100 days of Modi
Reuters, New Delhi :In his first 100 days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has protected the food security of millions of Indians on the global arena,...
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Imran Khan ‘plotted with army to oust Nawaz Sharif’, colleague claims
The Telegraph :Imran Khan, the Pakistani opposition leader, plotted with army chiefs to oust the country’s elected prime minister, his own party president claimed on...
Japan to sell defense equipment to India
Agency :During his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not have closed a deal on nuclear energy cooperation, but he is returning with...
If I want to, I can take Kiev, warns Putin
The Independent :Russian president Vladimir Putin has allegedly threatened he “can take Kiev in two weeks”, in remarks made to the outgoing president of the...
Iraq retakes more towns from IS
Al-Jazera.com :Iraqi Kurdish forces and Shia armed volunteers have retaken more northern towns from the Islamic State group, killing at least two of its senior...
Russia, NATO square off over Ukraine
AFP, Moscow :Russia vowed on Tuesday to adopt a beefed-up military doctrine over NATO’s plans to establish a rapid-response team that could ward off the...
Pak army removes protesters from PTV offices
BBC Online :Pakistan’s national television channel is back on air after security forces removed anti-government protesters from its headquarters in Islamabad.Troops were sent in to...
Militias take control of Tripoli govt offices
AFP, Benghazi :Libya’s toothless outgoing government admitted Monday it had lost control of government offices in Tripoli to armed militias.The interim government led by prime...
Seven dead in Paris flats explosion
BBC Online :A seventh body has been recovered after a residential block of flats in Paris was destroyed by an explosion.Authorities have linked the blast...
Obama under fire over foreign policy
Al-Jazeera.com :President Barack Obama has come under renewed criticism over his foreign policy from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers as he wrestled with crises in...
Germany offers military aid against IS group
Al-Jazeera.com :Germany will send enough weapons to arm 4,000 Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq battling against Islamic State group fighters, whose advances threaten to destabilise...
Dozens of Turkish cop detained over ‘anti-govt plot’
Reuters, Istanbul :Dozens of Turkish police officers, including a former chief of a police financial unit, were detained on Monday in a fresh wave of...