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Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 : The victims of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crash which killed all the 48 people on the board will be identified by DNA testing, authorities said.State Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that the bodies are being…

Karachi [Pakistan], Dec. 8 : Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced an initial cash compensation of Rs. 500,000 to the families of each of the 47 people who were killed in a plane crash near Abbottabad on Wednesday.Geo News quoted a statem…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 : The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) pilot has signed an agreement with the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan for the development of women-specific transport service in selected districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhw…

Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec. 8 : The death toll in the earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Aceh province on Wednesday has risen to 102, according to Indonesia’s Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency.The U.S. Geological Survey said the shallow quake hit…

New York [United States], Dec. 8 : U.S. President- elect Donald Trump has selected Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as his incoming government’s ambassador to China.Confirming that Branstad had accepted the offer, Trump spokesperson Jason Miller said that …

Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 8 : U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his final major speech dedicated to his national security record, both at home and abroad over the last eight years.President Obama also highlighted how his administration …

Havana [Cuba], Dec. 8 : The United States and Cuba held the fifth Bilateral Commission meeting in Havana yesterday and reviewed the achievements of the commission since diplomatic relations were re-established in July 2015.The U.S. delegation was led b…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 : All the 48 people who were onboard the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) that crashed near Abbottabad yesterday have been killed.”There are no survivors, no one has survived,” The Express tribune quoted Muhammad Azam …

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 : The Pakistan Foreign Ministry has said that the statement attributed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Kulbhushan Yadav is ‘absolutely incorrect’.This comes after Pakistan media qu…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 7 : Ashoke Madhab Roy, the secretary of Shipping Ministry, said on Wednesday that Bangladesh will soon introduce water vessels with India for tourists of both countries.Roy said this while briefing reporters before a secretary-…