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Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept. 6 : Journalist Shafik Rehman walked out of Kashimpur jail in Gazipur, after five months into arrest in a case for his alleged attempts to abduct and murder Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.Rehma…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 6 : Pakistan National Assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has dismissed all references seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and instead has sent similar references against two leaders of the Pakistan Tehree…

Sittwe [Myanmar], Sept. 6 : Kofi Annan, chair of the newly formed Rakhine advisory commission, on Tuesday vowed to end the violence in the state and said that his nine-member team would help build economic prosperity in the region.Speaking at the state…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 6 : Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday applauded the country’s Crisis Response Unit (CRU) and Afghan security forces for their efforts in ending the overnight siege on the CARE building i…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 6 : The Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) members on Tuesday gunned down all insurgents that had been holed up in CARE NGO’s building in Shar-e-Naw overnight in Kabul.At least 42 people were rescued, including 10 foreigners f…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 6 : Pakistan today celebrated 51st Defence Day with renewed pledge to defend the country against all odds.The day dawned with 31gun salutes in federal and 21 in the provincial capitals. After Fajr prayers, special prayers w…

New York [USA], Sept.6 : Serena Williams and Andy Murray booked their place in the quarter-finals of the US Open with thumping straight-sets victories in their respective events here at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday.Serena recorded her 308th Grand Slam w…

London [UK], Sept. 6 : The UK has appointed an ambassador to Iran for the first time since 2011, restoring diplomatic relations.The decision comes nearly five years after Iranians invaded the British Embassy and one year after the British Embassy reope…

New York [US], Sept. 6 : Following US President Barack Obama move to cancel a meeting after Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte called him a “son of a whore”, the latter said he regrets his earlier comments, adding, it “came across as a personal att…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 6 : Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that the target of Monday night’s bombing in Kabul city appears to have been a charity by the name of CARE (Pamlarana).MoI spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the organisa…