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Pakistan court rules 26/11 mastermind La...

Pakistan court rules 26/11 mastermind Lakhvi’s ​detention as illegal,...

Islamabad: A court in Pakistan on Friday ordered the release of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, an alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack. The Islamabad High Court has ruled Lakhvi’s detention as illegal. Justice Noorul Haq accepted Lahvi`s appeal filed against his third time detention orders... read more »

United Nations to Hold Disaster Meeting ...

United Nations to Hold Disaster Meeting in Tsunami-Hit Japan

TOKYO: The UN will hold a once-in-a-decade meeting on disaster risk reduction this weekend, with policymakers gathering in tsunami-struck Japan after warnings that the cost of climate change-related calamities could bankrupt future generations. The meeting will review what lessons have been learned... read more »

Sri Lanka seizes passports of 74 Indian ...

Sri Lanka seizes passports of 74 Indian nationals

The Government of Sri Lanka has reportedly seized the passports of 74Indian nationals working at a plywood factory near Colombo. The Indian nationals have reportedly been charged with working in the island-nation without valid work visas. The Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka... read more »

Triple murder convict executed in Pakist...

Triple murder convict executed in Pakistan

Islamabad: A man convicted in a triple murder case was executed on Thursday in Pakistan`s Punjab province. Muhammad Siddique was hanged in a district jail in Toba Tek Singh city, Dawn online reported. This is the first non-terror execution since Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty... read more »

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Israel slams Iran's nuclear deal

Israeli PM heads to Russia to advise against deal with Iran

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on a flight to Russia on Wednesday morning to discuss the Iranian nuclear plan with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting... read more »

Fukushima nuke disaster `warning to world`, Tepco head tells UK

Fukushima nuke disaster `warning to world`, Tepco ...

London – The crippled Fukushima nuclear plant head has said that the catastrophic triple meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011... read more »

U.S. considers destroying Syrian chemical weapons in in...

Britain to help with Syrian chemical weapons' destruction

New York – The United States is considering plans to destroy the Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles on a barge in international waters, according to... read more »

No drone attacks during Taliban talks: US to Pakistan

No drone attacks during Taliban talks: US to Pakistan

Islamabad – The US has assured Pakistan it would not conduct any drone strikes during peace talks with the Taliban, Pakistan’s top security advisor... read more »

First Chinese-American US ambassador to China to quit

First Chinese-American US ambassador to China to quit

Beijing – US Ambassador to China Gary Locke said Wednesday he will step down from his position early next year to rejoin his family. “When I met... read more »

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France to discuss measures to avert Paris-style attacks

Key members of the French government will meet on Saturday morning to decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris that culminated in a massacre of 12 people... read more »

US trains Iraqis for house-to-house battle against IS

TAJI BASE, Iraq: A team of camouflage-clad Iraqi soldiers lines up near the door of a one-storey house north of Baghdad with rifles ready, preparing to enter and search it. For now, there... read more »

Israeli general says not worried by Palestinian move to join ICC

WASHINGTON – Israel’s top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court, calling it... read more »

Thai caretaker PM refuses to step down

Thailand begins impeachment hearing of ousted PM

Bangkok: Thailand’s military-appointed legislature began impeachment hearings on Friday against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a move analysts say is aimed at ensuring the... read more »

Indonesian official says ‘pings’ detected in search f...

Search and rescue teams looking for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 have detected pings which may have come from the plane’s cockpit voice and data recorders, an Indonesian official said... read more »