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Five IAF personnel killed in AN-32 aircr...

Five IAF personnel killed in AN-32 aircraft crash in Assam's Jorhat

Five IAF personnel killed in AN-32 aircraft crash in Assam's Jorhat **Tragic Loss: Indian Air Force AN-32 Aircraft Crashes in Assam, Five Personnel Perish** A profound sense of grief has enveloped the Indian Air Force (IAF) following the devastating crash of an AN-32 aircraft in the Jorhat... read more »

J&K CM's advisor calls for revi...

J&K CM's advisor calls for revival of panel to oversee Kashmiri Pa...

J&K CM's advisor calls for revival of panel to oversee Kashmiri Pandits' return, rehabilitation ### **Advisor Advocates for Reinstatement of Joint Committee for Kashmiri Pandit Resettlement** **Jammu, [Date]** – A senior advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister has called for... read more »

Amitav Ghosh to attend literary fest at Leicester
22nd P. Kesavadev Literary Award for Sub...

22nd P. Kesavadev Literary Award for Subhash Chandran

22nd P. Kesavadev Literary Award for Subhash Chandran ## Literary Luminaries Honored: Subhash Chandran and Subramonian to Receive Prestigious Awards **Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala** – The literary landscape of Kerala is set to celebrate two distinguished figures as acclaimed author Subhash Chandran... read more »

China conducts test flight of stealth drone
ED conducts raids on TMC MLA Madan Mitra...

ED conducts raids on TMC MLA Madan Mitra's properties to probe municip...

ED conducts raids on TMC MLA Madan Mitra's properties to probe municipal recruitment 'scam' ## Enforcement Directorate Investigates Alleged Municipal Recruitment Irregularities Involving Trinamool Congress MLA **Kolkata, India** – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a... read more »

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Tsunami anniversary: Rebuilding lives in Aceh

At first glance, Rina looks like any other 14-year-old Indonesian girl. Shy and cherubic, she’s yet to lose the child-like innocence that comes with the territory of teen-hood. We meet on a... read more »

Pakistan was warned about Peshawar school attack i...

Peshawar: Government departments in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent attack on the Army Public School months... read more »

Pakistan hangs four prisoners as execution campaign wid...

Pakistan hanged four Islamist militants on Sunday in the second set of executions since the government lifted a moratorium after the Taliban massacred 132... read more »

Pakistan kills top al Qaeda leader in raid

Pakistan’s military said on Saturday it had killed a senior al Qaeda leader wanted by the US over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway... read more »

Bangladesh court convicts British reporter of contempt

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Tuesday (Dec 2) found an award-winning British journalist guilty of contempt for questioning the official death toll of three... read more »

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Nine Boko Haram fighters killed in Nigeria

ABUJA: The Nigerian military Monday confirmed it killed nine Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Borno state. “Patrol troops have successfully repelled an ambush in Buratai community in... read more »

Is Iran jailing Facebook users for anti-govt posts...

TEHRAN: An Iranian court has sentenced eight people to jail terms ranging from seven to 20 years for crimes including anti-regime propaganda posted... read more »

Iran reports its first death from MERS virus

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s official news agency is reporting the Islamic Republic has suffered its first fatality from the Middle Eastern respiratory virus.... read more »

Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to victory in presidential vo...

CAIRO: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, swept to victory in a presidential election, provisional... read more »

Iran denies Facebook CEO summoned to court

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg faces IPO lawsuit over misleading investors

TEHRAN: An Iranian prosecutor has denied reports that a local judge ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by... read more »

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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 said Wednesday. Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan... read more »

Nawaz Sharif names judges for Musharraf's trial

Nawaz Sharif names judges for Musharraf’s tr...

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a panel of three judges for a special court for the trial of former president... read more »

Nawaz Sharif approves three-member bench for Musharraf&...

Nawaz Sharif approves three-member bench for Musharraf's treason case

Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the names of three judges, including a female judge, for the special court that will... read more »

Nepal to ensure effective security for Tuesday’s ...

Nepal to ensure effective security for Tuesday's poll

Kathmandu – Khilraj Regmi, chairman of Nepal’s interim election government, has directed the country’s four security agencies to ensure that... read more »

Can India afford to run INS Vikramaditya, asks Pakitani...

Decommissioned INS Vikrant to be auctioned

Islamabad – The commissioning of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy from Russia shows how addicted the Indian establishment is to... read more »

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Proposed Controversial 3000-pound ‘security bond’ for...

The controversial 3,000-pound “security bond” for some “high-risk” foreign visitors to the U.K., including those from India, is to be scrapped, the Home Office has confirmed. The scheme,... read more »

Brazil, Germany submit anti-spy resolution to UN

Brazil, Germany submit anti-spy resolution to UN

An anti-spying draft resolution written by Germany and Brazil has been submitted to the United Nations amid the US surveillance scandal. The draft... read more »

Snowden free to cooperate with Germany: Kremlin

Snowden free to cooperate with Germany: Kremlin

Moscow – Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is free to cooperate with Germany on reports of the alleged US tapping of Chancellor Angela... read more »

New Oz burqa law makes lifting veil for women’s identif...

New Oz burqa law makes lifting veil for women’s identification by police mandatory

Sydney – A new law has been reportedly introduced by the West Australian state parliament that would require Muslim women to remove their burqa or niqab... read more »

‘Europe’s spies work together on mass surve...

'Europe's spies work together on mass surveillance'

London – Spy agencies across Western Europe are working together on mass surveillance of Internet and phone traffic comparable to programs run by their... read more »

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John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

London – US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly arrived in the Middle East to repair ties with the nation’s long-standing ally. The US diplomat first made an unscheduled stop in... read more »

1 killed, 2 wounded in Los Angeles Airport shooting

1 killed, 2 wounded in Los Angeles Airport shootin...

Washington – A gunman shot and killed a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) worker at Los Angeles International Airport Friday before... read more »

Obama `never considered` replacing Biden with Clinton

Obama `never considered` replacing Biden with Clinton

Washington – President Barack Obama had “never considered” replacing Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton during 2012 election... read more »

Obama, Maliki discuss counter measures for `more active...

Obama, Maliki discuss counter measures for `more active' al-Qaeda in Iraq

London – President Barack Obama has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on his visit to Washington on counter measures for a “more... read more »

When Bill Clinton called Obama `luckier than dog with t...

When Bill Clinton called Obama `luckier than dog with two d***s`!

New York – Bill Clinton had reportedly joked about President Barack Obama that “he’s luckier than a dog with two d***s” to describe his comeback in... read more »

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