PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Three individuals have been killed as a mortar spherical left over from previous wars went off in Afghanistan’s jap Logar province, the state-run Bakhtar news company reported on Thursday.
The incident came about in Mohammad Agha district on Wednesday night, killing three individuals together with a girl and two males on the spot, the news company reported. (Afghanistan-Mortar Round)
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TOKYO — Japanese parliamentary officers stated they’ve acquired electronic mail messages from a member of a non secular group threatening to explode their workplaces, native media stated on Thursday.
According to the officers, the emails have been despatched to the web sites of each the higher and decrease homes of parliament on Wednesday evening, warning that bombs will probably be detonated at lawmakers’ workplaces on Friday afternoon. (Japan-Parliament-Bomb Threat)
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CANBERRA — The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has change into the primary jurisdiction within the nation to supply free abortions.
From Thursday, the ACT authorities will fully subsidize medical abortion for Canberran ladies who’re as much as 9 weeks’ pregnant and surgical abortion for individuals who are as much as 16 weeks of gestation. (Australia-Free Abortions)
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TOKYO — The Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union, a non-partisan group in Japan, has determined to nominate Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as its chairman.
In a speech delivered on the common assembly of the group on Wednesday, Nikai known as for extending the Japan-China relationship into the long run. (Japan-China-Friendship Union)