HAVE MILITARY OPTION TO DEAL WITH CHINA IF TALKS FAIL: GEN...
August 24 ,2020
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said today that India has "military options" to deal with China regarding the incursions in...
AT FIERY CONGRESS MEET, GHULAM NABI AZAD OFFERS TO RESIGN:...
August 24 ,2020
Sonia Gandhi today said she "wants to be relieved" of the post of interim Congress president and urged her colleagues to start looking...
BANGLADESH REJECTS ANY NOTION OF ROHINGYAS’ LOCAL INTEGRAT...
August 24 ,2020
Bangladesh rejects any notion of local integration of the Rohingyas and is committed to ensuring their repatriation to Myanmar, Foreign...
KARU JAYASURIYA SAYS HE HAS OFFERED TO LEAD THE UNP
August 24 ,2020
Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya says he has offered to lead the United National Party (UNP) following several requests made to him...
SPECIAL FORCES ATTEMPT ARREST OF EX-AFF CHAIRMAN
August 24 ,2020
The Afghan special forces with air support on Sunday night in north-eastern Panjshir province attempted to arrest Keramuddin Karim, ex-...
POMPEO TO TOUR MIDDLE EAST AS PART OF TRUMP'S ARAB-ISRAELI...
August 24 ,2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due in Jerusalem on Monday to start a tour focused on Israel's normalisation of ties with the UA...
JAPAN PM SHINZO ABE VISITS HOSPITAL AGAIN AMID HEALTH WORR...
August 24 ,2020
Abe, already the country's longest-serving prime minister, was set to surpass a half-century-old record set by his great-uncle Eisaku...
WHO WILL LEAD CONGRESS? GANDHIS RELUCTANT, BIG MEET TODAY
August 24 ,2020
Sonia Gandhi, 73, will either resign immediately or give the party a deadline to find a new chief, sources said on the meeting of the C...
Afghan Taliban visit Pakistan to discuss peace process
August 24 ,2020
A delegation from the Afghan Taliban is arriving in Pakistan to discuss the ongoing peace process with the Pakistani leadership ahead o...
CHINA APPROVES EMERGENCY USAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINES: OFFIC...
August 24 ,2020
China has authorised emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines developed by some select domestic companies, a Chinese health official has sa...
ISLAMABAD REJECTS NEW DELHI’S CLAIMS ON IIOJK
August 24 ,2020
Pakistan on Sunday strongly rejected the "unwarranted and irresponsible" comments made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...
AFGHAN TALIBAN DELEGATION DUE TO VISIT PAKISTAN
August 24 ,2020
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar – the head of the Afghan Taliban’s political office in Doha – is going to visit Pakistan a...
IRAQI ASSIGNED TO LEAD DAESH’S KHORASAN BRANCH: BBC
August 24 ,2020
An Iraqi citizen, Shahab al Muhajir, has been appointed as the new designated governor of Daesh’s Khorasan branch, according to a...
OBSTACLES TO TALKS WILL BE REMOVED SOON: SOURCES
August 24 ,2020
Sources within the government said the obstacles preventing the release of Taliban prisoners--and the start of the intra-Afghan negotia...
GOVT FORCES REPORT FOREIGN FIGHTERS AMONG TALIBAN
August 24 ,2020
Government forces in border areas of the country said foreign fighters, particularly Pakistani citizens, are fighting against them with...
Donald Trump says US and China could decouple, if ‘they do...
August 24 ,2020
US President Donald Trump says America would decouple from China if “they don’t treat us right”, as a planned review...
WeChat users in US sue Donald Trump over order banning Chi...
August 24 ,2020
Some US-based users of WeChat are suing American President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effect...
Cyprus sold passports to criminals and fugitives
August 24 ,2020
Convicted fraudsters, money launderers and political figures accused of corruption are among dozens of people from more than 70 countri...
China launches advanced warship for Pakistan Navy
August 24 ,2020
The Pakistan Navy inducted the 054 frigate ship, manufactured in China, in its naval fleet on Sunday. The launching ceremony for the sh...
Does India have a Chinese stealth fighter problem?
August 24 ,2020
The Chinese are seeking to intimidate India’s military by deploying two J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighters just several hundr...
India’s frontier paradox
August 24 ,2020
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