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Wafideen Checkpoint (Syria): Syrian and Russian forces kept up military pressure on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta as their controversial unilateral truce failed to yield a humanitarian breakthrough. More than 40 trucks loaded with aid were…
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Washington: The US today accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of breaching Cold War-era treaties by developing a new generation of "invincible" weapons and said American military was fully prepared to defend the country. "President…
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he would impose a 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium. An executive order in this regard would be signed next week, Trump said after a meeting with executives of…
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Washington: The Taliban needs to support the Afghan constitution and abandon terror and violence if it wants peace talks with the US, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon's Chief Spokesperson Dana White made the comment in reply to the…
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Washington: A US court today passed an interim order that prevents creditors from collecting debt from Nirav Modi-owned Firestar Diamond Inc. after it filed for bankruptcy. Modi, who is being investigated for illegal transfer of nearly USD…
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Tokyo: Eleven people were killed in northern Japan after fire broke out at a home for elderly people with financial difficulties, police said today. Television footage showed the three-storey building engulfed in flames and dozens of…
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Yangon: A petrol bomb was thrown at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi today while she was away from her home, a government spokesman said. "It was a petrol bomb," spokesman Zaw Htay confirmed to Agencies,…
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Lahore: JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has served a Rs 100 million legal notice to Pakistan's defence minister for "defamation", days after the government banned the Jamaat-ud- Dawah from collecting donations following US President Donald Trump's…
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Jakarta: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today held talks with ASEAN Secretary General Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi as India steps up efforts to strengthen engagements with the countries of the region under its 'Act East' policy.…
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Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian government has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean, the transport minister said today. A US-based company early this week dispatched the search vessel…
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