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Seoul: South Korea today kicked off a live-fire naval exercise near its disputed sea border with North Korea -- a move likely to fan already elevated military tensions with Pyongyang. The three-day exercise in the Yellow Sea is aimed at…
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Dhaka: Suspected Islamists claiming to be the ISIS followers have threatened to kill a Hindu priest of the Ramakrishna Mission here if he continues to preach in "Islamic Bangladesh", prompting authorities to beef up security around the…
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Beijing: Acknowledging that India is "inching closer" to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Chinese official media today said if New Delhi is admitted into the elite grouping, "nuclear balance" between India and Pakistan will be…
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AGENCY Riyadh: Terming terrorism as the enemy of humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there was a need to "delink" religion from it and asserted that "segmented and partial" approaches to counter the menace will not be…
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AGENCY Washington: In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said state actors working with nuclear traffickers and terrorists present the greatest risk to nuclear security as he called for dropping the notion…
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 AGENCY Karachi: For the first time, the colourful religious Hindu festival Holi will be a public holiday in Pakistan's Sindh province, the government has announced. In an unprecedented move, the provincial Sindh government issued a…
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agency Lahore: Five militants who were plotting to target government offices in Pakistan's Punjab province were killed today in a gun battle with security forces and a huge quantity of explosives was seized from them. The Counter Terrorism…
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AGENCY Washington: Terming the Haqqani network as the greatest threat to the US forces in Afghanistan, a top US General has said it is time for Pakistan to "take decisive action" against this Pakistan-based terror group. "We need Pakistan…
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AGENCY HILLA: The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bomb blast that killed at least 47 people on Sunday in south of Baghdad. In a statement posted on social media, IS named the bomber who detonated his…
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Naypyitaw (Myanmar): Hundreds of newly elected legislators, a majority of them from pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party today began a parliament session that will install Myanmar's first democratically elected government in more…
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