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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan, wife get 14 years jail in Toshakhana case
Islamabad: An Accountability Court (AC) in Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana case, ARY News reported.…
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Indian national sentenced for nearly $2.8mn healthcare fraud in US
New York: A 43-year-old Indian national in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million healthcare fraud. Yogesh K Pancholi from…
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Sweden suspends funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Stockholm: Sweden has said it has temporarily halted funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees following Israel’s allegations that its staff participated in the Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on…
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H-1B visa application process to begin March 6
Washington: The H-1B visa application submission process for the fiscal year 2025 would start from March 6, a US federal agency said Tuesday as it announced a major overhaul of its annual lottery…
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India backs two-state solution to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict: Jaishankar
Mumbai: India favours a two-state solution to end the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday, January 30, as the latest war in the Gaza Strip, ignited by…
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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison
Islamabad: Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years each in prison in the cipher case. The decision was announced by…
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Drone attacks on US posts in Syria-Jordan send Pentagon scrambling for cover
Washington: The lethal drone attack on Sunday in Jordan was the third hit in six months on the base known as Tower 22, highlighting a gap in US defences that the Pentagon…
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5.7 magnitude quake hits China
Beijing: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Xinjiang on Tuesday, local authorities said. The temblor that struck Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 6:27 a.m was epicentred at 41.15 degrees north…
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US kick-starts five-week H1-B visas renewal drive, to accept 20,000 applications
Washington: H1B workers, including Indian nationals, can begin applying to renew their visas without leaving the US, marking a significant change after nearly two decades. Up to 20,000 qualified nonimmigrant workers can…
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US: Missing Indian student from Purdue University confirmed dead
Indiana: An Indian student studying at Purdue University who was reported missing since Sunday has been confirmed dead, according to the Tippecanoe County Coroner. According to the Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office, officials…
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India, other nations attend conclave hosted by Taliban in Kabul
New Delhi: India on Monday was among around 10 countries that attended a conclave in Kabul organised by the Taliban with a broader aim for regional cooperation, according to the Afghan media.…
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NYC mayor unveils Gandhi statue outside Hindu temple after vandalism
New York: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Indian-American State Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar have unveiled a new Mahatma Gandhi statue, more than a year after the previous one was vandalised…
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Indian national pleads guilty to running dark web drug enterprise in US
Washington: A 40-year-old Indian national extradited from the UK has pleaded guilty to operating a global dark web enterprise to sell “deadly and dangerous drugs to communities across America” and agreed to…
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US issues record-high 1.4 million visas to Indians in 2023
New Delhi: Bringing down the visitor visa appointment wait times by 75 per cent, the US Consular Team in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million US visas in the year 2023. Stating…
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OIC condemns countries for suspending funding to UN mission in Gaza
Amid the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza Strip, major donor countries to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have temporarily suspended their funding. This comes after Israel…
