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Ouagadougou: An army official says 10 soldiers have been arrested in Burkina Faso in connection with a raid on an armoury outside the capital. Willy Yameogo, director of communications for the army, said yesterday that all 10 were former…
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Washington: Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has received a big boost a week ahead of the primary season with Iowa Caucus as she was endorsed by a major newspaper of the Midwestern state. Florida Senator…
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Manama: India and Bahrain have vowed to strengthen their ties in key areas like trade and counter- terrorism besides signing an agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held "wide-ranging"…
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 AGENCY Peshawar: Four persons have been arrested in Pakistan for facilitating the deadly Taliban attack on a prestigious university in the country's northwest that killed 21 people, mostly students, the military announced on Saturday. "We…
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Colombo: Sri Lanka has formed a three-member panel to probe an organised organ harvesting racket involving patients and donors from India, two days after it banned kidney transplants for foreign nationals. The panel consisting of two lady…
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Lahore: Police killed three al-Qaeda terrorists in a shootout in Pakistan's Punjab province, thwarting a major terror attack, an official said today. According to a Counter-Terrorism Department spokesman, a team of police personnel last…
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Washington: A life-threatening blizzard which is expected to pound a record 30 inches of snow has hit most part of the US' east coast including Capital Washington DC, leaving more than 120,000 homes without electricity and paralysing lives…
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New Delhi: In a nationwide swoop, NIA along with state police forces and central security agencies today claimed to have averted a major attack with the arrest of 13 'sympathisers' of banned ISIS terror group including their self-styled…
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Mogadishu: A police official says Somalia's security forces have ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed in the attack. Capt Mohamed Hussein, speaking from the scene of the attack in…
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Washington: US President Barack Obama has called German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis as part of his efforts to garner support for hosting a high-level summit on refugees at the UN later this year.…
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