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Bill in US House to declare Pakistan a sponsor of terrorism

21 Sep 2016

While Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif struggles to garner support in the UN General Assembly over Kashmir, two influential American lawmakers introduced a bill in the US Congress on Tuesday proposing to designate Islamabad a state sponsor of terrorism

Uri attack: France, Russia slam Pak; UK, US more muted

21 Sep 2016

China ‘disappointed to despair’ over US-Japan naval exercise plan

20 Sep 2016

Refugee crisis can’t be delinked from terror, Akbar tells UN

20 Sep 2016

Baloch activist at UNHRC slams `illegal’ China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

20 Sep 2016

The renewed push by Baloch activists at various international forums comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised human rights violations in Balochistan during his Independence Day speech

Militants storm Indian Army base in Uri, kill 17 soldiers

19 Sep 2016

Uri attack: Pak denies involvement, turns guns on India

19 Sep 2016

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s senior aide Sartaj Aziz today said the attack on an Indian military base in Kashmir was a blatant attempt on New Delhi’s part to deflect attention from the situation in Indian Kashmir

India accuses Pakistan of running PoK through ‘deep state’

17 Sep 2016

Navy’s indigenous missile destroyer ‘Mormugao’ launched

17 Sep 2016

Suicide bomber in Pakistan mosque kills at least 24

17 Sep 2016

Ahead of summit, BRICS NSAs move against terror

17 Sep 2016

GCHQ plans to use DNS filter to counter cyber-attacks

16 Sep 2016

US House panel slams Snowden as ‘fabricator, exaggerator’

16 Sep 2016

India tells Pak how to expedite 21/11 trial; no response

16 Sep 2016

India pledges $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan

15 Sep 2016

Afghanistan, which survived the Soviet invasion of 1979 and a prolonged Taliban insurgency since then, however, needs to fend for itself as the United States scales back its military presence in the country

US to boost Israel with $38-bn defence package

15 Sep 2016

The largest military aid package in US history will allow Israel to upgrade its defences with new fleet of fighter aircraft, a more agile ground force and a stronger missile shield

Turkey formally requests US to extradite Fethullah Gulen over coup bid

14 Sep 2016

Syria tops nations slammed by UN human rights chief

14 Sep 2016

Kashmir is terror-hit while PoK is terror-held, India tells UN

13 Sep 2016

S Korea may buy 20 more F-35As in wake of North’s nuclear test

13 Sep 2016

US B-1 bombers fly over South Korea after North’s N-test

13 Sep 2016

The US also called for a swift and strong response to Pyongyang from the United Nations after North Korea tested nuclear weapon defying sanctions

Ban orders, over 300 held as Cauvery protests rock Bengaluru

13 Sep 2016

Central forces have been rushed to Karnataka where transport remained paralysed and schools were shut early amidst cases of arson, even as one person was killed as protests over the Cauvery water sharing issue turned violent

Ceasefire in jeopardy as Assad vows to retake all of Syria

12 Sep 2016

Assad said he wants to replace the fake freedom the armed rebels tried to market at the beginning of the crisis, which they hoped to sustain by dollars