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Death Toll Rises to 104 Amid Protests Across Iraq
Death toll in protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities rose to 104 with more than 6,000 people wounded, including security members, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday, 6 October.
In a press conference, spokesman for the ministry Saad Maan told reporters that the death toll has risen to 104 people, including eight security members, the Xinhua news agency reported.
(Source: IANS)
Turkey's Erdogan to Meet Trump in US Over Syria 'Safe Zone'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US counterpart Donald Trump agreed during a phone call to meet in Washington next month to discuss creating a "safe zone" in northern Syria, the Turkish presidency said on Sunday, 6 October.
Erdogan told Trump of his "frustration over the US military and security bureaucracy's failure to implement the deal" agreed in August to establish a buffer zone on the Turkish border, the presidency said in a statement.
(Source: AFP)
Harris Says Iowa's Caucuses Can Prove She's Electable
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told Iowa voters that they can help refute questions about her electability if they support her in the caucuses.
"Iowans have the ability to show our country what can be, even if we've never seen it before," Harris said during an event on Iowa State University's campus.
(Source: AP)
UK Leader Johnson Renews Vow to Leave EU by Deadline
British Prime Minister renewed his vow to take the country out of the European Union by the Brexit deadline, in an apparent contradiction of a government pledge in court days earlier to ask for an extension if there's no withdrawal deal.
(Source: AP)
Portugal's Socialists Win Re-Election
Portugal's incumbent Prime Minister Antonio Costa's Socialists won a general election marked by low turnout after presiding over a period of solid economic growth following years of austerity.
The Socialist Party (PS) took 36.65 per cent of the vote, followed by the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD) with 27.9 per cent, according to near total results from the interior ministry.
(Source: AP)
China's CCTV Suspends Houston Rockets Broadcasts Beijing
Chinese broadcaster CCTV has said it will stop showing Houston Rockets games as the backlash in China grows over a tweet backing Hong Kong protests.
CCTV's sports channel said in a statement on its Weibo channel that it was strongly opposed to the improper remarks posted by the team's general manager Daryl Morey.
(Source: PTI)
Traffic Movement on Manali-Leh Highway Affected Due to Snowfall
Traffic movement affected on Manali-Leh Highway between Rani Nallah & Rohtang Pass, after snowfall in the area. All routine buses on Keylong-Manali route have been stopped.
(Source: ANI)
Tarun Tejpal’s Assault Case Hearing Adjourned Till 21 Oct
Tarun Tejpal’s sexual assault case’s hearing has been adjourned till 21 October by Goa's Mapusa Court as the victim was not present in court today.
(Source: ANI)
Former CM of Uttarakhand Admitted to Hospital
Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat admitted to hospital after he complained of chest pain.
(Source: ANI)
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation Employee Union on Strike
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) Employee Union is on strike over their demand for merger of TSRTC with the government.
(Source: ANI)
Pak Court Set to Hear Sharif's Appeal Against His Conviction
A Pakistani court will hear the appeal of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in a corruption case.
Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year prison term at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore since December 24, 2018 when the accountability court convicted him in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case - one of the three corruption cases filed in the wake of the apex court's July 28, 2017 order in the Panama Papers scandal.
Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari Sworn-In as AP HC Chief Justice
Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
(Source: PTI)
3 Get Nobel Medicine Prize for Learning How Cells Use Oxygen
William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza of US, and Peter Ratcliffe of Britain have won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
(Source: PTI/AP)
Lahore HC Accepts Application of Hafiz Saeed Challenging His Arrest
The Lahore High Court has accepted the application of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed challenging his arrest in terror financing cases.
A two-member bench of the Lahore HC, after hearing the arguments, sought a detailed report from the Pakistan’s Punjab government and the Counter-Terrorism Department on 28 October.
(Source: ANI)
Turkey, Kurds Have to 'Figure the Situation Out' After US Pullback: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday justified his decision to withdraw US troops from Turkey's border with Syria, saying the region would have to "figure the situation out" and that America needed to get out of "ridiculous Endless Wars."
