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  • Thunberg sorry for ‘put leaders against the wall’ comment
    London, December 15 (IANS): Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has apologised for saying world leaders should be "put against the wall", the media reported on Sunday.   The teenage climate act
  • 5 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
    Qalat (Afghanistan), December 15 (IANS): Five militants were killed after the Afghan security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces on Sunday, Afghan Army said in a st
  • 1 killed in Philippines 6.8-magnitude quake
    Manila, December 15 (IANS): A six-year-old girl was killed when the house she was in collapsed during a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.   The loc
  • N.Korea conducts another test at satellite launch site
    Seoul, December 14 (IANS) North Korea said on Saturday it has carried out "another crucial test" at its satellite launch site and the results will be used to strengthen its "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent
  • 23 security personnel killed in Afghan attack
    Kabul, December 14 (IANS) An insider attack claimed the lives of 23 security personnel in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Saturday, an official said. "Seven local security personnel who obviously under patr
  • Google wants US Fed Reserve to follow India's UPI example
    New Delhi, December 14 (IANS) In a thumbs up to the Indian government's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) scheme, Google has written to the US Federal Reserve Board detailing the successful example of UPI-based
  • Not fair that I am being impeached: Trump
    Washington, December 14 (PTI) US President Donald Trump on Friday said it was unfair that he was being impeached as he had done no wrong and the country under him was doing quite good. "It's not fair tha
  • British-Muslims fear for their future under Johnson govt
    London, December 14 (IANS) British-Muslims have said that they feared for their future under a new Boris Johnson government after his landslide win in the December 12 general election, a media report said on Sa
  • Obama addresses young leaders in Malaysia
    Kuala Lumpur, December 13 (IANS): Former US President Barack Obama on Friday addressed young leaders at a plenary session here organized by his foundation.   The titled "How the Asia-Pacific Sha
  • Committee postpones vote on Trump impeachment charges
    Washington, December 13 (IANS): The US House Judiciary Committee has postponed a vote on the political charges against President Donald Trump until the next morning, thus delaying the last step necessary before
  • Johnson hails ‘new dawn’ after historic election victory
    London, December 13 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that he would work "night and day" to repay the trust of voters after he led the ruling Conservatives to a "historic" general elec
  • Pakistani lawyers go on nationwide strike
    Islamabad, December 13 (IANS): Lawyers across Pakistan boycotted courts on Friday to protest against the registration of cases against advocates who were arrested for their involvement in the rampage at La
  • Not official yet, but Bangladesh unease with CAB apparent
    New Delhi, December 12 (IANS): Bangladesh is maintaining officially that the cancellation of the visit by Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen is due to domestic engagements, but the displeasure with New Delh
  • Imran Khan spews venom against India over CAB
    Islamabad, December 12 (IANS): Condemning the passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Indian Parliament, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that India under Prime Minister Narendra
  • UK votes in historic, decisive general election
    London, December 12 (IANS): Voters across the UK on Thursday voted in one of the country's most historic and decisive general election which will determine the nation's future course of action in light of
  • Khaleda Zia’s bail plea in corruption case rejected
    Dhaka, December 12 (IANS): A Bangladesh court on Thursday rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's bail petition in a corruption case.   A sex-member bench of the Appellate Division headed b
  • Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of ‘creative PR’
    Madrid, December 11 (IANS): Teenage activist Greta Thunberg has called upon world leaders to stop using "clever accounting and creative PR" to avoid real action on climate change.   Speaking at
  • Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez sworn in as new President
    Buenos Aires, December 11 (IANS): Alberto Fernandez, of the Everyone's Front coalition, was sworn in as President of Argentina on Tuesday at a ceremony in the National Congress.   In his first s
  • 26/11 mastermind Saeed indicted by Pak court
    Islamabad, December 11 (IANS): Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack in which more than 160 died in 2008, was indicted on Wednesday by an anti-terrorism court in Lahore.  
  • 10 killed as Somali forces end hotel siege in Mogadishu
    Mogadishu, December 11 (IANS): The death toll from Tuesday evening's attack on a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has risen to 10 while 11 others were injured, police confirmed on Wednesday. &nb
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