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Seoul: South Korea today rejected allegations -- levelled in a video "confession" by a detainee in North Korea -- that Seoul was supporting an anti-Pyongyang campaign through missionaries based in China. "We express strong regret that the…
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New York: A day after life-threatening monster snowstorm almost paralysed the entire US East Coast, the iconic John F Kennedy International airport here partially resumed its services with Air India's plane being the first one to land at…
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Anchorage: A magnitude-7.1 earthquake has knocked items off shelves and walls in Alaska, jolting the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no reports of injuries. Alaska's state seismologist, Michael West,…
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Beirut: The Islamic State group has released a video purporting to show nine jihadists behind the November Paris attacks that killed 130 people, in which they threaten "coalition" countries including Britain. The video posted yesterday on…
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 AGENCY Islamabad: The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India are expected to meet next month and the two sides are in touch for finalising the new dates amid some "forward movement", a senior Pakistani official said on Sunday. A senior…
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 AGENCY Washington: Terming the Pathankot terror strike as "another example of the inexcusable terrorism that India has endured for too long", US President Barack Obama today demanded of Pakistan that it "delegitimise, disrupt and…
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Sanaa: The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen has said that they are seeking ways to ensure unconditional access to Taiz, a city of about 25,000 residents besieged by Shiite rebels who control the capital and have been…
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Ouagadougou: An army official says 10 soldiers have been arrested in Burkina Faso in connection with a raid on an armoury outside the capital. Willy Yameogo, director of communications for the army, said yesterday that all 10 were former…
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Washington: Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has received a big boost a week ahead of the primary season with Iowa Caucus as she was endorsed by a major newspaper of the Midwestern state. Florida Senator…
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Manama: India and Bahrain have vowed to strengthen their ties in key areas like trade and counter- terrorism besides signing an agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held "wide-ranging"…
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