‘HYPOCRISY OF REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS’: ILTIJA MUFTI TAK...
January 27, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The daughter of detained former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday criticised the Centre from her mot...
US ready to assist Pakistan: Alice Wells
January 27, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Alice Wells, the top American diplomat dealing with South Asia, has acknowledged Pakistan's efforts for fulfilling the obligations of the Financial Ac...
Chief of Pakistan Naval Staff arrives in Sri Lanka
January 27, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Admiral Zafar Mahmood, Chief of the Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (25) for an off...
Release Kashmir politicians held without charge: US
January 27, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
A senior US diplomat has termed developments regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act a “vigorous democratic scrutiny”, while emphasising...
Afghan forces launch air, ground attacks on Taliban, killi...
January 27, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Afghan forces used ground attacks and air strikes in multiple operations against the Taliban during the last 24 hours, killing 51 fighters in an escal...
EU draft resolution says BJP govt is creating the “largest...
January 27, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The European Union’s Left MPs’ group has said in a resolution to be placed before the European parliament shortly, that India’s Citi...
DEMOCRATS CONCLUDE THEIR CASE: TRUMP’S TEAM UP NEXT
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
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Donald Trump’s lawyer prepared to deliver his first full-throated defense Saturday in the Senate’s historic impeachment tri...
CEASEFIRE CRITICAL FOR PEACE, GHANI REITERATES AT DAVOS
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
President Ashraf Ghani, during his two-day visit to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum 2020, met with world leaders including US President...
11 PEOPLE INCLUDING 7 FROM KERALA QUARANTINED IN INDIA AMI...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Eleven people — seven in Kerala, two in Mumbai and one each in Bengaluru and Hyderabad — who are among thousands of passengers who returne...
POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE JOLTS EASTERN TURKEY, KILLING 18
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people and collapsing buildings in affected towns near the centre of the tr...
CHINA CORONAVIRUS: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 41, MORE THAN 1,300...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
China said 41 people have now died from a new coronavirus that has infected more than 1,300 people globally, as health authorities arou...
Justice for Rohingya: On International Court of Justice ru...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The unanimous ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Thursday, on the prevention of alleged acts of genocide against Rohingya Muslims...
US SAYS 34 TROOPS DIAGNOSED WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AF...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq...
UK PAVES ROAD FOR PAKISTAN TRAVEL
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
More than six months after British Airways resumed operations to Pakistan, the United Kingdom on Friday relaxed its travel advisory for the country in...
'VIOLENCE REDUCTION' MUST MEAN 'NO CIV. CASUALTIES’: AMNES...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Amnesty International on Friday, in a message aimed at the US and the Taliban, stated that any potential agreement on the reduction in violence must i...
OPPOSING PUNJAB RIVER WATER TO NON-BASIN AREAS, ALL-PARTY...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Expressing grave concern over Punjab’s critical water situation, an all-party meeting, chaired by Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh on Thursda...
WAR CRIMES, NOT GENOCIDE: MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTRY
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar rejected accusations of “genocide” in a statement by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding yesterday’s I...
PAKISTAN’S NAVAL CHIEF TO VISIT SRI LANKA
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan’s Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi NI(M) is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on the invitation of SL Navy commander, Vice...
'We want them out': Iraq protesters call for US troops exi...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, after Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr called for a "million-strong" march to dem...
Wuhan's virus lockdown casts economic cloud over China’s C...
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Wuhan's status as a transport and manufacturing hub have fueled its economic rise and drawn comparisons with Chicago's role as a pivotal city in the c...
Philippine President May Skip US-ASEAN Summit in Las Vegas
January 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may skip an upcoming U.S.-ASEAN summit in Las Vegas, his spokesman said Thursday, a day after the former national...
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