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Father burns 12-year-old son to death in Karachi for not doing homework
Shaheer Khan sustained severe burn injuries in the horrific incident in the Orangi Town area on September 14 and was rushed to the hospital, wher he succumbed to his injuries two days later, Daily Mail reported. His father, Nazir Khan, reportedly poured kerosene over Shaheer and lit a match in an attempt to terrify the boy into completing his homework, but the flame ignited the oil and set the child ablaze, the report said.
From military hardware to green hydrogen - India and Egypt rekindle old romance
Rajnath Singh and Zaki - who besides being the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces is also the Minister of Defence and Military Production - concluded a fruitful day in India-Egypt defence relations with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of military cooperation. The Egyptian Defence Ministry said that the MoU included "the most important activities" that the armed forces of the two countries seek to support during the next stage.
Pakistan gets second batch of six J-10C combat aircraft from China: Reports
As per local media reports in Pakistan, the second batch of six China-made J-10C aircraft has arrived in Pakistan, taking the total number of such fighter jets to 12. Confirming the development, Pakistan Strategic Forum tweeted, "Pakistani local media (92 News) has confirmed the delivery of additional (2nd Batch) 6x J-10C to Pakistan Air Force, which takes total delivered J-10C to 12. Earlier, serial no. 22-101 to 22-106 (6x J-10C) were delivered, now if report is correct it will be 22-107 to 22-112."
Jaishankar meets with presidents of Ghana, Comoros
After calling on Akufo-Addo, Jaishankar tweeted, "Discussed our ongoing cooperation in the UN Security Council, especially on counterterrorism. Appreciated the achievements of our development partnership." India has close developmental relations with Ghana and supports several projects there in infrastructure, education and technology.
Iran's President calls for nuclear deal guarantees, closure of IAEA inquiry
According to a statement published on the Iranian presidency's website, Raisi on Tuesday made the remarks in a meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Xinhua news agency reported. Iran is ready to reach a "fair and stable" nuclear agreement, but considering the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's demand to "receive reassuring guarantees" is "completely reasonable and logical", said Raisi.
Erdogan takes seemingly neutral stance in mentioning Kashmir at UNGA; hopes for 'permanent peace'
India and Pakistan, he said, "after having established their sovereignty and Independence 75 years ago, still haven't established peace and solidarity between one another and this is much unfortunate". "We hope and pray that fair and permanent peace and prosperity will be established in Kashmir," he added, avoiding internationalising it by even invoking UN resolutions.
Donald Trump, as President in 2018, threatened to prosecute political foes like Hilary, Comey
"At one point in the spring of 2018, Trump instructed (then White House Counsel) Don McGahn to direct (then Attorney General Jeff) Sessions to prosecute Clinton and Comey and, if the Attorney General refused, said he would do it himself as President. McGahn had to explain that the President had no such power.
Macron quotes Modi to urge cooperation between developed, developing nations
"This is why there's an urgent need to develop a new contract between the North and the South, (an) effective contract, which is respectful of the (global needs) for food, for biodiversity, for education," Macron said calling for cooperation between the developed countries of the North and the developing nations of the South.
Our world is in big trouble, says UN chief Guterres
With those explosive words, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on Tuesday listing the crisis upon crisis piled upon the world. He listed them: war, conflicts, climate change, hunger, financial crises, challenges of runaway technology developments, hate speech, global divisions and inequalities, and massive human rights violations.
Donald Trump could face criminal charges vis-a-vis classified documents, admit lawyers
Donald Trump denied any wrong-doing saying he had declassified all documents that he took home but legal experts had questioned the validity of such a claim including his own White House staff saying there was no such communication and that the authority to declassify any secret document lay with the intelligence authorities.
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