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Indian arrested for stealing cash in Thailand

Bangkok: An Indian man has been arrested for stealing cash belonging to an Egyptian passenger at the Suvarnabhumi Airport here, the police said. Police and airport officials launched an investigation after the Egyptian filed a complaint on Saturday, saying that cash in his luggage had been stolen

Pak army chief meets Iranian President Rouhani

Tehran: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa held a meeting with Iranian President”>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his ongoing visit to Iran. According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Iranian leadership thanked Gen Bajwa for his

Texas church shooting: At least 26 people killed, shooter identified

Sutherland Springs (Texas): At least 26 people were killed in Sunday’s church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, with the deceased ranging in age from 5 to 72 years old. The above-mentioned information was provided by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in a press conference. The shooter has been

Trump says Japan would shoot North Korean missiles 'out of sky' if it bought U.S. weaponry

TOKYO - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan would shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky” if it bought the U.S. weaponry needed for doing so, suggesting Tokyo take a stance it has avoided until now. North Korea is pursuing nuclear weapons and missile programs in defiance of U

Sikh politician in the US labelled a terrorist

A Sikh mayoral candidate in the US was labelled a terrorist in defamatory flyers which were left on car windshields only days before the election. The flyers targeted Ravinder Bhalla, the first Sikh to hold an elected office in New Jersey. Bhalla served as a Councilman. The election to replace

622,000 Rohingyas have taken refuge in Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that 622,000 Rohingyas have already arrived in the country and urged Myanmar to repatriate them immediately. Sheikh Hasina, who was speaking at the inauguration of the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Dhaka, also urged Mya

UK Court to hear Vijay Mallya extradition case soon, but it has already rejected 2 Indian extradition requests

A British Court which currently hears the extradition case of embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya has recently rejected two extradition requests by Indian authorities. The Westminster Magistrates'Court in London ruled in favour of UK based alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla on October 16 and als

Italy: Attacks on Indian students being investigated

New Delhi: The attacks on two Indian students in the Italian city of Milan are being investigated by the authorities there, a senior official said here on Friday. “The matter is under investigation by the local authorities,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in his weekly

US strikes IS in Somalia; claims it killed several terrorists

Washington: The US has conducted a pair of drone strikes against Islamic State fighters in Somalia, the first time America has hit the jihadists in the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. The strikes occurred in northeastern Somalia and killed “several terrorists,” the US military’s Africa Com

British PM’s party suspends MP over ‘serious allegations’

London: Britain’s ruling Conservatives suspended an MP over unspecified “serious allegations”, as Prime Minister Theresa May announced a new party code of conduct in response to a growing sexual harassment scandal. The action was taken yesterday against lawmaker Charlie Elphicke “following seriou

Turkish PM to visit United States on November 7-11

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will on Tuesday start a four-day trip to the United States, officials said, with ties between the two NATO allies enduring a rocky phase. “It has been confirmed that the prime minister’s visit to the United States will take place from November 7 to 1

Our Planet’s fever is rising: Scientists warn of ‘mass extinction’

Paris: Scientists monitoring Earth’s climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news in 2017, adding to the urgency of UN talks in Bonn next week tasked with ramping up efforts to tame global warming. Here’s a summary of recent findings. ‘1.1 degree Celsius’ Earth’s average su

Iran denies Al Qaeda ties, accuses CIA of spreading ‘fake news’ on bin Laden files

TEHRAN: Iran on Friday accused the CIA of spreading “fake news” about Tehrans support to the Al Qaeda, describing the claims as an attempt to “whitewash” the truth about the role US allies had in the September 11, 2001 attacks. “A record low for the reach of petrodollars: CIA & FDD fake news

China blocks move to list Masood Azhar as global terrorist: Official

For the second consecutive year, China on Thursday yet again blocked another resolution by the US, France and the UK to index Pakistan-based JeM chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations, saying “there is no consensus”, as reported by news

Suu Kyi visits Myanmar’s conflict-hit Rakhine state

Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday arrived in Rakhine on her first visit to the state since deadly violence broke out late August forcing over 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh. According to U Zaw Htay, director-general of the S

CIA releases thousands of Osama bin Laden files including his diary seized in raid

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.]: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Wednesday released a vast archive of intimate Al-Qaeda documents, including Osama bin Laden’s handwritten diary, seized in the deadly 2011 raid on his Pakistani compound. The CNN news quoted CIA Director Mike Pompeo as saying that

No evidence of China trying to dominate region: Chinese envoy

Washington: A top Chinese diplomat has said that people accusing China of indulging in “predatory economics” should “look into the mirror”, underlining that there is no evidence of China trying to dominate the region. Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai was responding to a question on the re

Indian students assaulted in Italy

Indian students have been assaulted in a string of incidents in northern Italy, the Indian Consulate in Milan has said. The Consulate General of India (CGI) in Milan yesterday issued an advisory to Indian students and asked them not to panic. “The Consulate has received reports of unfortunate