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New York [United States], Dec. 13 : ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is likely to be named by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as secretary of state, sources have said. Tillerson emerged as the prominent candidate for the post through lengthy public inter…

Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 12 : President-elect Donald Trump has questioned as to why the United States should continue to abide by its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of “one China” policy.”I fully understand the ‘one China’ poli…

Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 12 : President-elect Donald Trump has questioned as to why the United States should continue to abide by its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of “one China” policy.”I fully understand the ‘one China’ poli…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 12 : Pakistan has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the Besiktas district of Istanbul in which 29 people were killed and 166 wounded.”Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have lost their loved ones. We ext…

Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 12 : The United States has condemned the terrorist attack on Christian worshippers outside St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo that has killed more than 25 people and injured dozens more in the strongest possible terms.U….

New York [United States], Dec. 12 : New Zealand’s former deputy prime minister and minister of finance Bill English has taken charge as the country’s 39th Prime Minister.He replaced former prime minister John Key to become the new leader of the Nationa…

New York [United States], Dec. 12 : Former Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Guterres is set to be sworn in as the next United Nations Secretary-General today.Guterres, 67, was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and the UN High Commissi…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 12 : In a major reshuffle within the Pakistan Army, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt.Gen. Asim Bajwa has been appointed as the Inspector General (IG) (Arms) at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawal…

Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir), Dec. 12 : Even as Pakistan keeps pleading its innocence at international fora regarding it not being involved in terror-related activities, particularly when it comes to India, Sardar Raees Inqlabi, a leader of…

Istanbul [Turkey], Dec. 11 : At least 29 people were killed and 166 others injured in a car bomb explosion, followed by a suicide bombing outside a football stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night, Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu said.Soylu also…