SAM EVENING DIGEST: FACEBOOK BANS POLITICIAN FROM INDIA'S...
September 3 ,2020
Ajit Mohan, managing director of Facebook India, leaves Parliament after his deposition before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday [Ad...
INDIA WITH G-4 SERVES ULTIMATUM ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL REF...
September 3 ,2020
India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, has served an ultimatum that the supporters of Security Council reforms will be forced to...
US STATES TOLD BE READY TO DISTRIBUTE COVID-19 VACCINE BY...
September 3 ,2020
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is asking US states to remove barriers to distribu...
CANADA, NETHERLANDS JOIN GAMBIA'S GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST MY...
September 3 ,2020
Canada and the Netherlands will formally join The Gambia's legal bid to hold Myanmar accountable over allegations of genocide against i...
US BLACKLISTS ICC PROSECUTOR OVER AFGHANISTAN WAR CRIMES P...
September 3 ,2020
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3 CIVILIANS KILLED, 1 WOUNDED IN NANGARHAR IED BLAST
September 3 ,2020
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PAKISTAN BLOCKS TINDER, OTHER DATING APPS OVER 'IMMORAL' C...
September 3 ,2020
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PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM 25 COUNTRIES INCLUDING BANGLADESH...
September 3 ,2020
Saudi Arabian Airlines cited requirements for travel to 25 countries including Bangladesh and announced seven conditions for the passen...
PM MODI'S WEBSITE ACCOUNT HACKED, TWITTER "ACTIVELY INVEST...
September 3 ,2020
The Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website and mobile app was hacked early this morning, the social media g...
SAM MORNING BRIEF: INDIA’S STEALTH MOVE TO CAPTURE BORDER...
September 3 ,2020
Within China, the appetite for more aggressive moves (against India) appears to be growing. A joint survey launched by the Communist Pa...
IAF's Rafale jets in danger due to bird menace near Ambala...
September 3 ,2020
Just a week before the formal induction of Rafale fighter jets at Amabala Air Base in India’s northern state of Haryana, the Indi...
SAM MORNING BRIEF: INDIA’S STEALTH MOVE TO CAPTURE BORDER...
September 3 ,2020
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BANGLADESH GOVT TO BUY LNG FROM SPOT MARKET FOR THE FIRST...
September 3 ,2020
The government has decided to buy liquified natural gas (LNG) from the spot market for the first time – a move that would help th...
INDIA CONFIRMS US$ 100 MILLION OFFER FOR SOLAR PROJECTS IN...
September 3 ,2020
The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay called on the Minister of Power, Dullas Alahapperuma today.
He congratulated...
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT TO TAKE UP INDIAN SPY JADHAV CASE TOD...
September 3 ,2020
A three-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up the government’s appeal to appoint a lawyer for Indian spy Ku...
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September 3 ,2020
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September 3 ,2020
President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Wednesday met with the n...
AFGHAN GOVT RESUMES RELEASE OF 'HARDCORE' TALIBAN PRISONER...
September 3 ,2020
The Afghan government has begun the release of the last portion of Taliban detainees, following the Taliban's release of Afghan command...
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September 3 ,2020
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September 3 ,2020
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Two-state solution needed for Palestine, Qatar emir tells...
September 3 ,2020
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