Pakistan: Sugar, flour prices spike in Balochistan
Pakistan's Balochistan region is witnessing a spike in the price of sugar and flour, media reports said on Wednesday.
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Food insecurity improves in Sri Lanka but prevails within specific regions
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North Korea says its spy space satellite crashed into sea
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British PM announces crackdown on illicit vapes targeting children, closes loophole on free samples
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Canada’s New Democratic Party calls on govt to waive deporting Indian students who arrived on fake admission letters
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk explores business expansion in China during meeting with Foreign Minister
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China Coast Guard vessels electronically proclaim presence around Senkakus: Report
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Canada: Halifax wildfire damages about 200 homes, structures
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Hindu Punchayat’s protest over toddler’s abduction in Pakistan
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Baloch National Movement South Korea demonstrates in Busan against Pakistan's nuclear tests
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Pakistan: Five customs officials injured as unidentified attackers open fire at them
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Morocco arrests 3 ISIS suspects
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Pakistan court allows man, who killed his daughter in the name of 'honour', to walk free
Karachi: A model court in Pakistan on Tuesday acquitted a man who is accused of murdering his daughter in the name of 'honour'.
Russia: Buildings damaged by drone attack in Moscow
Moscow: Several buildings were slightly damaged by a drone attack in Moscow early Tuesday, Russia's RIA Novosti reported, citing Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Somalia says army kills 8 al-Shabab militants
Mogadishu: The Somali National Army (SNA) killed eight al-Shabab militants and arrested two others in the central Galgadud region, an SNA officer confirmed.
US: Indian-origin student shot dead in Philadelphia
A 21-year-old Indian was shot dead in the US city of Philadelphia, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 3 children die in mine explosion
Kabul: At least three children were killed and another was hurt when a mine explosion rocked Wardak province of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bajaur students protest against shortage of teachers
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Pakistan: Five FC soldiers injured in Bara attack
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Statistics Canada's latest report casts doubts on country's claims of prevailing labour shortage
Ottawa/IBNS: Statistics Canada's new report that Canada is reportedly facing a widespread labour shortage that has led economists to argue that high job vacancies aren't due to a shortage of workers.
Canada: Western Quebec’s bus drivers strike continue for one month, school boards pay parents’ mileage
Quebec/IBNS: Two western Quebec school boards have reportedly chosen to reimburse parents and guardians who’ve been driving their children to school during a school bus driver strike that’s approaching the one-month mark.
Belarus President rushed to Moscow hospital after meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin: Reports
Moscow/IBNS: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was rushed to a hospital in Moscow after meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, American weekly news magazine Newsweek reported citing the Belarusian opposition leader.
Mine blasts kill 3 children, injure 1 in Afghanistan's Wardak province
Maidan Shar/Afghanistan/IBNS/UNI: Three children were killed and another injured in two separate blasts of mines left over from the past wars in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province on Sunday, said a statement of the provincial government released here on Monday.
Pakistan: Woman injured in Lahore prison after fellow inmate throws hot tea, food on her
Lahore: In a shocking incident, a woman prisoner was injured after another inmate threw hot tea and food on her in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Peshawar's crucial BRT service may be stopped as operators denied Rs500 million payments
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has failed to clear over Rs500 million dues of the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operators which triggered fears that the service might be stopped soon.
Former Bhutanese tour guide ventures into poultry farming
A former tour guide of Bhutan has found his newfound passion in poultry farming in the Dungmin Gewog village of the country, media reports said.
Chinese hackers bug Microsoft software to hit critical infrastructure in US
Cyber-espionage is one tool that Beijing has been effectively using to steal sensitive information from target countries.
Bangladesh: Boy dies after flying rod from under-construction Dhaka expressway hits his head
Dhaka: A boy died after he was hit on the head by a rod that dropped from the elevated expressway construction site in Dhaka’s Mohakhali region on Monday, media reports said.