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US Congress blocking funds for Pak F-16 purchaseDawn.com, WashingtonThe United States (US) administration is withholding funds earmarked for Pakistan’s purchase of eight F-16 fighter jets,...
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China won’t allow chaos or war on Korean peninsula: Xi
Reuters, Beijing :China will not allow chaos and war to break out on the Korean peninsula, which would be to no one’s advantage, Chinese President...
Hospital hit in Syria as UN warns talks unravelling
Agencies, Aleppo :At least 27 people have been killed in a Syrian government air strike on a hospital in the city of Aleppo as the...
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Obama to visit water crisis-hit MichiganAFP, Washington President Barack Obama will next week travel to Flint, Michigan, where a crisis over tainted water has become...
N Korea rushes to re-test intermediate missile, fails again: South Korea
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea fired what appeared to have been an intermediate range ballistic missile on Thursday but it crashed seconds after the test launch,...
UN chief slams ‘increasingly restrictive’ EU refugee policies
AFP, Vienna :UN chief Ban Ki-moon hit out on Thursday at what he called “increasingly restrictive” refugee policies in Europe as the continent faces its...
Trump vows to spearhead `America-first` policy if elected
AP, Washington :A day after sweeping primaries across the Northeast on his march to the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump sought to boost his commander-in-chief...
UN rejects Israel’s claim over Golan Heights
Agencies, United Nations :The UN Security Council has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the annexed Golan Heights in Syria would “for ever”...
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Israel forces kill two PalestiniansReuters, JerusalemIsraeli police shot dead a Palestinian woman and a man on Wednesday, saying they had tried to stab security forces...
Russia ready to join Afghan talks
Reuters, Moscow : Russia is ready to join stuttering peace talks on Afghanistan if interests of all parties taking part in them are respected, including Afghanistan...
Secularism will be in new constitution: Turkey’s PM
AFP, Ankara :Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday pledged that Turkey’s draft constitution would guarantee secularism after calls for a religious charter sparked controversy in...
UN chief says end `madness` of nuclear weapon testing
AFP, Vienna :UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for the US, China and other nuclear-armed states to end the “madness” of atomic testing by finally...