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  • Pakistan to approach ICJ over Kashmir: FM Qureshi

    Aug 21, 2019

    Islamabad, Aug 20: Pakistan on Tuesday said it will approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the Kashmir issue, weeks after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. "An in-principle decision has been taken to take the issue of Kashmir to the International Court of Justice," Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told ARY News TV.

  • US President Trump to discuss Kashmir with PM Modi at G7 summit

    Aug 21, 2019

    Washington, Aug 20: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would discuss the tense situation in Kashmir with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they meet at the G7 Summit in France during this weekend. "I will be with Prime Minister Modi I'll be with him over the weekend in France. I think we are helping (resolve the tense) situation (between India and Pakistan), Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House.

  • Trump asks Imran Khan to 'moderate' his rhetoric against India over Kashmir

    Aug 20, 2019

    By Lalit K Jha Washington, August 20: US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to "moderate" his rhetoric against India over Kashmir, as he underlined the need of exercising restraint by both sides and avoid escalation of the "tough situation" in the region.

  • Imran Khan welcomes UNSC meeting on Kashmir

    Aug 17, 2019

    Islamabad, Aug 17: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday welcomed a closed-door consultation on Kashmir by the UN Security Council, saying the resolution of the dispute is the "responsibility" of the world body. Taking to Twitter, Khan said that it was for the first time in over five decades that the "world's highest diplomatic forum" had taken up the issue of Kashmir and the "serious situation" prevailing there.

  • Mosque bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 5

    Aug 16, 2019

    Karachi, Aug 16: A powerful bomb ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in Pakistan's Balochistan province, killing at least five persons and injuring 15 others, police said. The blast occurred at a mosque in Quetta's Kuchlak area on Friday, The Express Tribune reported.

  • Any bilateral differences should not become disputes: Jaishankar to China

    Aug 12, 2019

    By K J M Varma Beijing, August 12: India on Monday told China that it is important to ensure that any bilateral differences should not become disputes, as Beijing said it is "very closely" following the Indo-Pak tensions over Kashmir and its "ramifications" and asked New Delhi to play a "constructive role" for regional peace and stability.

  • US lawmakers urge Pak to refrain from any retaliatory aggression against India

    Aug 08, 2019

    Washington, Aug 8: Two powerful Democratic lawmakers have urged Pakistan to refrain from any "retaliatory aggression" against India and take "demonstrable action" against terrorist groups within its territory. Pakistan on Wednesday expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and downgraded diplomatic ties with India over what it called New Delhi's "unilateral and illegal" move to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Pak to downgrade diplomatic ties with India; suspend bilateral trade

    Aug 07, 2019

    Islamabad, Aug 7: Pakistan on Wednesday decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with India and suspend bilateral trade after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The decision was taken at a crucial meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) in Islamabad chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan and attended by top civil and military leadership, said a statement issued by the PM Office.

  • Pakistan Army prepared to 'go to any extent' to help Kashmiris: Gen Bajwa

    Aug 06, 2019

    Islamabad, Aug 6: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that his troops are prepared to "go to any extent" to help Kashmiris, a day after the Indian government revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The decision to take away Jammu and Kashmir's special status and treat it like any other state in India is aimed at ending the decades-old separatist movement in the Valley.

  • Article 370: US urges all stakeholders to maintain peace, stability along LoC

    Aug 06, 2019

    Washington, Aug 6: The US has said it is "closely" observing the events in Jammu and Kashmir following the Indian government scrapping the constitutional provision that accorded special status to the state and urged all stakeholders to maintain peace and stability along the Line of Control (LoC). The Indian government on Monday revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Imran Khan holds National Security Committee meeting

    Aug 04, 2019

    By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, Aug 4 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday chaired a meeting of the National Security Committee to hold consultations with the country's top civil and military leadership over the sudden spike in tensions with India. Khan called the meeting after the army alleged that India used cluster bombs to target the civilian population in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

  • Pak Army denies Indian claim of cross-LoC incursion

    Aug 04, 2019

    By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, August 04: The Pakistan Army has denied the Indian claim about action by Pakistani army regulars and militants across the Line of Control and that their bodies were lying on the Indian side. The Indian Army Saturday said that it has foiled an attack by Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) on a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, killing five to seven intruders.

  • German prosecutors charge former Audi boss with fraud over 'dieselgate'

    Jul 31, 2019

    Frankfurt Am Main (Germany), Jul 31: German prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler with fraud over the Volkswagen subsidiary's role in the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal. "Professor Rupert Stadler and three other defendants... are accused of fraud, falsifying certifications and illegal advertising," the prosecutors said, linked to over 430,000 VW, Audi and Porsche cars fitted with "defeat devices" to fool regulators' emissions tests.

