ZARANJ, Afghanistan — Afghan safety forces stormed a hideout of Daesh or Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan’s western Nimroz province on Sunday, killing two insurgents and arresting one other, provincial director for Information and Culture Mufti Habibullah Elham mentioned.
“Units of Special Forces stormed a hideout of Khawarej (a reference to IS group) in Sayedabad area of Police District 3 in Zaranj city today morning killing two insurgents and arresting another,” Elham confirmed in talks with Xinhua. (Afghanistan-IS)
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NEW DELHI — The newest tiger census information launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday revealed India is residence to three,167 tigers.
The figures had been launched by Modi in Mysuru of Karnataka on the event of fifty years of India’s Project Tiger. (India-Tiger-Census)
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TOKYO — Economist Kazuo Ueda changed Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Sunday, marking the beginning of his five-year tenure.
As the primary BOJ governor from academia in postwar Japan, the 71-year-old is tasked with sustaining the momentum towards reaching the nation’s 2 % inflation goal by financial coverage, and charting a path towards an eventual exit as 10 years of huge easing beneath his predecessor to make sure each wage development and steady inflation has uncovered its unfavourable facet. (Japan-Central Bank)
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COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday assured justice for the victims of the lethal 2019 Easter Sunday assaults.
In a message to mark Easter, Wickremesinghe mentioned that authorized proceedings associated to the Easter Sunday assaults are being processed independently and impartially, with none affect. (Sri Lanka-President-Easter Sunday Attacks)