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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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Lahore: At least 200 religious scholars in Pakistan have issued a fatwa terming suicide attacks as "un-Islamic" and said the Islamic governments are bound to crush rebel groups like the Taliban, ISIS and al-Qaeda. "Tehreek-i-Taliban…
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Honolulu: A US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft made a hard landing in Hawaii today, killing one Marine and sending 21 other people to hospitals as dark smoke from the resulting fire billowed into the sky. The injuries ranged from critical to…
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United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he was increasingly concerned by the humanitarian crisis sparked by refugees stranded in boats in Southeast Asia, and offered help from the United Nations. Ban said yesterday he had…
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New York: China, under President Xi Jinping's leadership, has re-engineered many of its long-range ballistic missiles to carry multiple warheads after years of maintaining a minimal nuclear force, according to a media report. China's move…
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