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Grenade attack kills 3, wounds 23 in Indian-held Kashmir

Published On: September 21, 2017 03:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SRINAGAR, India, Sept 21: Three civilians were killed and 23 others wounded after suspected rebels Thursday lobbed a grenade at a motorcade of a local government minister in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.

Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

Published On: September 21, 2017 12:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Sept 21: The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and turned some streets into raging rivers Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis.

226 killed as 7.1 magnitude quake fells buildings in Mexico

Published On: September 20, 2017 10:59 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, Sept 20: A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 226 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped.

Motorbike explosion in Syrian city kills child, monitors say

Published On: September 19, 2017 11:46 AM NPT By: Republica

BEIRUT, Sept 19: A booby-trapped motorbike exploded in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Monday, killing a child and wounding six other people, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

UK police arrest 2nd man in London subway attack case

Published On: September 17, 2017 06:57 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, September 17: London police say a second man has been arrested in connection with the London subway attack.

Palestine's Hamas ready for talks with Fatah, elections: statement

Published On: September 17, 2017 11:03 AM NPT By: Reuters

CAIRO, Sept 17: Palestine’s Hamas group has agreed to talks with rival Fatah movement, to dissolve the Gaza administrative committee and hold general elections as a way to implement a deal to end their long-running feud, the group said in a statement on Sunday.

Protests turn violent in St. Louis for 2nd night

Published On: September 17, 2017 10:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Sept 17: Protests turned violent for the second night on Saturday after the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows and throwing objects at police, who moved in with armored vehicles and in riot gear.

Defiant N. Korea leader says he will complete nuke program

Published On: September 16, 2017 07:18 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is nearing its goal of "equilibrium" in military force with the United States, as the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the North's "highly provocative" ballistic missile launch over Japan on Friday.

Pakistan army pushed political role for militant-linked groups

Published On: September 16, 2017 12:03 PM NPT By: Reuters

LAHORE, PAKISTAN, Sept 16: A new Pakistani political party controlled by an Islamist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head is backing a candidate in a by-election on Sunday, in what a former senior army officer says is a key step in a military-proposed plan to mainstream militant groups.

Bangladesh warns Myanmar over border amid refugee crisis

Published On: September 16, 2017 11:51 AM NPT By: Reuters

DHAKA, Sept 16: Bangladesh has accused Myanmar of repeatedly violating its air space and warned that any more “provocative acts” could have “unwarranted consequences”, raising the possibility of a deterioration in relations already strained by a refugee crisis.