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Japan, UNDP to strengthen Pakistan s electoral process
The government of Japan and the UNDP will sign an agreement to strengthen Pakistan’s electoral process in Islamabad on Wednesday,...
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Pakistani woman becomes first Muslim to be appointed as Scotland Yard detective Superintendent
LONDON – A woman of Pakistani origin has made history as she became the first Muslim and Asian to be...
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Bangladesh sentenced 6 Jamaat Islami leaders to death over 1971 war crimes
DHAKA: A special tribunal in Bangladeshi on Wednesday sentenced death to six political workers, including a former lawmaker, for ‘committing crimes’...
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Saudi Arabia targeted by Cyber espionage campaign: Officials
RIYADH: Saudi Arabian security officials said on Monday that the country had been targeted as part of a wide-ranging cyber...
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Angela Merkel to go for snap elections rather unstable minority government
Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that she was ready to lead her party into snap elections rather than risk...
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North Korea purge a rebalancing from military: analysts
Seoul: A purge of senior North Korean military figures is part of a bid by leader Kim Jong-Un to reduce...
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Robert Mugabe resigns ending 4 decades of rule
HARARE: Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, shortly after parliament began an impeachment process to end his nearly four...
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Donald Trump declares North Korea as state sponsor of terrorism
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear-armed pariah regime...
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Russian economy expands in 2017
MOSCOW: Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.6 percent year-on-year in the first nine months, the country’s official statistic service...