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March 22, 2017 7:23 AM

Terror groups continue to safe havens in Pakistan: Afghan Foreign Minister

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said that terror groups continue to have safe havens in Pakistan and its establishment provides unhindered support to terrorists. He said in Washington that the Ghani government, soon after coming to power in Afghanistan tried to open a new chapter of ...

March 22, 2017 7:05 AM

US Supreme Court limits president's power to fill temporary postsading

US Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the President's power to temporarily fill vacant government posts while nominations are tied up in partisan political fights. <br/><br/>The 6-2 ruling said a former top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board had served in violation of a fede...

March 22, 2017 5:14 AM

Car bomb kills six people in Somalia

A car bomb exploded at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace in the capital, killing at least six people. According to the spokesman for Mogadishu's mayor, the dead included a soldier and five civilians. Another dozen people were injured. The blast was detonated after so...

March 22, 2017 4:56 AM

India should not rush to judge Trump: Foreign Secy Jaishankar

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said that India should guard against judging US President Donald Trump in a rush and instead take him seriously. Addressing at an event in New Delhi yesterday, Dr Jaishankar also pitched for building strong regional connectivity, which he said was of paramount interest...

March 22, 2017 4:47 AM

Trump signs bill authorising NASA funding, Mars exploration

US President Donald Trump signed a bill authorising 19(point)5 billion US dollar funding for the NASA programmes and setting a new goal to send humans to Mars. The law, known as the NASA Transition Authorization Act, gives the space agency the funding for fiscal year 2018. <br/><br/>It a...

March 21, 2017 9:55 PM

South African football hit by new match fixing claim

South African football was embroiled in another scandal today when FIFA said the national team's World Cup qualifying win over Senegal last year was fixed.<br/><br/>In banning Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life, world soccer's governing body said, the outcome of South Afr...

March 21, 2017 9:06 PM

US announces ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage

The United States has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security said extremists are seeking innovative methods to bring down jets. <br/><br/>It said, bombs could be hidden ...

March 21, 2017 9:05 PM

Brexit: EU summit on 29 April to discuss way ahead

A summit of European Union (EU) member states to discuss Brexit is to be held on the 29th of next month, a month after the UK triggers Article 50.<br/><br/>The meeting will be used to agree the guidelines for the EU's negotiating team headed by Michel Barnier. European Council Presi...

March 21, 2017 9:00 PM

Starvation kills at 26 in Somalia

In Somalia, at least twenty-six people have died of starvation in southern region of Jubaland during the last 36 hours. The deaths were confirmed by drought committee Chairman Abdirahman Mohamed Hussein in an interview. He appealed for emergency aid to curb hunger.

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