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N.Korea slams US' move to transfer nuke-powered submarine tech to Aus
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted the chief of the Foreign News Section of the Department of Press and Information of the Foreign Ministry as saying that the US decision was "extremely undesirable and dangerous acts which will upset the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region and trigger off a chain of nuclear arms race"
TTP commander killed in Pak
The operation was conducted on a tip-off regarding the presence of the terrorist in the area, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement by the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying. During the operation, "TTP terrorist commander Safiullah was killed. Terrorist Safiullah belonged to Mir Ali and was involved in killing of four women of an NGO in February 2021.
IS says bomb attacks killed 35 Taliban militia
"More than 35 Taliban militia members were killed or wounded in a series of explosions that took place (on Saturday and Sunday)," Al Arabiya reported citing the Agency as saying. Explosions targeted Taliban vehicles in Jalalabad city, the provincial centre of Nangarhar, Bilal Karimi, a deputy of Taliban official Zabihullah Mujahid, confirmed to Afghan news outlet TOLO News on Sunday.
Pak Hindu family held hostage, tortured for taking water from mosque tap
Some village landlords allegedly tortured and held them hostage for "violating the sanctity" of the place, Dawn news reported.
Monday's election to decide whether Trudeau's Liberal Party will have 3rd mandate
Trudeau's Liberal Party and the Erin O'Toole-led Conservative Party have been locked neck-and-neck and bounced back and forth in the lead position, with each claiming between 30 per cent and 32 per cent support in public polling, reports Xinhua news agency. A win for either would result in a minority government -- and for the governing Liberal Party, not the majority Trudeau sought when he called the snap election on August 15.
Johnson unveils mission to tackle UK's 'North-South' divide
The government department in charge of the agenda was also given a new name -- the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, reports Xinhua news agency. Downing Street said on Sunday that it was part of a government central mission to level up every part of Britain in which London and the south east are seen as the wealthier regions, compared to the working class areas in the north and central England.
Women stage protest in Kabul against Taliban policies
Sunday's protest took place in response to the closure of the former government's Ministry of Women Affairs on September 17, said the Khaama News report.
France rebukes Australia, US over submarine row
Speaking to France 2 television, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian said the withdrawal of the Ambassadors, for the first time in France's history vis-a-vis the two countries, was a "very symbolic" act reflecting "a grave crisis between us", reports Xinhua news agency.
Afghanistan's secondary, high schools reopen for boys
In its announcement on Sunday, the Ministry however did not say when the schools for girls would reopen, reports Xinhua news agency. "Boy students and male teachers of all private and government-run secondary, high schools, and madrasas or religious schools have been asked to return to schools in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan," the Ministry said in a statement.
Health officials back US FDA panel's decision on Covid booster shot
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins told Fox News on Sunday that the guidance issued two days ago by the FDA panel is in line with what the US administration planned for a booster rollout, though not identical, reports Xinhua news agency. "I think there's less difference between where we were in the middle of August and what the advisory committee said this past Friday," he said.
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