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India plans to buy Spike missiles from Israel to boost its anti-tank capabilities against Pakistan

NEW DELHI: In order to boost its anti-tank capability against arch-rival Pakistan, the Government of India is reportedly keen on buying 'Spike' missiles from Israel. According to a Bloomberg report, the Government of India (GoI) may soon place an order for buying the Spike anti-tank guided missil

Russian pilot found alive 30 years after shot down in Afghanistan

Moscow, Russia: A Russian pilot who was missing presumed dead after his plane was shot down three decades ago during the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan has been found alive and wants to come home, Russian military veterans said Friday. "He is still alive. It's very astonishing. Now he needs h

After Trump pardon, Dinesh D’Souza slams attorney who indicted him

A day after being granted a full pardon by US President Donald Trump, Indian American political commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza Thursday targeted former attorney Preet Bharara — who had indicted him in 2014 for violating federal campaign law — for wanting to “destroy a fellow Indian America

Belgium ‘terror attack’ kills 3

A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gun battle at a school in what prosecutors are treating as a terrorist attack. The man was named by public broadcaster RTBF as a 36-year-old petty criminal who had been let out on day-

North Korea official in US for talks on summit, differences remain

A senior North Korean official made a rare visit to the United States on Wednesday for talks about a possible summit between the leaders of the two countries but the sides appeared far apart on the central issue of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. Kim Yong Chol, a close aide of North Korean leader Kim J

Father of French boy saved by Malian ‘Spiderman’ was on street playing Pokemon Go: Officials

The family of the young boy saved by “Spiderman” Mamoudou Gassama in a daring rescue that won him global acclaim and a promise of French citizenship has thanked the Malian youth for his quick thinking. Gassama, 22, scaled four storeys of an apartment bloc in France on Saturday to rescue the four-

Sikh leader and rights activist gunned down in Pakistan

Peshawar: A renowned Sikh religious leader and rights activist was today gunned down here in Pakistan's northwestern city, according to a media report. Charnjit Singh, 52, was killed inside his shop in Scheme Chowk area in the outskirts of the city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Express Tribune

Australia holds hope MH370 will be found as last search ends

Canberra: Australia said it held out hope Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 would one day be found as the last search of the seabed in the remote Indian Ocean where it was believed to have been lost was scheduled to end today. Malaysia said last week the search by Texas-based company Ocean Infinity wo

Indian origin girl's death triggers protests in South Africa

Johannesburg: A nine-year-old Indian-origin girl was on Monday killed in a botched car hijacking, leading to angry protests by the community members in the Indian township of Chatsworth in Durban. The girl, Sadia Sukhraj, was on her way to school with her father when three armed men allegedly acc

Egypt’s top court orders temporary suspension of YouTube over 2012 Prophet Muhammad video

Egypt's top administrative court ruled on Saturday that regulators must block the video file-sharing site YouTube for one month over a video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, a lawyer who filed the case told Reuters. A lower administrative court had ordered that the Ministry of Communications an

China to host Iranian president Hassan Rouhani amid nuclear deal doubt

China will host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani next month at a regional summit in a Chinese coastal city, the country’s foreign ministry said on Monday, as major power scramble to save Iran’s nuclear deal after the United States pulled out. Rouhani will pay a working visit to China and attend t

Sushma Swaraj intervenes to help 15 Indians stranded in Everest

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj intervened on Saturday to help some 15 Indians stranded near Everest after some of them tweeted about their plight to her. “Currently stranded in Lukla since two days, Nepal, with copter company looters refusing to evacuate us to Kathmandu unless we pay 600

Indian eatery blast: Canadian police hunt for 2 suspects

Toronto, May 26: Police in Canada were on Saturday looking for the two suspects who detonated a powerful bomb inside an Indian restaurant in Ontario province, leaving 15 people injured, media reports said. The two suspects with their faces covered entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant late on Thursday

Summit with Kim may still happen: US Prez Donald Trump

WASHINGTON: The US-North Korea nuclear summit is back in the realms of possibility. The two sides continue to play hot and cold on the proposed meeting between their leaders, but President Trump himself indicated on Friday that they had reengaged in talks after they had broken down over what Pyongya

Pakistan Military summons former ISI boss Durrani over book co-authored with ex-RAW Chief

New Delhi: Two days after the release of his book The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace, former ISI chief Asad Durrani has been summoned at the Pakistani army headquarters. Durrani, who co-authored the book with former RAW chief AS Dulat, has been accused of “violating the military

Deadly monsoon rains lash Sri Lanka

Heavy monsoon rain in Sri Lanka has left at least 12 people dead and more than 40,000 others displaced across the country. Officials ordered the military to help those affected by the showers, believed to be upwards of 100,000 people so far. The country's disaster management agency has issued

India may not cooperate with Trump administration’s sanctions on Iran: US report

The degree to which India and the Indian firms will cooperate with the Trump administration’s reimposed sanctions on Iran is not certain, a Congressional report has said, asserting that New Delhi does not agree with the United States that the Tehran has violated the nuclear deal. According to the

Bomb blast in Indian restaurant in Toronto suburb, Sushma Swaraj tweets emergency number

Toronto: Two unidentified men walked into an Indian restaurant on Thursday in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing, local police said. Reacting to the news, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said that Indian embassy in Can