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No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily
Islamabad, Jan 29: There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this "legal vacuum naturally creates a multitude of issues for Pakistani Hindus, especially the women".…
China wants new UN resolution on North Korea
Beijing, Jan 28: China on Wednesday said it wanted the United Nations Security Council to take further actions and pass a new resolution on North Korea following its nuclear test earlier in January.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made…
Nepalese Army chief to visit India
Kathmandu, Jan 28: Nepalese Army chief General Rajendra Chettri will visit India on an official trip from February 1 on the invitation of his Indian counterpart General Dalbir Singh. The Nepal cabinet has given its nod to the General's…
Iran launches naval drills in Indian Ocean
Tehran, Jan 28: Iran kicked off massive naval drills in its southern waters on Wednesday, the Iranian navy commander said. The exercises, codenamed "Velayat 94", stretch over an area of around three million square km from east of the…
NASA radar maps new view of World Heritage Site
Washington, Jan 28: In just two 10-minute overflights, an airborne NASA radar has pinpointed areas of disturbance in Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site. The data collected on the two flights will help Peruvian authorities fully catalog…
Indian-American group backs Donald Trump
Washington, Jan 28: Calling Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as the "best hope for America", some Indian-Americans in the New York Tristate area have formed a Political Action Committee (PAC) to support and raise funds for…
France’s PM Manuel Valls justifies terror laws amid critics
Paris, Jan 28: Ahead of parliamentary debate on the Socialists' constitution reforms, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Wednesday defended the draft terror bills that would allow to prolong state of emergency and strip French…
India is doing great and no one is talking about it: Donald Trump
Washington, Jan 27: In a first ever comment on India since he hit the US presidential campaign trail, Republican front-runner Donald Trump has praised the world's largest democracy saying that the country is doing great but no one is…
Brazil struggles with surging Zika virus cases
Brasilia, Jan 27: Brazil is struggling to deal with a soaring number of Zika virus infections which have led to a staggering number of microcephaly cases in newborns. The country has reported some 3,900 cases of infections, with over 300…
45 Indian fishermen held in Pakistan
Islamabad, Jan 27: The Pakistani maritime security agency has arrested 45 Indian fishermen for fishing in the country's waters, an official said.
The Indian fishermen were arrested while fishing in Pakistani limits of the Arabian sea on…