Category: International

Pakistan gets new ISI chief

Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has appointed Lt. Gen Naveed Mukhtar, who headed the Karachi Corps, as the…

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Bill English New Zealand’s new Prime Minister

Wellington, Dec 12 (IANS) Bill English who served as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, will replace John Key as…

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Japanese Empress Michiko down with bronchitis

Tokyo, Dec 12 (IANS) The 82-year-old Japanese Empress Michiko is diagnosed with acute bronchitis, a spokesman for the Imperial House…

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Global methane emissions growing faster now: Study

New York, Dec 12 (IANS) While the growth of carbon dioxide emissions has flattened out in recent years, global concentrations…

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Park’s party splinters after impeachment

Seoul, Dec 12 (IANS) South Korea's ruling political party has begun to splinter following President Park Geun-hye impeachment in an…

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Nadella among top tech executives to meet Trump

San Francisco, Dec 12 (IANS) Indian-born Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is among top-notch tech executives who are scheduled to meet…

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Cuba, EU to sign first bilateral agreement

Havana, Dec 12 (IANS) Cuba and the EU will sign on Monday a bilateral Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, after…

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Sydney’s second major airport gets green light

Sydney, Dec 12 (IANS) The Australian government has given the final approval for the construction of Sydney's second major airport,…

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IS retakes ancient city of Palmyra

Damascus, Dec 12 (IANS) The Islamic State militant group has recaptured Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, just nine months after…

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New Zealand to keep up pressure for UN reform

Wellington, Dec 12 (IANS) New Zealand will make a final push for United Nations reform in New York in the…

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Chinese yuan weakens

Beijing, Dec 12 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 114 basis points…

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Bill English confirmed as new New Zealand Prime Minister

Wellington, Dec 12 (IANS) New Zealand's ruling centre-right National Party on Monday confirmed that Bill English is replacing outgoing Prime…

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Italy’s Gentiloni is Prime Minister for trnsitional government

Rome, Dec 12 (IANS) Italy's outgoing Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was named as new Prime Minister on Sunday for a…

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Romania’s opposition leads in elections: Exit polls

Bucharest, Dec 12 (IANS) Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party has won a landslide victory in the country's quadrennial parliamentary elections,…

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Greek Finance Ministry rejects ‘snap polls threat’ reports

Athens, Dec 12 (IANS) Greek Finance Ministry rejected on Sunday Greek media reports over a verbal war between Finance Minister…

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5.7-magnitude quake hits Central East Pacific Rise

New York, Dec 12 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Central East Pacific Rise at 14:33:12…

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UN condemns suicide car bombing in Somalia

Mogadishu, Dec 12 (IANS) The UN top envoy in Somalia on Sunday condemned a suicide car bombing at the Mogadishu…

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Trump rejects election hacking allegations

Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump said he does not believe the allegations by the US intelligence agencies…

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EU condemns terrorist attack at church in Cairo

Brussels, Dec 12 (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack at a Coptic church in Cairo…

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Kurdish armed group claims Istanbul double attack

Istanbul, Dec 11 (IANS) The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons militant group on Sunday claimed responsibility for the deadly double bombing in…

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