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BRICS declaration names Pakistan-based terror groups
Xiamen (China): In a big win for India's campaign against terrorism emanating from Pakistan, the BRICS countries on Monday named the Pakistan-based groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba
GST India's biggest economic reform measure ever: Modi
Xiamen (China): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) introduced in July this year is the biggest economic reform ever in India.
Pervez Musharraf to face trial in Bhutto murder case
Islamabad: Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday denied any involvement in the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto but asserted that he will face trial in the case after he returns to the country.
Modi reaches China to attend BRICS Summit
Xiamen (China): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Sunday to attend the 9th BRICS Summit in the Chinese southeastern city Xiamen.
Tremor detected in N.Korea after sixth nuclear test
Pyongyang: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale was detected in North Korea after the country conducted its sixth nuclear test, a move the US and its allies in the region are likely to view as a major provocation, the media reported.
Kim Jong-un observes missile-ready hydrogen bomb
Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a hydrogen bomb being loaded into a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) after the country claimed that it has succeeded in making a "more developed nuke", state-media reported on Sunday.
Indian origin man jailed in US mayoral election funding scandal
Washington: An Indian origin political consultant in the US has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in funnelling illegal campaign contributions to candidates in San Diego's 2012 mayoral race.
Smoke in San Francisco Russian consulate hours before closure
San Francisco: The abrupt facility closure is just the latest in a series of tense diplomatic moves between the two nations, following reports of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 American presidential election, reports CNN.
Donald Trump to nominate Kenneth Juster as US ambassador to India
New York: President Donald Trump has nominated Kenneth Juster who helped lay the foundations of the India-US nuclear cooperation agreement, as the new ambassador to New Delhi.
Baghdadi probably still alive: US commander
Washington: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may be still alive and hiding in the border area between Syria and Iraq, a senior US general has said, contradicting a claim by Russia that it prpbably killed him in a raid in May.
Trump to donate $1 million for Texas recovery
Washington: US President Donald Trump will donate $1 million of his fortune to recovery efforts in Texas though the White House said he hasn't determined which group or groups will receive the contribution.
Pak court declares Musharraf absconder in Benazir murder case
Rawalpindi: An Anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Thursday declared former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf absconder in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto while acquitting all the five accused arrested in the case.
Talking is not the answer, says Trump on N Korea
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that "talking is not the answer" in dealing with North Korea's military operations.
Germany faces largest-ever evacuation after WWII bomb discovery
Berlin: At least 70,000 people in the German city of Frankfurt will have to leave their homes on Sunday due to an unexploded bomb from the WWII that has been found there.
US conducts missile defence test off Hawaii coast
Washington: The US conducted a missile-defence test on Wednesday off the coast of Hawaii and intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile, just days after North Koreas bold missile test over Japan.
Indian student from Jaipur, rescued from lake in hurricane-hit Texas, dies
Houston: Nikhil Bhatia, a student at the Texas A&M University, was rescued from the Lake Bryan, where he along with another Indian girl Shalini Singh had gone swimming, on Saturday.
Japan missile was first step in Pacific operation: N.Korea
Pyongyang: North Korea has said its firing of a missile over Japan was "the first step" of military operations in the Pacific, signalling plans for more launches, media reports said.
'You're worst Foreign Secretary ever', Abdul Basit to Pak's US envoy
Islamabad: A scathing letter allegedly written by Abdul Basit, former Pakistan envoy to India, to Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Islamabad's current ambassador to the US, has surfaced online, in which Basit has criticised the latter's tenure as Foreign Secretary as "the worst ever."
Learn from Doklam stand-off: PLA tells India
Beijing: China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has asked India to draw lessons from the Doklam stand-off, which was diffused after both sides decided to retreat from a prolonged face-off in the Sikkim sector.
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