The US withdrawal from key positions along Syria's northern border, announced late on Sunday, marks a major policy shift and effectively abandons the Kurds, who were Washington's main ally in the years-old battle against the so-called Islamic State group.
(Source: AFP)
ED Attaches Properties Worth Rs 1,489 Cr in Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society Case
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable and movable properties totalling to Rs 1,489 crores under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the case involving embezzlement of public deposits by Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society Ltd (ACCSL).
(Source: ANI)
10 Killed in Attack on Bus in East Afghanistan
At least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a bus in east Afghanistan, an official cited by AFP said on Monday.
'Everyone Will Respect SC Decision on Ayodhya Issue: UP CM
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said "all people will respect" the Supreme Court's decision on the title suit over the 2.77 acre of disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land, being heard daily by the court.
"The court has been continuously holding hearings on the issue and all people will respect the court's decision," the chief minister told a news conference in UP’s Gorakhpur.
(Source: PTI)
Former Nepal Speaker Arrested Over Attempt to Rape Charge
Former Speaker of Nepal's Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a woman staffer in the federal parliament secretariat.
Police took Mahara into custody from the official residence of the Parliament speaker in Baluwatar on the outskirts of Kathmandu following the Kathmandu District Court's permission based on an FIR lodged on Saturday, officials said.
(Source: PTI)
6 Dead in Accident in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri District
At least six people have died in collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw on the Mumbai-Agra highway near Kolaras in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district on Monday. The injured have been admitted to a hospital.
(Source: ANI)
10th Edition of Indo-Maldives Joint Military Exercise Kicks Off
The tenth edition of the Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, called ‘Exercise Ekuverin-2019’, started at Aundh Military Station in Pune on Monday. The 14-day-long joint exercise is being conducted from 7 to 20 October.
(Source: ANI)
Congress Appoints Ajay Kumar Lallu as its UP Unit Chief
Congress has appointed Ajay Kumar Lallu as its UP unit president replacing Raj Babbar, reported PTI.
Govt Sets Up High-Level Panel to Check Money Laundering
The government has set up a high-level panel under the revenue secretary to check money laundering activities, a notification said on Monday.
(Source: PTI)
Trump Says Will 'Obliterate' Turkey's Economy if it Acts 'Off Limits'
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened NATO ally Turkey with totally obliterating its economy if it went "off limits" on Syria, hours after the White House announced the withdrawal of the US troops from Syria's northern border.
(Source: AFP)
State Reserve Police Force Personnel Attempts Suicide in Maharashtra
A State Reserve Police Force personnel who is posted at Raj Bhavan in Maharashtra, attempted suicide by shooting himself, on Monday, 7 October. The personnel is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
(Source: ANI)
12-Year-Old Girl Among Two Electrocuted to Death in Thane
Two persons, including a 12-year- old girl, died of electric shocks in Kalwa town in Thane in Maharashtra on late night on Monday, 7 October, police said.
Preliminary reports indicated the duo came in contact with a 'live' wire of the MSEB at around 10:30 pm, they said.
The bodies of the duo were shifted to the Kalwa civic hospital for a post-mortem, the police said.
(Source: PTI)
Turkish Air Forces Strike Kurdish SDF Base in Syria
According to Sputnik news, Turkish Air Forces strike Kurdish SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) base in Hasakah province of Syria.
(Source: ANI)
'50-100' Troops Redeployed Inside Syria but No Retreat: US Official
The US has redeployed only 50-100 troops away from Syria's northern border as Turkish troops threaten to cross, a senior administration official said Monday, 7 October, denying reports that Washington is pulling out completely from the country.
"It appears the Turks are intent on some sort of military operation," the official said, adding: "There will be no US armed forces involvement."
(Source: AFP)
US Says Blacklisting 28 Chinese Entities Over Abuses in Xinjiang
The US Commerce Department announced Monday, 7 October, it is blacklisting 28 Chinese entities that it says are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.
(Source: AFP)