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Maleeha Tareen
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Kiev says rebels have killed 23 Ukrainian soldiers

ukraine soldiers killed

At least 23 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed Friday in the Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine, in an attack by separatist rebels reported Shiriak Zorian, director of the Ukrainian Interior Minister. “So far, the information we can give is that there are up to 23 people, although it may be more,” said Shiriak in an […]

Modi encourages large investments in modernizing India

India Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Two months after winning the elections in India with the largest parliamentary support of the past 30 years, the government of Narendra Modi on Thursday presented his first budget to Parliament, a project that is far from the great expectations created himself Executive but proposed to the third largest economy in Asia lead to the […]

U.S. and China strengthen military and counter-terrorism cooperation

china usa confrontation would be disasterous

United States and China have signed an agreement to strengthen their military cooperation against terrorism. This was reported by the Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Thursday at the end of the sixth annual round of talks between the two countries. The deal was done at a time of estrangement between the two countries, due […]

Germany discovers another alleged US spy

another us spy discovered in germany

The German authorities are investigating a second case of spying for the United States, following the arrest last week of a German accused of 31 years of work at the same time for the secret service of his country and for U.S.. The German federal prosecutor and criminal police department confirmed Wednesday that records have […]

Export of Pakistani basmati rice increased by 16%

basmati rice

Pakistan rice exporters earned $1.9 billions from July 2013 to 30 June 2014 from the export of basmati and non-basmati rice with an increase of 16% in the export of basmati rice. Pakistani basmati rice is being exported at 35% higher price than the competitors. The former chairman of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan and […]

Rockets from Gaza penetrate deep in Israel

rocket attacks from Gaza to Israel

Israel is not only concerned about the number of rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza in two days of operation Margin Protector, but its scope. They have fallen where they had never even done during Operation Defensive Pilar, in November 2012, when Hamas and Islamic Jihad exhibited a hitherto unknown weapons power. The Israeli […]

Neoguri typhoon hits coast of southern Japan

Neoguri typhoon

High alert in southern Japan. The Neoguri super typhoon lashes Okinawa island with heavy rain, winds up to 250 mph and high waves. The typhoon has left at least one dead, according to Reuters and a half million people have been put on alert for possible evacuation to avoid the dangerous consequences that carries over […]

Canada launches express visa service in India

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Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, has launched new CAN+ express visa service for Indians this Monday to facilitate students, businesspersons and visitors. India is the third country after China and Mexico where the CAN+ visa services are being provided.  Earlier in the pilot program, visa applications were approved in five days with over […]

Electronic devices without battery on flights to U.S. not allowed

mobile phones

Strengthening security measures in some airports in Africa, Europe and Middle East with direct flights to U.S. cities can embarrass many passengers to the point of running out of mobile phone, tablet or computer. Fearing that Al Qaeda has developed a new type of sophisticated and difficult to detect bombs, transport authorities can order from […]

Asylum applications increased by 30% in European Union

asylum seekers rate in EU increased

The European Union in 2013 received a record number of applications for asylum: 435,760. The figure represents an increase of 30 % over the previous year, the highest growth seen so far on Community statistics, which is collected uniformly since 2008. Syrian crisis, but also underground conflicts such as Chechnya in Russia, explained in large […]

Abdullah deepens crisis by declaring victory in Afghan elections

abdullah abdullah afghanistan elections

Abdullah Abdullah rejected the Afghan presidential elections and today rejected the victory of his opponent Ashraf Ghani, opening a political and ethnic crisis in Afghanistan months before the withdrawal of NATO troops. ” We are the winners of elections and must form a legitimate government,” Abdullah said at a meeting at the traditional Loya Jirga […]

Berlin calls for a “quick explanation” for case of double agent

Angela Merkel

The German government on Monday considered “very serious” allegations against the alleged double – agent arrested last Wednesday by prosecutors, allegedly leaked information of the Bundestag (Parliament) to the U.S. and has demanded a “quick and precise explanation” by Washington. During an official visit to China, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that if it […]

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