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November 1, 2017 1:47 PM

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz choses Shahbaz Sharif as PM candidate

Top leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to put forward Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif as Prime Ministerial candidate after the 2018 elections if party president Nawaz Sharif remained ineligible to run for office. <br/><br/>This was decided in a meeting i...

November 1, 2017 1:24 PM

Japanese lawmakers reelect Shinzo Abe as PM

Japanese lawmakers have reelected Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister following the governing coalition's landslide victory in a general election last month. Abe was reelected by both Houses of the Diet today. <br/><br/>The prime minister will now form his cabinet. He plans to reappoint al...

November 1, 2017 11:46 AM

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to form new Cabinet today

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to form a new Cabinet today. The Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet will convene for special sessions and vote in the afternoon to choose the prime minister. Abe is to be named Japan's 98th prime minister. <br/><br/>Abe is likely to reappoint al...

November 1, 2017 11:45 AM

Donald Trump orders extreme vetting of travellers coming into US

US President Donald Trump today said, he had ordered more robust extreme vetting of travellers coming into the US. In the aftermath of the first deadly terror attack in New York since the September 11, 2001 carnage, Trump tweeted that he ordered Homeland Security to step up US's already extreme...

November 1, 2017 7:48 AM

Trump, Abe discuss promoting free and open Indo-Pacific region

Ahead of his maiden Asia visit next week, US President Donald Trump yesterday spoke over the phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and discussed the importance of promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. <br/><br/>The White House said in a readout of the call that both the ...

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