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New York [US], Aug. 26 : A US Navy patrol craft fired three warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat after it had harassed the patrol craft.Another US patrol craft and a Kuwaiti Navy ship were also harassed in the incident, which took…

Kathmandu (Nepal), Aug.26 : India and Nepal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week under which New Delhi will provide financial assistance for reconstruction and renovation of a hydro power plant at Chandannath municipality in Jumla …

Karachi [Pakistan], Aug. 26 : Television figure and ex-MQM leader Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain has claimed he is getting death threats, adding MQM founder Altaf Hussain, presently living in self-exile in London, would be responsible if any harm comes to hi…

London [UK], Aug. 26 : Former conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy is positioning himself as a strong defender of French values and tough on immigration saying that he will impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if re-elected to the presidency in…

London [UK], Aug. 26 : Scotland Yard has announced that the hijab will become a part of its official uniform in a bid to create a more diverse force by “encouraging women from Muslim communities, who may previously not have seen policing as a career o…

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Aug. 26 : The impeachment trial of suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the country’s first female leader, accused of illegally doctoring accounts, has started.Rousseff is accused of illegally doctoring accounts ahead …

Quetta, Balochistan [Pakistan], Aug. 26 : Pakistan and Afghanistan still remain at loggerheads over the reopening of the Chaman border as talks to solve the dispute ended inconclusively following which the border remained shut for the seventh day.The P…

London [UK], Aug. 26 : Nine people have been killed and 64 others wounded after an explosion hit a police checkpoint in the Turkish border town of Cizre.According to reports, Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb and pictures of the attack site showed la…

London [UK], Aug. 26 : Reportedly, the Kurdish rebels have detonated a car bomb at an outpost in Sirnak province, on the Syria border killing and injuring several people.An explosion has hit a police checkpoint in the south-eastern Turkish town of Cizr…

Washington D.C. [US], Aug 26 : The United States has asserted that it has consistently raised concerns at the highest level of the Pakistan Government “on the need to deny safe haven to extremists.” These comments were made by U.S.State Department spok…