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Pakistan willing for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with India: PM Shehbaz
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said his country was willing for a “meaningful dialogue” with India to resolve all outstanding issues. Sharif made the remarks while talking to British…
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US retail giant Costco to set up capability centre in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Worldwide retail powerhouse Costco has strategically entered the Indian GCC ecosystem, cementing Hyderabad’s status as India’s fastest-growing Global Capability Centre (GCC) hub. With its first technology centre in India, it is…
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Afghanistan: 6 workers killed, several injured in coal mine explosion
Kabul: The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province has increased to six as several other injured workers continue to battle for life, the local officials…
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Air India plane crash: UK media alleges body mix-up, India hits back
New Delhi: Two families in the UK reportedly received the wrong bodies of victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, a British media channel in the kingdom reported. However, the…
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Columbia University suspends, expels nearly 80 students over Gaza protests
New York: Columbia University announced disciplinary action Tuesday, July 22, against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the Ivy League school’s main library before final exams in May and an…
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Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of ‘treason’ over 2016 presidential election
Washington: US President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of “treason” over the 2016 presidential election, prompting a fierce response from Obama’s spokesperson, who called the allegations “ridiculous” and “a weak…
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US withdraws from UNESCO again
United Nations: The United States is again withdrawing from UNESCO, accusing it of advancing “divisive social and cultural causes” and focusing too much on sustainable development, State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce announced…
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Donald Trump announces trade deal with Japan
Washington: President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs —…
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US claims at UNSC of de-escalating India-Pakistan Conflict in May
United Nations: The United States brought to the Security Council President Donald Trump’s claim of having resolved the India-Pakistan conflict in May, but New Delhi reaffirmed that it was resolved bilaterally. Acting…
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PM Modi to embark on two-nation tour of UK, Maldives today
New Delhi: Shoring up trade and defence cooperation will be the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Britain and the Maldives beginning Wednesday with the formalisation of the landmark India-UK…
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US court denies stay, thousands of Afghans face deportation
Washington: Thousands of Afghans in the US are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status. A three-judge…
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Face smashed, stripped, Indian man assaulted in racist attack in Ireland
London: An Indian man in his 40s was hospitalised following what has been dubbed “mindless, racist violence” in a suburb of the Irish capital of Dublin, with the Indian Ambassador to Ireland…
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Dhaka plane crash death toll rises to 31, students protest
Dhaka: Thousands of students on Tuesday protested in Dhaka demanding “accurate” information on casualties and compensation for the families of those killed in a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash into a…
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Over 1,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza aid rush: UN
Deir al-Balah: More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly in the vicinity of aid sites run by an Israeli-backed American…
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India & UK to share views on cross-border terrorism during PM Modi’s visit
New Delhi: Highlighting the US decision to officially designate The Resistance Front (TRF) – a proxy of the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) – as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially…
