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‘We will never forget you,’ Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai wri...

Pakistani teenager and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday told Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants they will never be forgotten and to never lose hope. “Please know this: we will never forget you. We will always stand with you,” 17-year-old... read more »

Barack Obama drops objection to letting ...

Barack Obama drops objection to letting Congress vote on Iran deal; Israel ...

Obama dropped his opposition on Tuesday to a bill giving Congress a voice on a nuclear deal with Iran, after members of his Democratic Party negotiated changes to the bill that had won strong support from both parties. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama, who had said he would veto the... read more »

PM Modi writes in German daily, says Ind...

PM Modi writes in German daily, says India should be an engine for worldwid...

India should be an engine for worldwide growth on the strengths of its democracy and a fresh push to revitalise the country’s economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Since India’s voters gave the first clear majority mandate to the BJP in three decades, the NDA government has put... read more »

Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb t...

Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb threat

Berlin: Germanwings says a plane headed for Milan was evacuated at Cologne-Bonn airport after German police received a bomb threat against the flight. The airline said the threat against flight 826 to Milan’s Malpensa airport was received by federal police on Sunday evening. The tower in... read more »

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Obama calls Netanyahu on Iran n-deal

Obama calls Netanyahu on Iran n-deal

Washington – US President Barack Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday to discuss the P5+1’s first step agreement with Iran regarding Tehran’s nuclear... read more »

Khamenei hails Iran's n-agreement with world powers

Khamenei hails Iran’s n-agreement with world...

Tehran – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei welcomed the nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers Sunday, a media repor! t... read more »

Iran n-deal: six global powers sign landmark nuclear de...

Iran n-deal: six global powers sign landmark nuclear deal

Iran and the six global powers have hammered out a landmark nuclear deal-the breakthrough achieved in the early hours on Sunday after seamless rounds of hard... read more »

Iran n-deal a step towards regional stability: Iraq

Iran n-deal a step towards regional stability: ! Iraq

Baghdad – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Sunday welcomed the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group, considering it a major step... read more »

Israel slams Iran’s nuclear deal

Israel slams Iran's nuclear deal

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday said the interim agreement between the P5+1 countries and Iran is a mistake. Attending a... read more »

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