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Dec 11, 2019
Dhaka (Bangladesh) Dec 11: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said human rights situation is now worst than any other period in the country's history.
Jute mill workers continue hunger strike, 7 hospitalized
Bougainville votes overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea
French women may be the biggest losers under Macron's pension reform plan
The EU's diplomatic dilemma over Iran's petrol protests
Tens of thousands Czechs protest against PM Babis after damning EU report
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Russian ice hockey chief Tretiak hopes to maintain IIHF membership despite WADA sanctions
Moscow (Russia) Dec 11: Rustam Sharafutdinov/. Vladislav Tretiak, the president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, told TASS on Tuesday he hoped that an issue...
Moscow says West needs alleged Kaliningrad threat to justify NATO's spending hikes
Moscow (Russia) Dec 11: Western media outlets are justifying NATO's military spending hikes with their Russophobic publications that the Kaliningrad Region is bristling with the...
How can France best reform its pensions system?
Paris (France) Dec 11: Can president Emmanuel Macron reform the French pensions system?
Confidential Documents on Afghanistan Released
Kabul (Afghanistan) Dec 11: More than 2,000 pages of previously unpublished "confidential" documents were released by the Washington Post on Monday containing, in many cases,...
Over 50 People Wounded in Explosion Near Bagram Airbase
Kabul (Afghanistan) Dec 11: At least 50 people were wounded after an explosion occurred in the Bagram district of northern Parwan province close to Bagram...
Seven Qataris held for trying to hunt houbara without licence
Quetta (Pakistan) Dec 11: Seven Qatari nationals, including four members of the royal family, were arrested for attempting to enter Nushki for hunting houbara bustard...
Lahore High Court seeks govt input on charges against Musharraf
Lahore (Pakistan) Dec 11: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought assistance from the federal ministry of interior on a legal point whether the imposition...
Govt changes promotion criteria for senior bureaucrats
Islamabad (Pakistan) Dec 11: In a dramatic move, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led federal government has drastically increased discretionary powers of the Central Selection Board (CSB) for...
Alberta to expand use of private health-care facilities, weeks after announcing public sector cuts are coming
Ottawa (Canada) (USA) Dec 11: The Alberta government announced Tuesday a new plan to reduce surgical wait times by funding an additional 80,000 surgeries over...
Canada signs revised North American trade deal, clearing way for ratification
Ottawa (Canada) (USA) Dec 11: Canada has signed a new agreement updating the North American free trade agreement with Mexico and the United States, clearing the way for the contentious pact's long-awaited ratification.
Trudeau's minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote
Boris Johnson smashes through 'gridlock' wall in push to 'get Brexit done'
Media curbs on absconders, convicts in the offing
Number of recorded dengue cases has increased: HPA
Opposition holds demonstration in front of UN headquarters
'The parliament will ensure laws are upheld and rights protected' - Nasheed
Sri Lanka's "MinorMatters" Project Receives UNAOC-BMW Group Intercultural Innovation Award
Overall human rights situation dismal: NHRC
Human development: Nepal up 2 spots
CIAA asks MoHA to suspend Dolakha CDO
