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Islamabad: Pakistan's security forces have arrested more than 300 terror suspects, including foreigners, in a crackdown against militants in the capital Islamabad. Pakistan has launched countrywide crackdown on militants after the Peshawar…
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Moscow: strange chunk of rock with "unusual Christmas colouring" which is stuffed with 30,000 tiny diamonds has been found in a mine in Russia. The ornament-sized red and green rock was pulled from Russia's huge Udachnaya diamond mine.…
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Havana: Cuban President Raul Castro hailed today the removal of an "obstacle" in US-Cuba relations, saying he was ready to discuss any topic with Washington after the historic bilateral rapprochement. "The Cuban people cheer this correct…
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Washingon: President Barack Obama's secret negotiations on Cuba suggest he's willing to make bold and risky moves if he can keep tight control and rely on a few close aides. It's a pattern he followed during clandestine talks with Iran…
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Islamabad, Dec 20 (PTI) Pakistan forces have killed 28 militants in the restive north-western tribal region, intensifying the campaign against them after the Peshawar school massacre that left 148 people dead, mostly students. A security…
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Beijing: Asia is set to surpass North America to become the world's largest e-commerce market this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According to a report in Beijing by the EIU yesterday, an advisory company under…
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Washington: President Barack Obama met his National Security Council team at the White House to review potential holiday threats and discuss America's security posture in Pakistan in view of the horrific terrorist attack on a school in…
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New Delhi:  Sharing Pakistan's pain in the wake of the "dastardly" terror attack in a Peshawar school, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight spoke to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on phone offering "deepest condolences and all…
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Sydney:  Prime Minister Tony Abbott today led a shocked nation in mourning the death of two Australians who lost their lives at the cafe siege here that ended with the killing of lone Iranian-born ISIS sympathiser who took 17 people…
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Peshawar:  At least 84 students were among more than 100 people killed today when heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Pakistan's volatile Peshawar city and opened indiscriminate fire on them, in one of the most…
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