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US designates Hafiz Saeed’s MML as terrorist outfit
Washington: In a major setback to Hafiz Saeed's political ambitions, the US today designated the Milli Muslim League (MML), the political front of Pakistan-based Mumbai attack mastermind-led Jamaat-ud Dawa, as a foreign terrorist…
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Pak EC tells Hafiz Saeed’s MML to bring clearance from interior ministry for registration
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Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday asked the Milli Muslim League (MML), the political front of Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud Dawa, to produce a clearance certificate by the interior ministry for its registration as…
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Pak Army chief approves death penalty for 10 terrorists
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Islamabad: Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday approved death penalty for 10 "hardcore terrorists" including those who shot dead Amjad Sabri, one of the country's renowned Sufi Qawwals.
In a statement, the military's…
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18 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria: emergency services
Kano (Nigeria): At least 18 people were killed and 84 wounded when Boko Haram jihadists clashed with Nigerian soldiers near the northeastern city of Maiduguri overnight, the emergency services agency said today.
"So far we have recovered…
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Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth
Beijing: A defunct uncontrolled Chinese space laboratory re-entered the Earth's atmosphere today and plunged in the South Pacific, Chinese officials said.
Eight-tonne Tiangong-1 was mostly burnt up in the atmosphere, China's Manned Space…
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7 Indians among 15 oil workers killed in bus collision in Kuwait
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Kuwait City: Fifteen oil workers, most of them from the Indian subcontinent, were killed Sunday in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait, officials said.
Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were…
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Attacks in Burkina capital near French embassy, military HQ
Ougadougou: The capital of Burkina Faso came under assault today, with attacks unfolding near the French embassy, the French cultural centre and the country's military headquarters, an AFP reporter and witnesses said.
Witnesses said five…
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Pak summons Indian envoy over ‘unprovoked firing’
Islamabad: Pakistan summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the second consecutive day today over the "unprovoked firing" by Indian troops across the Line of Control.
Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia…
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US says it cannot confirm whether Nirav Modi is in America
Washington: The US government is aware of the media reports that diamond jeweller Nirav Modi is in the country but is unable to confirm them, a State Department official said today.
Modi, his uncle Mehul Choksi and others are being…
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At least 30 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire: media
Baku: At least 30 people died as a fire tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early today, the local APA news agency reported.
Firefighters and rescuers of Azerbaijan's emergencies ministry had…
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