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Christchurch (NZ), Mar 15: A terrorist who targeted crowded mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch killed around 50 of people on Friday, police said, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describing the shooting as "one of New Zealand's darkest days". The mosques were packed with worshippers gathering for Friday afternoon prayers, and members of the Bangladesh cricket team were arriving when

Asia, Mar 14: Rejecting US State Department's report criticising China's abuse of its Uyghur Muslim minorities, Beijing on Thursday said that the said report was full of "ideological prejudice and groundless accusations". Terming the US Government as a self-styled "human rights defender", China's Foreign Ministry accused the US of pursuing a double standard, reported Xinhua. In a report called

Beijing, Mar 14: China on Thursday sought to defend its fourth technical hold at the UN Security Council to block the designation of Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, saying it would help the parties concerned to engage in more talks to find a "lasting solution" acceptable to all. The proposal to designate Azhar under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN

Washington, Mar 14: India and the US said they have agreed to build six American nuclear power plants in India, in a boost to bilateral civil nuclear energy cooperation. The two countries said this in a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the 9th round of India-US Strategic Security Dialogue, co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Andrea Thompson, the US under secretary of state

United Nations, Mar 14: The statement also noted that Azhar is a former leader of the terrorist group Harakat al-Mujahadin and he had given a call to volunteers to join the fight in Afghanistan against Western forces China for the fourth time blocked a bid in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to designate chief of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a

Washington, Mar 13: Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar meets the criteria to be designated as a global terrorist and not doing so is against regional stability and peace, the US said on Tuesday on the eve of the UN Security Council making a crucial decision in this regard. The JeM, headed by the 50-year-old Azhar, carried out many terror strikes in India and was involved in the attack on

Mar 12: The "trip of a lifetime" to a safari park in Kenya turned into a nightmare for six members of a family from India in Canada who perished when the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa. The Boeing 737 took-off from Bole International Airport on Sunday and lost contact six minutes later before coming down near Tulu Fara village outside the

Addis Ababa, Mar 11: A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed six minutes after an early-morning takeoff from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all 149 passengers, including four Indians, and eight crew on board. People holding passports from 32 countries and the UN were on board the Boeing 737 plane which ploughed into a field just 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, the carrier’s CEO

London, Mar 10: A large group of Pakistan-backed pro-Khalistan activists attacked innocent British-Indian civilians outside the Indian High Commission here on Saturday, possibly as revenge to Indian air strike at a terror camp in Pakistan last month and anti-Pakistan protests that have been taking place across the world. Wearing turbans, the attackers raised slogans like 'Naraa-e-Taqbeer' and

Tehran, Mar 10: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to take action against the al-Qaeda linked Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group. This comes after tensions between Iran and Pakistan escalated last month following the deadly attack on a bus carrying Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) servicemen which killed as many as 27 and left 13 others wounded