. Rights to Michael Wolff's book, an explosive behind-the-scenes account that questions the...