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‘Dog patting’ event organisers apologise 

Kuala lumpur: The organisers of ‘dog patting’ campaign in Malaysia that triggered outrage in the Muslim-majority country, have apologised after receiving death threats and torrents of online abuse for organising 

the event.

‘Russia has not agreed to train Iraqi troops’

Moscow: Russia has not agreed to train troops in Iraq as proposed by United States Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei lavrov said in a televised interview on Sunday. “There was no agreement that we will send our instructors to train the army in Iraq,” lavrov told Rossiya-1 television.

four HuJI suspects arrested in Bangladesh

Dhaka: Thwarting a possible terrorist attack on the capital, Bangladesh police have arrested four suspected operatives of outlawed HuJI militant outfit and busted two laboratories used for making bombs.

implement Ukraine peace deal: Kerry 

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Moscow to fully implement last month's ceasefire agreement on Ukraine, the State Department said in a statement on 

Saturday.

Pakistan to install biometric at airports 

Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to introduce biometric machines at airports to check the use of fake passports, weeks after 10 Afghans were caught travelling on fake Pakistani passports at a london airport.

S Korea activists clash over anti-North leaflets

Paju (South Korea): Tensions flared on Sunday as South Korean activists attempting to launch propaganda leaflets into the North were thwarted by egg-throwing residents of a border town, following threats of retaliation from Pyongyang.