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February 4, 2017 2:24 PM

Defiant Iran in missile exercise day after US sanctions

Iran will deploy missiles for a Revolutionary Guards exercise today in a show of defiance a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend. The manoeuvres in the northeastern province of Semnan are aimed at demonstrating their complete preparedness to...

February 4, 2017 12:57 PM

UN removes Afghan warlord Hekmatyar from designated terrorists list

The United Nations has removed Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar from its list of designated terrorists. It also lifted the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo imposed on the insurgent leader. The Security Council's al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee said in a statement that it has removed He...

February 4, 2017 11:47 AM

US should stop using Dalai Lama to create trouble for Beijing: China

China says the United States should stop using the Dalai Lama to create trouble for Beijing. Zhu Weiqun, head of the ethnic and religious affairs committee of the top advisory body to China's Parliament has said, his country will not change its policy to support the development of the Tibetan s...

February 4, 2017 11:44 AM

Norway accuses group linked to Russia of carrying out cyber attack

Norway has accused Russia of targetting its Foreign Ministry, Army and other institutions with cyber-attack. Norwegian Police Security Service,(PST) has said that nine email accounts had been targeted in the Labour Party and other institutions. Norwegian intelligence service said the operation was r...

February 4, 2017 11:31 AM

Afghanistan: Afghan police officer kills eight colleagues

In northern Afghanistan, eight police officers, all members of the same family, were killed after a colleague working with the Taliban drugged and shot them at a checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack but a spokesman for Faryab provincial police told that the suspected ass...

February 4, 2017 11:07 AM

Louvre attack suspect identified as Egyptian man by French authorities

French authorities suspect that the man who tried to attack the Louvre museum in Paris yesterday was a 29-year old Egyptian man. Prosecutor Francois Molins said, the man is thought to have travelled to Paris from Dubai on a tourist visa last month. He said, police are trying to establish if the man ...

February 4, 2017 11:04 AM

Singapore Sentences Saudi Diplomat to Caning and Jail for Molesting Woman

In Singapore, a Saudi Arabian diplomat has been sentenced to four strokes of a cane and more than 26 months in prison for molesting a hotel intern. Bander Yahya A. Alzahrani, an attache to the Saudi Embassy in Beijing, was vacationing with his wife and three children last year.<br/><br/>...

February 4, 2017 9:15 AM

US: President Trump moves to roll back Obama administration regulations

In US, the Republican-led Congress took one of its first steps toward fulfilling a promise to roll back Obama administration regulations. <br/><br/>In a 52 for and 47 against vote, the Senate passed a legislation to end a rule requiring oil and gas companies to disclose payments from the...

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