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Islamabad: Pakistan has expressed serious concern over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's remarks that "terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists," saying his comments confirms its suspicion about India's involvement in…
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Kathmandu: Three mild tremors today struck Kathmandu and surrounding areas, keeping people on edge in Nepal, battered by the April 25 earthquake and aftershocks that killed nearly 9,000 people. A tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale…
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Sydney: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea in the early hours today, US geologists said, but there were no warnings it had triggered a tsunami. The quake hit around 58 kilometres southwest of Taron, Papua New Guinea at…
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New Delhi: India is planning to ask Pakistan to seize assets of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and most wanted terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi as all three are in the UNSC's al Qaeda sanctions list which makes it…
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Kathmandu: Over 300 people, including 89 foreigners, are still missing after two powerful, devastating earthquakes struck Nepal, claiming nearly 9,000 lives. About 240 Nepalese nationals and 89 foreigners are still missing since the…
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Islamabad: At least four death-row prisoners were executed today in different jails of Punjab province in Pakistan, the government said. The convicts were sent to the gallows in jails in Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Sahiwal. An official…
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Kathmandu: The death toll following the two devastating earthquakes that have struck Nepal has reached 8,635 with over 300 people, including 89 foreigners, still missing. At least 79 foreigners, including 49 Indians have been killed in the…
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Islamabad: At least 29 militants including those of the dreaded Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan outfit have been killed in military operations in the country's restive Balochistan province during past one month. The militants killed belonged to…
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Washington: Though he once vigorously opposed its involvement, President Barack Obama has signed legislation that gives the US Congress the power to review and potentially reject a nuclear deal with Iran. Achieving a deal with Iran is a…
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Mexico City: At least 37 armed civilians and two federal police officers were killed in a clash today in western Mexico, a region torn by drug cartel violence, a federal government official told. The shootout took place in the morning in…
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