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LoC firing: Pak targets schools in J&...

LoC firing: Pak targets schools in J&K; 217 students, 15 teachers rescu...

All schools in Nowshera, Manjakote sectors of Rajouri district is closed for an indefinite periodBraving Pakistani shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC), authorities in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evacuated 217 students and 15 teachers from three schools where they... read more »

Precedents suggest Mayawati’s resignatio...

Precedents suggest Mayawati’s resignation likely to be rejected on technica...

Her resignation may not be accepted because members quitting Parliament are expected to submit their resignation in a simple format and without conditions Hours after storming out of the Rajya Sabha for not being allowed to speak on alleged Dalit atrocities in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, Bahujan... read more »

US ‘concerned’ about India-C...

US ‘concerned’ about India-China border standoff, says ‘b...

NEW DELHI: The US said on Wednesday that it’s “concerned” about the India-China border standoff in Doklam that’s now entered its second month. “I know that the United States is concerned about the ongoing situation there,” said US state department spokesperson... read more »

UAE Behind Hacking of Qatari Media that ...

UAE Behind Hacking of Qatari Media that Begins New Middle-East Crisis

WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries, according to a Sunday report by The Washington Post. The Emirati Embassy in... read more »

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heavy Rains cause death 40 in Pakistan

Pakistani officials said heavy monsoon rains have killed 40 people across the country as the government warned of more flash flooding over the weekend. Ahmad Kamal, a spokesman for the National... read more »

11 held in China for sale of toxic capsules

BEIJING: Eleven people have been arrested for production and sale of toxic capsules on massive scale in east China’s Zhejiang Province. Police... read more »

The rise of ISIS: Group of 10,000 fighters now controls...

ISIS now controls territory the size of the UK, is making £600,000 a day from selling oil and ransoming hostages and has a fighting force of 10,000 militants,... read more »

13 killed as rain wreaks havoc in Pakistan

At least 13 people were killed Thursday in rain related incidents across Pakistan’s Punjab province. Six members of a family were killed when the roof of... read more »

11 killed in Pakistan building collapse

At least 11 people, including two women and two children, were killed and 18 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Pakistan’s Sindh... read more »

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Khamenei defends Iran's right to n-power

Khamenei defends Iran’s right to n-power

Tehran – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Tehran will not retreat “an iota” from its nuclear rights, while stressing that West’s pressure will not... read more »

ASTER and AKMG launch Scholastic Awards to young achievers

ASTER and AKMG launch Scholastic Awards to young a...

DUBAI-  Aster, a part of DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and in India, has announced launching an annual... read more »

Saudi Arabia officially rejects term on UN Security Cou...

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented moved, formally rejected Tuesday its two-year term on the UN Security Council, clearing the way for... read more »

Science, technology key to forging sustainable future: ...

Science, technology key to forging sustainable future: UN

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday highlighted the vital role of science and technology in promoting peace and development, while... read more »

Egypt ranked `worst` for women among 22 Arab states

Egypt ranked `worst` for women among 22 Arab states

London – Egypt has been reportedly ranked the ‘worst’, when it comes to treating the women of the country, making it stand at an embarrassing low... read more »

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50 percent of Pakistanis support government: Survey

Islamabad – Fifty percent of Pakistan’s population supports the present government, with 49 percent favouring the opposition, a survey has found. An opinion poll conducted Aug 1-26 by the... read more »

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected pres...

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after... read more »

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Male – Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Wednesday expressed the hope for a credible and successful presidential election later this week. He said this... read more »

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Pakistan’s anti-graft watchdog on Wednesday filed a case against former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf over a Rs 22-billion scam in setting up power... read more »

Court orders Musharraf’s release

Court orders Musharraf's release

Islamabad – A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in... read more »

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Can the UN protect the planet and humanity?

When world leaders met in Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa in July there was great enthusiasm for developing practical sustainable development goals (SDGs) that would eliminate income equality,... read more »

On US visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks to reassure on trade, security

Chinese President Xi Jinping, facing a skeptical audience on the first day of a week-long U.S. visit, sought to reassure business and government officials on Tuesday over a long list of... read more »

EU holds emergency summit after forcing through migrant deal

Brussels: European Union leaders will gather for an emergency summit on the migration crisis on Wednesday, a day after ministers forced through a controversial deal to relocate 120,000... read more »

US backs India’s bid for permanent UNSC seat

The US has said it is committed to India’s inclusion as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, days after the General Assembly adopted a negotiating text for the long-pending... read more »

Thai blast: Malaysian police may arrested two suspected bombers

Malaysian police have sent to Thai authorities photos of two men, one of whom is suspected to have carried out Thailand’s worst bombing at a Brahma temple here that killed 20 people last month,... read more »