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One soldier martyred as security forces repulse terrorist attack in N Waziristan
One Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom when terrorists attacked a check post in North Waziristan on Sunday night. The protest was led by the Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM), which has rattled the military since it burst onto the scene earlier a year ago with a call to end alleged abuses by security forces targeting ethnic Pashtuns in the restive tribal areas along the Afghan border. [Full Article...]
Four killed, seven injured in three explosions in Kathmandu
The death toll reached four after a person injured in Sukedhara blast breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the hospital in the night. Though no group has claimed responsibility, police suspect that an outlawed communist organization, the Splinter Communist Group, was responsible for the blasts. [Full Article...]
Pence To West Point Cadets: Expect To Go To War
Pence spoke as the USA plans to send another 1,500 troops to the Middle East to counter what the Trump administration describes as threats from Iran; as the longest war in US history churns on in Afghanistan; and as Washington considers its options amid political upheaval in Venezuela . [Full Article...]
China accuses USA officials of misleading public on trade war
She and her co-authors directly refuted President Donald Trump's claim that the tariffs are paid by China and provide a windfall for the US treasury, saying "tariff revenue collected has been borne nearly entirely by USA importers". Talks to end the trade dispute collapsed earlier this month, with the two sides in a stalemate over USA demands that China change its policies to address a number ... [Full Article...]
London Police searching for missing 12-year old girl
Logan City Police posted an update to Facebook Sunday morning, announcing that the girl's uncle, Alex Whipple, 21, was arrested for absconding from probation. Logan police, the Cache County Sheriff's Office, Cache County Search and Rescue and FBI are involved in the investigation. The child was not with him. [Full Article...]
Jagan Reddy arrives in New Delhi, meets PM Modi
PM's support is needed to run the state efficiently, he said. In his meeting with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday, Mr. Reddy said he sought his support on the special status demand in Parliament, and also talked about having friendly ties between neighbouring states to resolve the issues pending after bifurcation. [Full Article...]
Congratulatory phone calls received by PM
The Prime Minister received telephone calls today from HRH Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia; HRH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar; H.E. Modi was on Saturday appointed the prime minister by President Ram Nath Kovind after he was unanimously elected NDA parliamentary party leader at a meeting in which he asked its members to work without discrimination, ... [Full Article...]
California Man Killed In Shark Attack On Maui
A 65-year-old California man was killed in a shark attack while swimming off the coast of Maui on Saturday morning. The swimmer was pulled from the water with life-threatening injuries consistent with a shark attack but could not be revived, witnesses said. [Full Article...]