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6-year-old Indian girl died in US desert as mother went to look for water

A six-year-old migrant child from India died of heat stroke after her mother left her with other migrants to go in search of water, a medical examiner and U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday. The girl, Gurupreet Kaur, who was soon to celebrate her seventh birthday, was found on Wednesday by U.S. Bo

Apples, Almonds, Walnuts to get costlier from next week as India slaps retaliatory tariffs on US goods

New Delhi: India is preparing to impose higher tariffs on some US goods including almonds, walnuts and apples next week after a delay of about a year, two sources said, following Washington's withdrawal of key trade privileges for New Delhi. From June 5, President Donald Trump scrapped trade priv

Palestine honours Indian with ‘Star of Jerusalem’ award

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has conferred an Indian national with the Star of Jerusalem medal, one of the highest honours given to foreign nationals by the Palestinian Authority. At an event organised to honour Sheikh Mohammad Munir Ansari on Thursday evening, Mr. Abbas thanked him for

Israeli PM thanks PM Modi for India's vote against Palestinian group

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for voting in favour of a decision introduced by the Jewish state that objected to granting consultative status to a Palestinian group at the UN's Economic and Social Council. In a rare move, Ind

Pak action against terror groups post Pulwama attack still reversible: US

Washington: Pakistan has taken some steps against terror groups post the Pulwama attack but they are still reversible, a top US official said on Wednesday, urging the Pakistani leadership to take sustained, irreversible, and permanent actions against terrorists operating in the country and areas und

Sri Lanka seeks India's help to counter terrorism: PM Wickremesinghe

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Monday that he sought India's help to train the country's security forces in counter-terrorism during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi on Sunday became the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the deadly E

Thousands take out protest march in Hong Kong against China extradition bill

Hong Kong: Thousands of protesters rallied in central Hong Kong, seizing two main highways on Wednesday, in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China. The Asian financial hub was rocked over the weekend by the largest protest march since the city's 1997 re

Trump says India's 50% tariff on US motorcycles unacceptable

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that even though India has reduced its import tariff on American motorcycles from 100 percent to 50 percent, it is still too high and not acceptable to him. Trump said the United States, under his leadership, is a country that can no longer be fooled.

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari arrested in fake bank accounts case

The National Accountability Bureau on Monday arrested former Pakistan president and Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in connection with a fake bank accounts case. Zardari’s arrest came hours after the Islamabad High Court refused to extend bail granted to Zardari and his sister F

US newspapers struggle but Google made $4.7bn from news in 2018: Report

As small and medium newspapers shut shop and big media houses handed over pink slips to journalists worldwide, Google alone made a whopping $4.7 billion from its Search and Google News in 2018 -- nearly as much as the entire US news industry made as a whole last year. According to a report in The

In a boost to neighbourhood policy, India to gift Maldives cricket stadium

NEW DELHI: Former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj received a rather unusual request when she visited the Maldives in March—would India help build a cricket stadium in the atoll nation? The request was made during a discussion on cooperation in youth affairs and sports. India indicated it would, sensi

Bangladesh airlines pilot flying to bring PM back home caught without passport at Qatar airport

Dhaka: A Bangladeshi pilot, who flew a special plane to bring Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from Finland after her three-nation visit, was caught without his passport at Qatar's international airport, according to media reports. Captain Fazal Mahmud of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was denied ent

Two dead, 100 injured as storm hits Nepal`s far-western region

Kathmandu: At least two people lost their lives and a hundred were injured after a storm hit Nepal`s Kailali and Kanchanpur districts in the Far-Western Development Region on Thursday evening.   While 77 people were wounded due to the storms in Kailali, 23 people have been injured in Kanc

Trump blames India, China for pollution, says US has the cleanest climate

London: US President Donald Trump has claimed that India, China and Russia do not have a sense of pollution and cleanliness. His statement came in context to the World Health Organisation data that shows average air pollution levels are much higher in the three countries than the United States, even

German nurse who killed 85 patients in his care sentenced to life

Oldenburg: A German nurse believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the country's post-war history was handed a life sentence Thursday for murdering 85 patients in his care. Judge Sebastian Buehrmann called Niels Hoegel's killing spree "incomprehensible". The 42-year-old murdered patie

In rare move, Pakistan military agrees to defence budget cut amid economic woes

In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan’s military has decided to cut the defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to solve the cash-strapped nation’s economic woes. Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relatio

Pakistan Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood offers Eid prayers at Delhi’s Jama Masjid

Pakistan Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood arrived here on a three-day private visit on Tuesday night, diplomatic sources said. On Wednesday, he offered Eid prayers at historic Jama Masjid in New Delhi. Mahmood was Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India before he assumed charge of the top post in m

Sri Lanka's muslim officials quit in solidarity with minister accused of supporting easter bombers

Colombo: Eight Muslim government officials in Sri Lanka quit their portfolios on Monday in solidarity with the industry minister accused by the opposition of supporting Islamist militants who killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday. However, the three ministers and five junior ministers only