Quiet diplomacy
July 22 ,2020
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The Express Tribune had recently reported on quiet diplomatic efforts being initiated by the two countries, citing dip...
ANGER OVER NETANYAHU'S VIRUS RESPONSE, CORRUPTION CHARGES
July 22 ,2020
Reimposed coronavirus curbs after a rise in new COVID-19 cases have prompted Israelis demanding better state aid to take to the str...
LADAKH DISENGAGEMENT SLOWS DOWN, SAY SOURCES
July 22 ,2020
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China has not pulled back troops from all the areas that it had intruded into Ladakh near the Line of Actual Con...
TALIBAN RELEASE 16 AFGHAN GOVT PRISONERS IN BALKH
July 22 ,2020
The Taliban released 16 Afghan government prisoners in Balkh province on Tuesday, confirmed Munir Farhad, a spokesman for the provincia...
US ABRUPTLY ORDERS CHINA TO CLOSE CONSULATE IN HOUSTON
July 22 ,2020
The United States has told the Chinese consulate in Houston to shut down in three days, citing a need to protect American intellectual...
PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH PREMIERS HOLD RARE TELEPHONIC TALK
July 22 ,2020
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The prime ministers of Pakistan and Bangladesh held a telephonic conversation on Wednesday afternoon in a rare occurre...
DALIT MAN BEATEN, HEAD SHAVED ALLEGEDLY BY ANDHRA COPS ON...
July 22 ,2020
A Dalit man in Andhra Pradesh was beaten and his head and moustache shaved allegedly by two policemen acting on behalf of an MLA of the...
COVID-19: BANGLADESH REPORTS 42 NEW DEATHS, 2,744 CASES IN...
July 22 ,2020
The death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh climbed to 2,751 on Wednesday with 42 more people succumbing to the disease in the past 24 h...
BANGLADESH IDENTIFIED AS CHAMPION COUNTRY FOR GCM IMPLEMEN...
July 22 ,2020
Bangladesh is one of the 18 countries primarily identified as a champion country for Global Compact of Migration (GCM) implementation....
US LEADING IN COVID-19 TESTING WITH 50 MILLION, INDIA SECO...
July 22 ,2020
The United States is leading the world in terms of COVID-19 testing and India is at the second position, President Donald Trump said wh...
CID INVESTIGATES THREAT ON PRESIDENT GOTABAYA’S LIFE
July 22 ,2020
The Commissioner-General of Prisons has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on a threat to the lives of...
BIDEN PLEDGES TO UNDO ‘MUSLIM BAN’ ON FIRST DAY IN OFFICE
July 22 ,2020
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has said that he would overturn President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban on his first day in...
China-Pak Shorten JF-17 Production period to 15 days for E...
July 22 ,2020
Production rate of the JF-17 combat jet has been ramped up with China and Pakistan managing to reduce production period of each jet by...
9 TALIBAN KILLED IN ATTACK ON GHAZNI CITY
July 22 ,2020
At least nine Taliban were killed and three others were wounded in an attack on security forces in central Ghazni province on Tuesday n...
14 INJURED IN SHOOTING AT FUNERAL IN CHICAGO: POLICE
July 22 ,2020
At least 14 people were injured in connection with a shooting on Tuesday outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side, accordin...
CHINESE COVID-19 VACCINE STARTS FINAL TESTS IN BRAZIL
July 22 ,2020
A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the...
US HOUSE POISED TO VOTE ON REVERSING TRUMP'S 'MUSLIM BAN'
July 22 ,2020
The United States House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on legislation reversing President Donald Trump's controversial...
AA SETS UP ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS IN RAKHINE
July 22 ,2020
The Arakan Army (AA) has set up civil administrations in parts of Rakhine state, collecting taxes and arresting illegal drug users &mda...
7 SECURITY FORCES MEMBERS KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK IN KAND...
July 22 ,2020
At least seven security force members were killed in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Kandahar on Tuesday, Kandahar police...
India designed two-front war theory to draw US’ economic,...
July 22 ,2020
CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
Are they really serious when successive Indian army chiefs say they are preparing for a two-front war? Or is a...
US carrier conducts drills with India near key chokepoint...
July 22 ,2020
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group steams in formation alongside Indian Navy ships during a cooperative deployment in the Indian Ocean o...
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