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– Kuala Lumpur’s main index rose 1.37 percent, or 23.22 points, to close the day on 1,723.14. The Nasdaq composite rose 17.05 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,128.78. Margin debt surged fivefold over the preceding 12 months, propelling the Shanghai Composite to a 150 per...

The Afghan Taliban on Friday praised their new leader, saying he was one of the most “trusted” associates of the late Mullah Mohammad Omar, a acknowledgment likely meant to rally followers behind the leadership at a time of a deeply fractured insurgency.

The Afghan government said he died in a Pakistani hospital more than two years ago.

The overall growth rate, which peaked in the late 1960s, has been falling steadily since the 1970s. In Africa, children under 15 account for two fifths of the population.

He served as the aviation minister in the Taliban government in the late 1990s.

The adviser said that that the Taliban have confirmed the death of Mulla Mohammad Omer – founder and supreme leader of the group – and they have elected a new leader – Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The Taliban on Thursday confirmed in that Mullah Omar died of an illness some time ago and asserted they elected Mansoor as his successor. For its part, the Afghan government believes it can seize the on the crisis it has created by announcing that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been...

The dollar fell 1.1 percent against a basket of currencies after the data on employment costs.

THE Taliban has elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader, Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera, as the group confirmed the death of their founder, Mullah Omar.

The report also said rapidly growing Nigeria is expected to eclipse the United States to become the third most populous country within the next 35 years.

Dempsey said that while the nuclear deal did prevent Iran from producing an atomic weapon, it did not address other concerns about Tehran’s malign activities in the region.

The last Iranian president to make a state visit to France was in 1999, when Jacques Chirac was the French president.Fabius reiterated that Hollande extends a friendly hand to Iran.

“That’s why we are under instructions from the president to preserve, and indeed we are improving – and I can’t get into that here – the military option”, Carter said.

One of the most actively traded stocks was Stratech Group, which rose 0.9 cents to 5.6 cents with 109.2 million shares changing hands.

Chaturanga de Silva, Jeffrey Vandersay, Shehan Jayasuriya, Binura Fernando and Dasun Shanak are the five uncapped players in their line-up.