  • At least 28 killed as Afghan bus hits 'Taliban' bomb: official

    Jul 31, 2019

    Herat, Jul 31: Dozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan early Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb, officials said. "A passenger bus travelling on the Kandahar-Herat highway hit a Taliban roadside bomb. So far at least 28 killed, 10 wounded," said Muhibullah Muhib, the spokesman for Farah province. All were civilians, mostly women and children, he said.

  • 7 killed in rain-related incidents in Pak

    Jul 29, 2019

    Peshawar, Jul 29: At least seven persons, including four children and a woman, were killed in separate incidents after incessant rain lashed parts of Pakistan, authorities said. In Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, five persons, including two children and a woman were killed on Sunday. Two were killed in Shangrila and one each in Buner, Mansehra and Abbottabad, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority.

  • Kashmir issue should be resolved via dialogue between India, Pak: China

    Jul 26, 2019

    By K J M Varma Beijing, July 26: China on Friday said India and Pakistan should peacefully settle the Kashmir issue and other disputes through dialogue and expressed its support to the international community, including the US, in playing a "constructive role" to improve the Indo-Pak ties.

  • ISI info helped CIA track down Osama: Imran Khan

    Jul 23, 2019

    Washington, Jul 23: Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI provided information to the CIA which helped the US track down and kill al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday in a significant revelation as Islamabad had so far denied having any knowledge of the terror chief until he was shot dead in 2011.

  • UN's nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died: IAEA

    Jul 22, 2019

    Vienna, Jul 22: The UN's nuclear watchdog, the Interational Atomic Energy Agency, said Monday that its chief, Yukiya Amano, who has been in poor health for some time, has died. "The Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency regrets to inform with deepest sadness of the passing away of Director General Yukiya Amano," the IAEA said in a statement.

  • Japan's Abe keeps upper house grip but no 'supermajority'

    Jul 22, 2019

    Tokyo, Jul 22: Japan's ruling coalition has retained its grip on the country's upper house, but failed to secure a "supermajority" that would ease the path to constitutional reform, results showed Monday. The outcome of Sunday's election means Shinzo Abe remains on track to become the country's longest-serving prime minister later this year, and shores up his mandate ahead of a tax hike in October.

  • Bangladesh HM to visit India on Aug 7; to hold talks with Amit Shah

    Jul 21, 2019

    New Delhi, July 21: Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan will visit India on August 7 during which he will hold bilateral talks with Home Minister Amit Shah, who is expected to flag issues like illegal immigration and anti-terror cooperation, officials said. This will be the first interaction that Shah will have with a foreign leader after assuming charge as the country's home minister two months ago.

  • 8 killed due to monsoon related incidents in Sri Lanka

    Jul 20, 2019

    Colombo, Jul 20: At least eight people have been killed and over 700 homes damaged due to monsoon-related incidents in Sri Lanka's central and southern region, authorities said on Saturday. Sri Lanka is witnessing inclement weather since Thursday and is likely to witness continuous rain for a few days in the central, western and south western regions. Till Saturday eight people have been killed due to monsoon related incidents.

  • India-US relationship on very sound footing: Shringla

    Jul 19, 2019

    New York, Jul 19: The India-US relationship is on a very sound footing with both nations working closely to take the momentum forward and propel bilateral ties to the next level, India's Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. The US is a major partner of India when it comes to economic development, he said.

  • JuD chief Hafiz Saeed arrested, sent to judicial custody

    Jul 17, 2019

    By M Zulqernain Lahore, July 17: Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned JuD Hafiz Saeed was arrested Wednesday by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan's Punjab Province and sent to jail on judicial remand, officials said. Saeed, who has several cases pending against him was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to appear before an anti-terrorism court when he was arrested, officials said.

  • US House votes to condemn Trump over his 'racist' tweet against four Congresswomen

    Jul 17, 2019

    Washington, Jul 17: The US House of Representatives has voted a resolution to condemn President Donald Trump's alleged "racist" tweets against four Democartic congresswomen who have been critical of his harsh immigration policies. Trump, on Sunday, in a series of tweets, said that four Democratic Progressive Congresswomen should just "go back" to where they came from.

  • ICJ to deliver verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case on Wednesday

    Jul 16, 2019

    The Hague, July 16: The International Court of Justice will deliver on Wednesday its verdict in a case relating to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, whose death sentence by a Pakistani military court based on an "extracted confession" has been questioned by India. Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" after a closed trial in April 2017.

