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Washington: In a major victory for the petroleum industry, the US has given conditional approval for oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean. America's conditional approval to Royal Dutch Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean this…
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Washington: The White House has rejected a revelation by a prominent US journalist who claimed that an ISI operative revealed the hideout of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden who was later killed in a raid by American commandos. A media…
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Washington: With Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi incapacitated due to suspected spinal damage, the terror group's shura council is to elect a stand-in leader this week to handle day-to-day affairs, according to a media report.…
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Guwahati: The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), North East Chapter in association with the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has organised a mobilisation exercise of relief materials for the earthquake survivors of Nepal. Essential items like rice,…
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Islamabad: A former Pakistani intelligence officer disclosed the hideout of Osama bin Laden to CIA in exchange of USD 25 million bounty on the head of the al-Qaeda chief, who was living as prisoner under ISI protection in the garrison town…
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Jakarta: Four boats carrying some 1,400 Rohingya migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia today, officials said, a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia's Aceh. All the boats appear to…
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Kathmandu: A debate has started within Nepal's defence establishment to revamp its air assets after almost 40 per cent of its helicopters remained non- operational due to poor maintenance during the rescue and relief operations following…
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Kathmandu: Nepal's warring political parties united by the killer quake have agreed to set aside differences over the long-pending constitution and work towards its early promulgation. Senior politicians of Nepal's major political parties…
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Kathmandu: The recent deadly earthquake in Nepal has brought back memories of the 8.3-magnitude temblor that struck the country 81 years ago and claimed nearly 12,000 lives. The earthquake that shook the Himalayan nation on January 15,…
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Islamabad: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan today released a video of its militants holding a Shoulder Launch Missile, which the militant group claimed to have used in downing a Pakistan military helicopter killing ambassadors of the Philippines…
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