NAYPYIDAW COMMITTED TO TAKE BACK ROHINGYAS AS PER DEAL: MY...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar international affairs minister Kyaw Tin has said his country is committed to take back their people, the Rohingyas, under the agreement signed...
BSF DETAINS BANGLADESHI ALONG NAOGAON BORDER
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
India's Border Security Force (BSF) detained a Bangladeshi man from along Naogaon's Porsha Upazila border on Friday morning, reports UNB.
Naogaon 16...
McConnell privately says he wants Trump gone as Republican...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
As the House prepares to send articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, CNN has learned that dozens of influential Republicans around Washingto...
Lockdown will take toll on Malaysia’s already steep yield...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysia’s yield curve has raced higher over the past year and is now near the steepest since 2017. The return to a strict lockdown and delays t...
Tough tests for Joe Biden in 'new' Middle East
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
"Folks, it's a time of testing." So said America's new president in Wednesday's inauguration speech before listing the tests the country faces and con...
Most dangerous battle tanks in Pakistani service: From Al...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
T-80UD, Al Zarrar, VT-4 and Al Khalid Tanks (clockwise from top left)
Faced by much larger armoured units deployed by the Indian Army on its bord...
Pakistan, India spar at UNGA over minority rights in each...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
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Pakistan and India sparred on Friday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) over the situation of minority rights...
Elections will be held in free and fair manner, says Nepal...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the upcoming midterm elections would be held in a fair, impartial and free manner.
"The country is g...
Sri Lanka to conduct investigation into war crime allegati...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka will conduct an investigation into allegations its troops committed war crimes during a conflict with Tamil separatists, it said on Friday (...
EIGHT SECURITY FORCE MEMBERS KILLED IN BAGHLAN, NIMROZ
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
At least members of the Afghan forces were killed in Taliban attacks in Nimroz and Baghlan province on Thursday evening, sources and officials said....
Pakistan banks on ‘shared interests’ in US ties
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan on Thursday said it was looking forward to working with the new US administration, as US Secretary of Defence-designate termed Islamabad an "...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 22 JANUARY
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
PICTURE OF THE DAYKOLKATA, INDIA
Facemasks of Hindu pilgrims kept for drying are pictured at the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 22 JANUARY
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
PICTURE OF THE DAYKOLKATA, INDIA
Facemasks of Hindu pilgrims kept for drying are pictured at the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay...
HAL successfully test fires smart anti-airfield weapon fro...
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Thursday successfully test fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft off the coa...
CHINA TO GIFT HALF A MILLION COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES TO PAK...
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday announced that China will gift Pakistan half a million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of January....
5 KILLED IN FIRE AT PUNE'S SERUM INSTITUTE’S MANJRI PLANT
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
At least five were killed in a fire that tore through India's Covid-19 vaccine producer Serum Institue of India on Thursday. The deaths were confirmed...
‘THANK YOU’: HASINA TO MODI
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday thanked her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending the Oxford vaccine produced in India as a gift for B...
BANGLADESH PM SHEIKH HASINA GREETS JOE BIDEN
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated Joe Biden, the 46th president of the US, who took oath of office on Wednesday, especially for his count...
Malaysia's king works to restore public trust in the monar...
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Muhyiddin Yassin, pictured at the parliament on Nov. 26, 2020: the king's consent to an emergency can be seen as a royal rebuke. © ...
Australia delays Covid-19 vaccine roll-out to study outcom...
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Australia wants to understand how the vaccine has been working in other parts of the world.PHOTO: AFP
Most countries with access to Covid-19 vacc...
Xi indulges in 'coffee diplomacy' for reset in Sino-US tie...
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese President Xi Jinping understands that the world's two biggest economies need each other to further prosper.PHOTO: REUTERS
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