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Pakistan’s TTP takes responsibility for Islamabad terrorist shootout that left policeman dead, 2 inj-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: A policeman was killed and two others were injured after two militants riding a motorcycle opened fire at ...
UN will try to keep Tonga Covid-free in relief effort-
By AFP GENEVA: The United Nations said Tuesday, January 18, 2022, it would try to maintain Tonga’s Covid-free status in the ...
India extends USD 500 million line of credit to help Sri Lanka purchase fuel-
By PTI COLOMBO: India on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, announced a USD 500 million credit line to help Sri Lanka ...
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to visit Ukraine as US-Russia tensions escalate-
By Associated Press WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
Environment Minister-
By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan will gradually phase out coal plants over the next two decades while developing new technologies ...
Pope Francis’ right-hand man tests positive for Covid-
By AFP VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s top diplomat and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has tested positive for ...
Norwegian mass killer Breivik appears before parole hearing-
By Associated Press SKIEN: Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in massacres in Norway in 2011, ...
Israel extends detention of Palestinian teenager with rare neuromuscular disorder-
By Associated Press JERUSALEM: Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian teenager with a rare neuromuscular disorder who has ...
Spaniard said to be world’s oldest man dies at 112-
By Associated Press MADRID: Saturnino de la Fuente, a Spaniard described by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man, ...
Colombia’s Ingrid Betancourt, a hostage for six years, announces presidential run-
By Associated Press BOGOTA: Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was held as a hostage for six years by Colombia’s largest ...