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Estonia's Reform Party set to win parliamentary election
The Reform Party, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, has won 32 per cent of votes after more than 92 per cent of votes had been counted, Xinhua news agency reported. Estonians voted on Sunday to elect the 101 members of the country's unicameral legislature, the Riigikogu.
Iran plans to launch satellites in cooperation with Russia: Media
Kowsar and Hodhod, built by an Iranian consortium of knowledge-based companies, are planned to be sent into an orbit 500 km above the Earth's surface by a foreign launch vehicle, said the report on Sunday. Kowsar is an observation satellite with an imaging resolution of 3.5 metre per pixel, which can be used for agricultural purposes, surveying and demarcation. The satellite has an orbital lifespan of two years, Xinhua news agency reported.
Imran Khan dodges arrest after police show up at Lahore residence
The 70-year-old former Prime Minister, who has been recovering from a gunshot injury from an assassination attempt last year, has thrice skipped indictment hearings in an Islamabad sessions court in the case, Dawn reported. When the Islamabad Police along with their Punjab Police counterparts arrived at Imran Khan's residence just after noon on Sunday, they found a horde of PTI supporters along with party leaders, and were informed that the PTI chief was "unavailable", it said.
Iran agrees more IAEA's inspections of nuclear sites amid 60% uranium enrichment
In an interview with IRNA published on Sunday, Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), said the IAEA inspections of Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) have now increased to 11 from eight, commenting on the reports of a 50-per cent rise in the IAEA's inspections of Iranian nuclear sites, Xinhua News Agency reported.
2 killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan
The incident happened in Banu district where an explosive-laden motorbike exploded when the vehicle of a member of a pro-government peace militia passed by it, sources from the counter-terrorism department of police told Xinhua. The sources added that the bomb was detonated by a remote-controlled device by unknown terrorists who are being hunted in the area, Xinhua News Agency reported.
British Sikh MP gets threatening email saying 'watch your back'
"It was very direct. It's a worry because I'm with my daughters in the constituency all the time. My family live there. It really puts into context the kind of job that you do. It's tough enough as it is, but then when you're faced with that, there's very little support. This latest direct threat has really worried and concerned me," Gill told GB News on Saturday.
Imran Khan avoiding arrest, claim police
SP City Rana Hussain Tahir went to the room in Khan's Zaman Park's residence where the PTI chairman was expected to be but he was not there when the police arrived, The Express Tribune reported. On February 28, a district and sessions court in Islamabad had issued non-bailable arrest warrants for the ousted prime.
Iranian President urges IAEA to adopt 'professional' approach to Iranian nuclear issue
Raisi made the remarks on Saturday in a meeting with visiting Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi in the capital Tehran, according to a report on the website of the president's office. Countries like Israel and the US use the nuclear issue as an "excuse" to further pressure the Iranian people, said the President, pointing out that it was the US that violated the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Xinhua news agency reported.
No one ready to compromise with 'foreign agent' Imran Khan: Pak Minister
"Cry, scream or beat, no one is ready to make a compromise with you. No compromise, the foreign agent (Imran), the wristwatch thief wants NRO," she charged, The News reported. The minister asked the PTI chairman why he wanted to meet the army chief. "No one wants to make any compromise.
China to increase defence spending by 7.2%
The new GDP target was released Sunday by outgoing Premier Li Keqiang during the opening of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's rubber-stamp legislature, as Li delivered the government work report to nearly 3,000 delegates at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, CNN reported.
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