Morning news brief: BJP to release election manifesto; Baloch insurgents in Pakistan kill, abduct 9 & more

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will release its manifesto, “Sankalp Patra”, at the party headquarters in NewDelhi on Sunday (Apr 14). In other news, gunmen in Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, killed nine men that they deemed to be Pakistani intelligence operatives.

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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will release its manifesto, “Sankalp Patra”, at the party headquarters in New Delhi, on Sunday (Apr 14) in thepresence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and party President JP Nadda.

Pakistan: Baloch insurgents abduct, kill 9 they described as intelligence operatives

Gunmen in Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, killed nine men that they deemed to be Pakistani intelligence operatives, news agency Reuters reported.

Israeli skies ruffled by air defence rockets as Iran launches retaliatory strikes

Iran has launched hundreds of kamikaze drones as well as cruise missiles towards Israel with explosions heard over Jerusalem's skies among other places, in the Islamic Republic's first-ever direct attack on the world's only Jewish state as the six-month-old war in Gaza continues to push the region to a full-blown turmoil.

Who is Joel Cauchi, the Sydney stabbing suspect who was shot dead?

The suspect who stabbed six people to death and injured 12 others in Sydney on Saturday was identified as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi. Australian media reported on Sunday (Apr 14) that Cauchi was shot dead by the police.

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