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Kareena Kapoor unveils 2020 ICC T20 World Cup trophies in Melbourne
MELBOURNE: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor unveiled the ICC World Cup T20 2020 trophies for the men's and women's tournament at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday.
It is worth mentioning here that the 2020 ICC Women's World…
Hong Kong braces for weekend mass demonstrations after Halloween clashes
AFP: Hong Kong cleaned up its famed party zone Lan Kwai Fong on Friday after a night of clashes marred Halloween festivities.
Baghdadi’s remains disposed off in sea by US military
AFP: US officials have said the body of militant Daesh chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea, as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend.
Australia’s Uluru closes to climbers for good after decades-long fight
YULARA - Australia’s Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday, although the last visitors to scale the sacred rock were allowed to stay until sunset, as a permanent ban takes effect after a decades-long fight by indigenous…
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi believed dead in US raid
Islamic State head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in Syria on Saturday, a media report said.
Baghdadi is presumed to be dead after detonating his own suicide…
Victims found dead in truck in UK were Chinese: ITV News
The 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were Chinese, ITV News reported on Thursday, as police questioned the driver of the vehicle who was detained on suspicion of murder.
Paramedics and police found the bodies of 38…
Trump says Turkey’s ceasefire in northern Syria now permanent
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Turkey has said it is stopping combat and making a ceasefire in northern Syria permanent, prompting the United States to lift recent sanctions it had imposed on Turkish imports in response to…
Modi tweets picture with global leaders, gets trolled on Twitter
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a picture of himself with world leaders Tony Blair, John Howard, Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates, on Tuesday and got trolled heavily for it.
Shun Malaysia, India’s palm oil buyers told amid Kashmir standoff
India’s top vegetable oil trade body on Monday asked its members to stop buying palm oil from Malaysia, an unprecedented call aimed at helping New Delhi punish the country for criticizing India over its policy toward Kashmir.
The…
India unlikely to sign Kartarpur pact with Pakistan on Oct 23: report
NEW DELHI: India is unlikely to sign an agreement on the Kartarpur corridor with Pakistan tomorrow (Wednesday), local media reported.
Quoting government sources, NDTV reported that Pakistan did not provide a definite date for inking such…