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May 31, 2019 7:01 AM

Brazil economy shrinks 0.2 percent in first quarter

In Brazil, the official data showed that the country's economy shrank in the first quarter of the year.<br />''<br />''The statistics agency said yesterday, Gross Domestic Product contracted 0.2 per cent from the previous quarter, marking the firs...

May 31, 2019 6:57 AM

Saudi King Salman urges international effort to thwart Iran

Saudi Arabia's King Salman opened an emergency summit of Gulf Arab leaders in Mecca yesterday with a call for the international community to use all means to confront Iran. But, he also said the kingdom extends its hand for peace.<br />''<br />''K...

May 31, 2019 6:54 AM

Pakistan: 3 JuD members arrested from Punjab province

<span style="color: #222222;">Three members of the Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa have been arrested on the charges of terror financing in Pakistan's Punjab province, amid pressure from the global community on Islamabad to rein in the mil...

May 30, 2019 9:25 PM

South African president unveils his new cabinet

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled his new Cabinet, which includes two Indian-origin leaders and 50 per cent women, making the country one of the world's few gender-balanced governments.<br />''<br />''The number of Cabinet Minis...

May 30, 2019 8:41 PM

Israel to hold fresh polls as Netanyahu fails to form coalition govt

<span style="color: #222222;">Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition before a midnight deadline. He became the first prime minister-designate in Israel's history w...

May 30, 2019 1:31 PM

Saudi Arabia asks nations to respond to Iran with firmness

<span style="color: #222222;">Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf today urged Muslim nations to confront with all means of force and firmness the recent attacks in the region that the US and its allies have blamed on Iran.<br />'&a...

May 30, 2019 1:29 PM

Seven schools in Pakistan sealed for anti-polio propaganda

In Pakistan, seven private schools in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province have been sealed for inciting mass hysteria against polio drive. Pakistan is one of the three countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, where polio is still endemic.<br />''<br />''...

May 30, 2019 12:01 PM

India finalises projects worth over Rs 16 crore to Maldives

<span style="color: #222222;">India has finalised projects worth more than 16 crore rupees to Maldives, as part of its grant assistance to develop socio-economic infrastructure in the neighbouring country, particularly in the field of health and sanitation.&nb...

May 30, 2019 11:32 AM

Nepal PM arrives in Delhi to attend PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony

<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli is arriving in New Delhi this afternoon to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swearing-in ceremony. <br />''<br />''He will be ac...

May 30, 2019 7:57 AM

Govt officials had inputs about Easter Sunday attacks

<span style="color: #222222;">Sri Lanka's head of State Intelligence Service (SIS) has said that government intelligence and defence officials were aware of intelligence inputs about Easter Sunday attacks but nothing was done to prepare for it. &...

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