TIKTOK TO FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON...
August 23 ,2020
TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting transact...
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August 23 ,2020
Maryanne Trump Barry, President Donald Trump’s older sister and a former federal judge, described him as a liar who has “no...
CHINA LAUNCHES NEW OPTICAL REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE
August 23 ,2020
China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:27...
GANDHI'S ICONIC GLASSES SELL FOR $340,000 IN UK
August 23 ,2020
A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for £260,000 (about €288,0...
INDIA SURPASSES 3 MILLION COVID-19 CASES
August 23 ,2020
India’s coronavirus tally crossed the 3 million case mark, the country health ministry said Sunday.
The country crossed that mar...
TALIBAN UNIT LEADER ARRESTED IN KABUL OPERATION
August 23 ,2020
Mullah Akhtar, a Taliban unit leader, was arrested during a joint operation in Kabul province on Saturday night, the Ministry of Defens...
ZEMARAI PAIKAN ARRESTED BY SECURITY FORCES IN KABUL
August 23 ,2020
Zemarai Paikan, a former commander of the Afghan National Civil Order Police who was sentenced to prison for corruption, has been arres...
4 IED BLASTS, ASSAULT BY GUNMEN IN KABUL
August 23 ,2020
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TALIBAN MUST REDUCE VIOLENCE, SAYS GEN. MILLER
August 23 ,2020
The commander of NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, in a visit to the north of the country with Deputy...
PAKISTAN ALWAYS AT FOREFRONT OF ALL INTERNATIONAL INITIATI...
August 23 ,2020
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said that Pakistan will continue to advance international efforts to protect individu...
ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370 HAS CHANGED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN...
August 23 ,2020
In a hard hitting joint statement on Saturday, leaders of the opposition parties who were signatory to the Gupkar Declaration issued la...
CHINA READY TO WORK WITH PAKISTAN TO JOINTLY PROMOTE COOPE...
August 23 ,2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China was ready to work with Pakistan to jointly promote cooperation among regional countries....
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August 23 ,2020
The Bombay High Court on Saturday quashed the FIRs filed against 29 foreign nationals who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in the nat...
MS Dhoni departs cricket with the sport now shaped to his...
August 23 ,2020
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China sees Biden as tough but predictable
August 23 ,2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Conv...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says US demand for Iran s...
August 23 ,2020
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi lashed out at the US on Friday for its “completely unreasonable” demand to reimpose sancti...
Malaysian GDP plunge fuels talk of post-COVID economic rem...
August 23 ,2020
The view overlooking Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's gross domestic product plummeted 17.1% on the year in the April-June period. ...
‘India cannot afford to think of permanent friends anymore...
August 23 ,2020
Constantino Xavier is a Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings India in New Delhi and the Brookings Institution in Washingt...
UEC yet to confirm PACE monitoring of the 2020 general ele...
August 23 ,2020
The Executive Director Sai Ye Kyaw Swar Myint of the People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE) said that Union Election Com...
Photojournalist from IIOJK wins 2020 Peter Mackler Award
August 23 ,2020
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India is watching: Boeing testing F/A-18 super hornets in...
August 23 ,2020
International defense contractor Boeing has been utilizing a ground-based ski jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland-not...
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