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Islamabad: Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif today appeared before an anti-graft court which adjourned till November 7 the hearing of corruption cases against him, his daughter and son-in-law spiralling from the Panama Papers…
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Beijing: China today said it was ready to work with India to promote "constant progress" of bilateral relations, amid fresh strains in ties after Beijing again blocked Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar's designation as a global…
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Washington: The attacker who killed eight people in a truck rampage in New York was a "soldier" of the Islamic State group, the jihadists said today, according to a US-based monitoring group. "One of the soldiers of the Islamic State…
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Paris: World number one Rafael Nadal overcame a second-set blip to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 victory over Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas. The Spaniard, 31, had sealed the year-end number one spot for a…
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Washington: President Donald Trump is alleging without evidence that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance and money laundering laws with the joint fundraising agreement they signed in 2015. In a…
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Beijing: China is ready to achieve important results during US President Donald Trump's maiden visit to the country next week which a senior Chinese diplomat said will inject strong impetus to the development of bilateral ties. Trump will…
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Beijing: China today reacted cautiously to President Ram Nath Kovind appreciating Bhutan's support during the Dokalam standoff, saying it wants to see New Delhi and Thimphu developing "normal relations". Reacting to Bhutan King s Jigme…
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Washington: The hackers who upended the US presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton's campaign, targeting Russian opposition figures, US defence contractors and others of interest to the Kremlin, according to a…
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Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-graft court today ordered Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to appear before it on November 8 and maintained a bailable arrest warrant against him after he failed to turn up citing health reasons. The case was filed…
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Seoul: Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a rare message, Pyongyang's official news agency reported today, in his first public communication with his wayward neighbour for more than a year. The note…
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