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Mideast needs two-state solution, Pope says in Christmas message
Published On: December 26, 2017 10:20 AM NPT By: Reuters
VATICAN CITY, Dec 26: Pope Francis used his Christmas message on Monday to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked regional tensions with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Peru’s president grants medical pardon for jailed Fujimori
Published On: December 25, 2017 04:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LIMA, Dec 25: Peru’s president announced Sunday night that he granted a medical pardon to jailed former strongman Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, corruption and the sanctioning of death squads.
20 dead as bus collides with van in northern Philippines
Published On: December 25, 2017 02:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BAGUIO, Philippines, Dec 25: A passenger bus collided with a van carrying pilgrims to Christmas Mass at a church in the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured, police said.
1 body recovered, 36 feared dead in Philippine's mall fire
Published On: December 24, 2017 04:43 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DAVAO, Dec 24: Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall Sunday and there were “zero” chances of survival for 36 other trapped people inside the four-story building in southern Davao city, an official said.
North Korea says new U.N. sanctions an act of war
Published On: December 24, 2017 02:16 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Dec 24: The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against the country, North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure.
3 Miss America officials resign, 1 apologizes to ex-winner
Published On: December 24, 2017 09:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW JERSEY, Dec 24: The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse based on their appearance, intellect and sex lives, resigned on Saturday, with the outgoing president apologizing to a winner whose weight he ridiculed.
33 killed as bus falls into river in western India
Published On: December 23, 2017 04:58 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Dec 22: At least 33 people were killed on Saturday after a passenger bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said.
Storm leaves 75 dead, dozens missing in southern Philippines
Published On: December 23, 2017 04:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, Dec 23: A tropical storm unleashed flash floods and set off landslides in the southern Philippines at a peak time for travel and Christmas preparations, leaving at least 75 people dead and 58 others missing, officials said Saturday.
Ex- Bihar CM Yadav found guilty in fodder scam case, to be sentenced on Jan 3
Published On: December 23, 2017 04:36 PM NPT By: Agencies
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Former chief minister and influencing leader of Bihar state, Lalu Prasad Yadav has been found guilty in one of the four pending fodder scam cases.
China punishes over 8,000 people for misuse of government funds
Published On: December 23, 2017 12:38 PM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI, Dec 23: China has punished 8,123 people for committing fiscal violations after an audit of how the government’s 2016 central budget was spent revealed multiple problems, the Xinhua state news agency reported.
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