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Islamabad: Pakistan has suffered at least $107 billion losses due to terrorism plaguing the country for well over a decade, according to official data. The data was part of the annual national Economic Survey issued by Finance Minister…
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Jianli: Chinese rescuers today lifted the cruise ship capsized in the mighty Yangtze river to one side using two salvage vessels and massive cranes with the death toll rising to 82. Footage shown by state television showed that one side of…
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Islamabad: Pakistan's spy agency ISI tapped nearly 7,000 phones in the month of May, a little higher than the number of calls it recorded in April. The information was disclosed in the Supreme Court yesterday during the hearing of an old…
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Beijing: The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship that capsized in the mighty Yangtze river rose to 65 as divers pulled out 39 bodies today after cutting the hull of the overturned vessel, even as grieving families of over 370 unaccounted…
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Washington: The US has said it is encouraged by the economic reforms being pursued by the Indian government, and appealed to it to consider taking additional steps towards facilitating trade. "We have seen a positive recognition from the…
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Kabul: Afghanistan's intelligence agency has arrested a group of Haqqani network militants who plotted terror attack from Pakistan on a popular guest house here last month that killed 14 people, including four Indians. The arrested…
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New York: A US-based Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for blocking its page in India allegedly at the behest of the Indian government. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) filed the lawsuit in the US District Court in California…
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United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will convene a high-level international conference on Ebola next month to help mobilize resources needed "in the last mile of the response" against the outbreak and to assist the affected…
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Washington: US President Barack Obama has signed into law landmark USA Freedom Act, forcing intelligence agencies to set up a system that will leave the telephone metadata with telecom companies rather than the government. Obama signed the…
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Jerusalem: US President Barack Obama has told skeptical Israelis that a deal between Iran and world powers is the only way to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and that "a military solution will not fix Contending that a…
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