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‘laden's family ‘incinerated' in UK plane crash'

london: Osama bin laden's family members who were killed in a plane crash in the UK in July 2015 were “incinerated” as their aircraft burst into flames, a British court was informed on Tuesday. The former al-Qaeda chief's brother-in-law Zuhair Hashim, 56, half-sister Sana Mohammed Bin laden, 53, and her mother Raja Bashir Hashim, 75, were killed along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Da'jah Salem, 58 in the crash into a car auction site in Hampshire, an inquest hearing was told.

Iran rejects US move to seize 9/11 relief money

Tehran: Iran said on Tuesday it was “completely unfair” for US lawyers to try to seize its overseas assets as compensation for the victims of September 11, 2001

Putin issues rare pardon to woman

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday issued a rare pardon to a woman sentenced to seven years in jail for treason over a text message about movements of military equipment.

Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims

The Hague: Russia hit back on Tuesday at claims it is “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing Kiev’s accusations that it is breaking treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels as “neither factual nor legal”.

EU court says states can deny visas to refugees

luxembourg: The EU’s top court ruled on Tuesday that states can deny visas to people trying to enter to claim asylum, in a case of a Syrian family trying to come to Belgium.