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Hyderabad man among 2 Indian nationals arrested for illegally entering Pakistan
Two Indian nationals, one from Hyderabad and another from Madhya Pradesh, were arrested by the Pakistani police for illegally entering the country on November 14. The two men, Prashant Vaindam, a software engineer from Telangana and Durmi Lal from MP, were found wandering in the Cholistan desert
Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment in London
Pakistan’s ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted of corruption, left the country on Tuesday to travel to London for medical treatment. Sharif departed on a special plane from the city of Lahore, after a court granted him permission to leave for four weeks abroad for medical
India sent over 202,000 students to US in 2018-19, second largest after China: report

Washington: India sent more than 202,000 students to the US in 2018-19, the second largest after China which for the tenth consecutive year remained the largest source of foreign students in America, according to a report released on Monday. The '2019 Open Doors Report on International Educationa
4 Shot dead while watching football game in backyard in California: cops
Los Angeles: Four people were shot dead and six others wounded while watching a football game in the backyard of a central California home on Sunday, police said. Police were called to the scene after at least one person opened fire into a crowd of about 35 people gathered outside the house in Fr
Twitter officially bans all political ads on its platform
Putting pressure on Facebook to follow suit, Twitter has officially banned all kinds of political ads from its platform, weeks after CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the micro-blogging site would no longer allow those ads. No political content will be promoted from candidates, parties, governments
Gunmen fire on buses carrying Sri Lanka voters, no casualties

Colombo: Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, hours before polling in presidential elections got under way, police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but a police official said the attackers had burnt tyres o
Student gunman kills 2, wounds 3 at California high school before shooting self

A California high school student on his 16th birthday opened fire on campus on Thursday, killing a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy and wounding three other teens before shooting himself in the head, officials said. The suspect survived but was in grave condition, officials said. After d
'Kashmir saw ISIS-level horror much before west was introduced to it': Indian writer tells US Congress
Kashmir witnessed horror and brutality similar to the kind inflicted by the Islamic State in Syria, a long time before the West and other international communities were introduced to the brutalities of radical Islamic terror, political commentator and writer Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional
At least 7 killed in Kabul car bomb blast: Interior ministry
At least seven people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb detonated during Kabul’s busy morning rush hour Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said. The spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi, said the bomb had gone off in a neighbourhood which is near the interior ministry and north of Kabul ai
Brazil President will be chief guest at republic day, accepts PM's invite

Brasilia: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to be the chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations next year. PM Modi, who is in Brazil for the 11th BRICS Summit which will focus on building mechanisms for counter-terrorism coop
Sikhs 3rd most targeted religious group in US after Jews, Muslims: FBI report

Around 60 incidents of hate crimes against Sikhs were reported to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2018, making the community the third most commonly targeted religious group after Jews and Muslims in the US, according to an annual report released by the FBI on Tuesday. A total of 7,120
Nepal protesters burn Xi Jinping’s effigy in protest against Chinese encroachment

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s effigy was burnt on Monday during a protest against Bejing for encroaching upon a chunk of Nepal’s land. The protestors hit the streets of Saptari, Bardiya, Kapilvastu district on Monday and chanted slogans against China. The protestors held play-cards, banners a
At least 15 dead, 58 injured as two trains collide in eastern Bangladesh

At least 15 people were killed and 58 others injured when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh early Tuesday, police said. Three coaches were sent tumbling off the tracks at Mondolbhag station in the town of Kasba when a Dhaka-bound intercity train and a locomotive bound for Chittagong colli
Australia battles bushfires, prepares for ‘catastrophic’ conditions

Australian firefighters raced on Sunday to contain widespread bushfires that have left three people dead, and warned of “catastrophic” fire conditions ahead, including around the country’s biggest city of Sydney. Authorities upgraded the forecast for the greater Sydney region to catastrophic fire
Keith Vaz, longest-serving British Indian MP, retires after 32 years
Keith Vaz, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 1987 and went on to win eight subsequent elections, on Sunday announced his retirement amidst questions about his candidature for the December 12 election and his role in a drugs and sex row. Vaz, 62, is of Goa origin and has been a prom
Man eaten by shark, wife identifies remains through wedding ring: report

London: A British tourist was believed to have been eaten by a shark during a luxury trip to celebrate his wife's 40th birthday while swimming in what was deemed a "safe" lagoon, it was reported on Friday. The victim, identified as civil servant Richard Martyn Turner, from Edinburgh, was snorkell
Chinese pilot suspended for life after passenger cockpit photo goes viral

The captain of a Chinese airliner who allegedly allowed a young woman passenger into the cockpit during a flight has been suspended for life after her photo went viral, according to state media reports. A photo of the woman sitting in the cockpit of the airplane with her fingers making a V-shaped
After Bhindranwale poster, Pakistan displays ‘Indian bomb’ at Durbar Sahib in Kartarpur

A day before the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor that will allow Indian pilgrims to travel without visas to neighbouring Pakistan to the gurdwara built at the spot where Guru Nanak spent his final years, the project was embroiled in a fresh controversy due to an exhibit put up at the site by Pakis