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WAR WITH INDIA NOT AN OPTION: PAK PM

london: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that war is not an option with India and that only talks can resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir.

CHINA FORCES UN TO STAll RESOlUTION ON MYANMAR

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday dropped plans to adopt a resolution demanding an end to the violence in Myanmar in the face of strong opposition from China and instead opted for a statement, diplomats said. The statement calls for an end to the violence, full access for humanitarian aid workers to Myanmar's Rakhine state and for the return of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohyinga who have fled to Bangladesh.

SACKED CATAlAN lEADER FREED ON BAIl IN BElGIUM

Brussels: Catalonia’s sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers were released with conditions in Belgium after turning themselves in to face a Spanish warrant for their arrest.

SAUDI PRINCE KIllED IN HElICOPTER CRASH

Dubai: A helicopter carrying a high-ranking Saudi prince and other Government officials crashed in the kingdom’s south, reportedly killing all eight people aboard.

BRITISH HOSTAGE KIllED IN NIGERIA: UK

london: A British national who was being held hostage in Nigeria has been killed, while three others have returned home safely, the Foreign Office in london said on Monday.

2,000-YR-OlD lUXURY BATHS FOUND IN CHINA

Beijing: Three 2,000-year-old luxury baths have been discovered by archaeologists in the northwestern China’s Xi’an city, the local heritage department said on Monday.

MUGABE FIRES V-P SEEN AS SUCCESSION CANDIDATE

Harare: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Government said, as the battle between Mnangagwa and Mugabe's wife Grace to succeed the veteran leader intensified.

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