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January 3, 2018 8:20 AM

Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi holds National Security Council in Islamabad

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held a National Security Council (NSC) meeting in Islamabad yesterday. The move comes after US President Donald Trump strongly rebuked Pakistan accusing it of giving nothing to the US but lies and deceit and sheltering terrorists in return for 33 billion ...

January 3, 2018 8:13 AM

Pakistan has played double game with US for years: Nikki Haley

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley says Pakistan has played a 'double game' with the United States for years and it is unacceptable to the Trump administration. She came out in support of President Donald Trump's decision to block 255 million dollar military aid to Pakistan. <br/&...

January 3, 2018 8:12 AM

New York fire injures 23 including nine children, destroy building

In the United States, a fire destroyed a building and injured 23 people in New York, just days after the city's deadliest inferno in a quarter of a century. <br/><br/>The blaze broke out yesterday in The Bronx, the same northern borough where last week's fire claimed 12 lives.&...

January 3, 2018 8:09 AM

US: Aerospace expert Vivek Lall joins Lockheed Martin

In the United States, Indian-American Vivek Lall, who has played key roles in some of the major defence deals between India and the United States, has joined American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. <br/><br/>Lall, a renowned aerospace leader, who was with the General Atomics wherein he...

January 3, 2018 8:09 AM

Donald Trump threatens to withdraw US aid to Palestinians

US President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw aid money to Palestinians as they are unwilling to negotiate peace with Israel. Trump said in a series of two lengthy tweets that US pay the Palestinians hundred of millions of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect. <br/><br/&...

January 3, 2018 3:30 AM

Bangladesh court orders arrest of former PM Khaleda Zia

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in connection with bomb attacks on a bus during an anti-government agitation in 2015 that killed eight persons. <br/><br/>The official said Judge Joynab Begum of the Comilla district court accepted the ...

January 3, 2018 3:25 AM

UN chief expresses regret at rising death toll in Iran anti-govt protests

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed his regret at the rising death toll in anti-government protests in Iran, and called on the Islamic Republic to respect the rights of peaceful protesters.<br/><br/>Tehran said, 21 people had died in clashes across the country as t...

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