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New Zealand welcomes record 121,900 migrants in 2015
Wellington, Feb 1: New Zealand welcomed a record 121,900 migrants, mostly from Asia in 2015, the government statistics agency said on Monday. According to Statistics New Zealand, the country had a net gain - more arrivals than departures -…
76 killed in Damascus triple bombing, IS stakes claim
Damascus, Feb 1: The Islamic State terror group on Sunday claimed responsibility for three deadly bombings that rocked a Shiite district south of the capital Damascus earlier in the day killing over 76 people. The triple bombings rocked the…
White House declines comment on case of Beant Singh’s assassin
Washington, Jan 30: The White House has declined comment on the case of Jagtar Singh Hawara, the main accused in the August 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.
"We cannot comment here on the specific foreign…
‘Top secret’ emails come back to haunt Hillary Clinton
Washington, Jan 30: Hillary Clinton's email saga came back to haunt her as the State Department for the first time acknowledged that "top secret" information has been found in emails sent through her private server.
The disclosure Friday…
Post-Pathankot scenario similar to post-Mumbai: Pakistani daily
Islamabad, Jan 30: There is apprehension that the Pakistan, India bilateral dialogue may suffer the same fate as the proposed dialogue after the Mumbai attacks, said a Pakistani daily which noted that "the post-Pathankot scenario has a…
Nepal civil society leaders seek India’s democratic influence
New Delhi, Jan 30: Warning that there is every possibility of the ongoing agitation in Nepal over the newly adopted constitution spilling over into India, a group of visiting civil society leaders from the Himalayan nation has sought…
Journalist shot dead in Afghanistan
Kabul, Jan 30: An Afghan journalist was shot dead in the country's Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.
Mohammad Zubair Khaksar was killed after unidentified gunmen fired on his vehicle in Surkh Rod district Friday night,…
Syrian opposition to boycott peace talks in Geneva
Riyadh, Jan 29: The Syrian opposition announced on Thursday that they will not attend the Geneva talks aiming to find a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis, Al Arabiya local news reported.
George Sabra, deputy chief of the Syrian…
Obama creates ‘cancer moonshot’ task force
Washington, Jan 29: US President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday establishing a first-of-its-kind federal task force in the country to carry out what was called a "cancer moonshot" to end the dreadful disease.…
Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Dilip Shanghvi among World’s richest Billionaires
Bengaluru, Jan 29: India's richest business mogul Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Indian IT czar Azim Premji of Wipro and drug maker Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma rank among world's top 50 wealthiest billionaires. According to Wealth-X…