China has tested its most powerful non-nuclear weapon, dubbed the “Mother of All Bombs” by official media in a reference to a US munition used in Afghanistan. In a short video published on the website of state arms manufacturer Norinco, the massive bomb drops on to a plain and produces a gigantic ball of fire […]
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he “looks forward to meeting the new leadership in Pakistan” but not without accusing Islamabad of “housing the enemy”, CNNreported. Trump’s remarks came when he was making a point about his ongoing disagreement with Congressional lawmakers over allocation of finances that has led to a partial shut down of […]
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday welcomed Pakistan’s decision to hand over schools affiliated with cleric Fethullah Gulen to a Turkish government foundation and declare Pak-Turk International Cag Education Foundation (PTICEF) a proscribed organisation. Erdogan said this while addressing a joint press conference following his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Presidential Palace in […]
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A crushing victory for Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an election overshadowed by allegations it was fixed raises fears about the future of democracy in Bangladesh, analysts say. Hasina’s Awami League party extended its decade-long grip on power by winning an unprecedented 98 per cent of seats while key opposition parties are now floundering in the wilderness with next to […]
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Hong Kong: A major tsunami struck China´s southern coast in 1076 causing “drastic cultural decline”, Chinese researchers say, in a study with implications for a densely populated region boasting multiple coastal nuclear power plants. There is a growing body of scientific evidence suggesting an earthquake in the Manila Trench sent a wall of water coursing […]
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Paris: 2018 was the hottest year in France since modern records began in 1900, the French meteorological service said Friday. “This year was the hottest France has known since modern meteorological measures came into use in 1900,” Meteo-France said. The average temperature of 14 degrees centigrade (57.2 Fahrenheit) was 1.4 degrees above the average recorded […]
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GAZA CITY: Two Palestinians died from their wounds after being shot Friday by Israeli soldiers, bringing to three the number of protesters killed in clashes along the Gaza border, health officials in the enclave said. Abdelaziz Abu Sharia, 38, and Naher Yasin, 40, were shot in separate incidents as Palestinians staged protests along the frontier […]
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Hamid Nehal Ansari illegally entered Pakistan from Afghanistan in 2012 to meet a woman he had fallen for on the social media network. But Pakistani police were waiting for him at the woman’s house and arrested him on the spot. The engineer was later jailed for spying and forging documents. “Do not be emotional about […]
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BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry Friday rejected a media report that it was planning to build military equipment including fighter jets under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. “According to our information, the relevant report is not true,” Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Hua Chunying said during her regular briefing held here. She remarked that the CPEC […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREAs US President Donald Trump announced an order to pull American ground forces from the war-ravaged Syria on Wednesday, here’s a look at US involvement in Syria since the forces first engaged in the conflict in 2014: How it started In September 2014, then-President Barack Obama launched a US air campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, […]
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