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New Trump Order Drops Iraq From Travel Ban List: Officials

President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials said Tuesday, citing the latest draft in circulation. Trump is expected to sign the executive order in the coming days. Four officials told The

Samsung Group chief charged with bribery, corporate strategy office dismantled

South Korean prosecutors charged Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developments in a graft scandal that has rocked the country. Jay Y. Lee, 48, was arrested on Feb.

Blast leaves 34 dead in Mogadishu marketplace in Somalia

Somalia’s new president visited victims wounded by the Mogadishu car bomb that today killed 34. President Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those who planned the blast. The explosion hit a busy marketplace in the western part of the capita

Pakistan fortfies and closes border with Afghanistan

Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Afghan border as part of its "enhanced security arrangements" in the border region, aimed at combating terrorism.After a string of terror attacks in the country, Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman an

'We're not here for your oil': Trump's defense chief tells Iraq

Baghdad: The U.S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by President Donald Trump at the start of a visit to Iraq on Monday. Mattis, on his first trip to Iraq as Pentagon chief, is hoping to assess the war effort as U.

My govt 'managed freedom fighters' in Kashmir: Musharraf

Pakistan's former dictator General Pervez Musharraf has said his administration 'managed freedom fighters' in Kashmir but later realised a political process was needed to negotiate the issue with India, a media report today said. Musharraf, who served as Pakistan's president from 2001 to 2008 aft

Death toll in Baghdad car bomb attack claimed by ISIS at 59

BAGHDAD: The death toll from a car bomb attack in a southern Baghdad neighborhood has reached 59 with 66 others injured, a police officer and medical sources said Friday. Authorities initially said the Thursday attack at an auto dealership in the al-Bayaa neighborhood killed at least 55 and wound

We need 'solid evidence' to back India's efforts to ban Masood Azhar at UN: China

BEIJING: Ahead of its strategic dialogue with India, China on Friday said "solid evidence" was needed for it to back efforts to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned+ by the United Nations. Foreign secretary S Jaishankar and China's executive vice-foreign minister Zhang Yesui will hold a new round of

Pakistan kills over 100 militants in crackdown after Sufi shrine suicide blast

More than 100 militants were killed in a sweeping crackdown launched by Pakistani security forces a day after a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State left 81 dead at a crowded Sufi shrine. Thursday’s attack at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh province was preceded by suicide attacks

دہلی چنڈی گڑھ کے درمیان ہائی اسپیڈ ٹرین چلانے پر فرنچ ریلوے نے انیڈین ریلوتے کو رپورٹ سونپی

نئی دہلی،(بھٹکلی نیوز) اگر انڈین ریلوے نے فرانسیسی ریلوے کے 12ہزار کروڑ روپے کے خرچ کے آپشن کو منتخب کر لیا، تو دہلی چندی گڑھ کا سفر محض 78منٹ میں مکمل ہو سکے گا۔اس آپشن کو منتخب کرنے کی صورت میں نہ صرف ریلوے لائن میں بہتر ی کی جائے گی ، بلکہ بجلی سپلا ئی اور سگنل سسٹم کو اس طرح تیار کیا جائے گا کہ

Turkish forces bombard final IS bastion in Syria, killing 24 civilians

Turkish bombardment of an Islamic State (IS) group-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, a monitor said on Thursday, but Turkey’s army said only “terrorists” died in the operation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead in air strikes and shelling on the town of Al-Bab in the

Pakistan police kill six in raid on Taliban-linked militants’ hideout

Pakistani security forces raided a hideout of Taliban-linked suspected Islamic militants on Thursday, killing 6 of them, a counter-terrorism official said. The raid in the central district of Khanewal was based on intelligence that the militants were planning an attack, said the official

Hafiz Saeed tells Pak govt to remove his name from travel ban list

LAHORE: Jamaat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed has asked the Pakistan government to immediately remove his name from a list that bars him from leaving the country, claiming he was neither a security risk nor his outfit ever engaged in terrorist activities. In a letter to Interior Minister Chaudhry Nis

Michael Flynn resigns as US national security advisor amid Russia contacts

New York/Washington: Michael Flynn resigned his post as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, a senior administration official said, news that came after the Justice Department had warned the White House of its concerns over Flynn’s contacts with the Russian ambassador to the US. Th

Islamic State leadership targeted in air strike, Baghdadi fate unclear: Military

The Iraqi airforce carried out a strike on a house where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military said on Monday, without making clear whether he had been hit. In a statement, it said Iraqi F-16s had targeted the house in western Ira

Pakistan Army chief asks officers to read book on success of Indian democracy

Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had some unusual advice when top officers gathered for his first speech last year – read an American academic’s book on how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics. The army has no business trying to run the government, Bajwa told the

One nation's loss is another nation's gain! Canada beckons Indian techies

Toronto: Donald Trump's controversial travel ban may prove to be a gift for Canadian tech firms as scores of Indian techies wait to explore opportunities on foreign soil. Shafin Diamond Tejani, CEO of Fantasy 360, a Vancouver-based Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality global giant, told IANS, "T

Over 3,600 arrested in public order operations across Turkey

ANKARA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces announced on Saturday that a total of 3,609 people were arrested as part of nationwide public order operations across the country. According to a statement issued by the General Security Directorate, 3,609 arrested in simultaneous operations con