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October 26, 2017 7:19 AM
In the United States, the Trump administration has made it more difficult to renew non-immigrant visas such as H-1B and L1, popular among Indian IT professionals. Revoking its more than 13-year-old policy, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, in its latest memorandum, said the burden of proo...
October 26, 2017 7:18 AM
In Nepal, 702 candidates are in the fray for the first phase of parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled on the 26th of next month. The country's Election Commission said, 100 candidates withdrew their names yesterday, while one nomination was cancelled. <br/><br/>AIR corres...
October 26, 2017 7:17 AM
Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be cremated today. His son and successor to the throne, King Maha Vajiralongkorn will perform the last rites.<br/><br/>The revered king died in October last year aged 88. Since his death, Thailand has observed a year of official mourning,...
October 26, 2017 5:43 AM
US President Donald Trump has congratulated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping who consolidated his power at the Communist Party Congress. <br/><br/>Mr Jinping cemented his hold on China for the next five years when he was re-elected leader with no clear successor. His name and doctrine ...
October 26, 2017 1:25 AM
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, was evacuated from a UN camp for displaced people in South Sudan today because of a demonstration against President Salva Kiir.<br/>'<br/>Shortly after Haley left the camp, UN security guards fired tear gas to disperse the crowd ...
October 26, 2017 12:06 AM
World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for workers.<br/><br/>Qatar News Agency also announced that the gas-rich emirate has signed bilateral accords with 36 countries from which it draws most of...
October 25, 2017 11:19 PM
The United States and six Gulf states today announced sanctions on top Islamic State and Al-Qaeda figures in Yemen. The sanctions' targets include Abu Sulayman al-Adani, identified as the overall leader of the growing Islamic State operation in Yemen.<br/><br/>It also included the I...
October 25, 2017 11:10 PM
In Nepal 702 candidates are in fray for the first phase of parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled on 26 November. <br/><br/>According to the Election Commission of Nepal 100 candidates withdrew their names today. One candidate's nomination has been cancelled. <br/>&l...
October 25, 2017 11:00 PM
In Yemen, a US drone strike has killed 13 suspected Islamic State group militants in the central Bayda province today. <br/><br/>Security sources said in Aden today that it was the second US strike against IS in Yemen. The first came just over a week ago, when the US military said it had...
October 25, 2017 9:38 PM
The Indian Navy will conduct Phase II of the joint oceanographic survey off the Southern and Western Coasts of Sri Lanka in collaboration with Sri Lanka Navy beginning tomorrow. <br/><br/>The survey will be undertaken by Indian Naval ship INS Sutlej, which is an indigenously designed ves...
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