  • US hails talks with Taliban, denies troop withdrawal window

    Jul 06, 2019

    Kabul, Jul 6: A US official says the latest round of talks with the Taliban, now in their second week, has been "very productive," while strenuously denying Washington sought a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of its estimated 14,000 troops from Afghanistan. A member of the American negotiating team in Qatar's capital, Doha, where the Taliban maintain a political office and talks are being held, told The Associated Press Friday that the U.S.

  • Trump says Iran 'playing with fire' after breach of nuclear deal

    Jul 02, 2019

    Washington, Jul 2: President Donald Trump has warned that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran announced that it has exceeded the limit on enriched uranium reserves under the 2015 nuclear deal from which the US walked out last year. His statement came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a strongly-worded statement, asked Tehran to halt enrichment of uranium.

  • 12 JuD and JeM members sentenced by anti-terror courts in Pak

    Jul 01, 2019

    By M Zulqernain Lahore, July 01: The anti-terrorism courts in Pakistan's Punjab province have handed down up to five years imprisonment to 12 members of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) on the charges of terrorism financing.

  • China, US agree at Xi-Trump meeting to restart trade talks: MEDIA

    Jun 29, 2019

    Beijing, Jun 29: President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Donald Trump moved Saturday to re-launch stalled talks to end an escalating trade row, according to the Chinese state media which said the US has agreed not to impose new tariffs on imports from China. The move came as Trump held a lengthy meeting with Xi on the sidelines of the Group of 20 economic summit in Osaka, Japan.

  • PM Modi leaves for home after G20 Summit in Japan

    Jun 29, 2019

    Osaka, Jun 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for home after concluding his three-day visit to Japan where he attended the G20 Summit and met with the world leaders including US President Donald Trump. During his stay in Osaka, Modi took part in a series of summit sessions, bilateral and multilateral meetings. This was Prime Minister Modi's sixth G20 Summit which was held on June 28-29.

  • Trump hails 'very, very good relationship' in talks with Putin

    Jun 28, 2019

    Osaka, Jun 28: US President Donald Trump on Friday hailed his "very, very good relationship" with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as the two leaders held talks on the sidelines of the G20 meeting. "It's a great honour to be with President Putin," said Trump, who last held face-to-face talks with the Russian leader in Helsinki in July. "We have a very, very good relationship," Trump said.

  • Indian students caught up in visa row take plea to Sajid Javid

    Jun 27, 2019

    London, Jun 27: Hundreds of overseas students, many of them from India, caught up in a visa row involving compulsory English tests, on Thursday appealed to UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid to address the matter, claiming that they were unfairly accused of cheating in the tests.

  • Xi arrives for G20 summit, to meet Modi, Trump amid heightened trade tensions with US

    Jun 27, 2019

    Beijing, June 27: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday arrived in Osaka, Japan to attend the G20 summit during which he would hold bilateral talks with world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, amid heightened trade tensions with America, an issue that is likely to dominate the event.

  • PM Modi holds talks with Abe

    Jun 27, 2019

    Osaka, Jun 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held talks Thursday during which they discussed a range of issues of mutual interest, the first meeting between the two leaders since the start of Japan's Reiwa era. The prime minster said that President Ram Nath Kovind will participate in the coronation ceremony of Emperor Naruhito in October.

  • India submits bid to host 2023 IOC session in Mumbai

    Jun 26, 2019

    Lausanne, June 26: India on Tuesday proposed to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai, which is expected to choose the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics. Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra and IOC member Nita Ambani submitted the formal bid to the IOC chief Thomas Back on the sidelines of the governing body's 134th Session here.

  • Iran 'never seeks war' with US, says Rouhani

    Jun 26, 2019

    Tehran, Jun 26: President Hassan Rouhani said Iran "never seeks war" with the US, state media reported Wednesday amid a spike in tensions between the two countries. "Iran has no interest to increase tension in the region and it never seeks war with any country, including (the) US," the president said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.

  • Protesters urge discussion of Hong Kong issues at G-20

    Jun 26, 2019

    Hong Kong, Jun 26: Hong Kong activists opposed to contentious extradition legislation on Wednesday called on leaders of the U.S., the European Union and others to raise the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping at this week's G-20 summit in Japan. Beijing has strongly opposed such a development, saying Hong Kong matters are strictly an internal Chinese affair. Groups of protesters gathered outside the U.S.

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