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Langsa (Indonesia): More than 370 migrants stranded at sea for months were rescued and taken to Indonesia, officials said today, the latest in a stream of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to reach shore in a growing crisis confronting…
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Beijing: China unveiled 'Made In China 2025' campaign, a 10-year national plan to enhance its competitiveness in the manufacturing sector to boost economic growth amid India's push to become a global manufacturing hub. The blueprint of the…
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Islamabad: Pakistan today launched a probe into a fake degree scam by an IT firm, a day after a leading US newspaper accused the company of making millions of dollars through an elaborate network of fictitious universities. Interior…
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Islamabad: In a first of its kind deal, Pakistan's spy agency ISI has entered into an agreement with its Afghan counterpart over intelligence sharing and coordinated operations against Taliban militants. The accord between Pakistan's…
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Singapore: Ambassador of Indonesia to Pakistan, who was on board the Pakistani military helicopter that crashed in the PoK earlier this month, today died here after battling serious injuries, becoming the third foreign envoy to lose his…
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Washington: Setting his sights on the White House, Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has formed an exploratory committee to look into the possibility of mounting a credible challenge as a Republican nominee for the 2016 US…
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Bogota: At least 47 people were killed today when a mudslide triggered by heavy rains swept away dozens of modestly-built homes during the dead of night. The disaster took place around 3 am local time (0800 GMT) in the town of Salgar,…
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Beijing: Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to grant e-visas to its citizens, China today said it is willing to make joint efforts with India under the Chinese laws to facilitate people-to-people exchange. "During his visit,…
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Dohuk (Iraq): A spokesman for the governor of Iraq's Anbar province said today that about 500 people, both civilians and Iraqi soldiers, are estimated to have been killed over the past few days as the city of Ramadi fell to the Islamic…
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New York; A "secretive" Pakistani software company is receiving millions of dollars by running a massive global scam of selling fake academic degrees using authentication certificates bearing the signature of US Secretary of State John…
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