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Islamabad, May 21: Pakistan is capable of destroying Israel in under 12 minutes, a senior army commander said. General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, was quoted by AWD News, as saying, "If Israel tries to invade our land,we will raze the Zionist regime in less than 12 minutes." General Mahmood Hayat is on record as saying that he was not an anti-Semetic and was

New Delhi, May 20: The success of the Congress-JD(S) alliance in outpacing the BJP in Karnataka elections bodes well for opposition unity, with a chorus of regional voices hailing the Grand Old Partys decision to play second fiddle to a smaller outfit in the southern state. Congratulatory messages poured in from the regions soon after BJP?s BS Yeddyurappa, unable to garner the numbers required for

New Delhi, May 20: India is the sixth wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of USD 8,230 billion, according to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review. The report further stated that the United States is the wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of USD 62,584 billion. China stood at the second place with USD 24,803 billion, while Japan was at the third place

Windsor, May 20: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot at Windsor Castle on Saturday in a royal wedding like no other, mixing British pomp and African-American culture in front of a celebrity congregation and cheering crowds. The new Duke and Duchess of Sussex exchanged vows in St. George's Chapel in a historic ceremony, sealed with a kiss, which brought the biracial US TV star into the

Windsor, May 19: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their wedding today, Kensington Palace announced, making her the first woman entitled to use the title. "The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel," the Kingston Palace said in a statement.

Vatican City, MAY 18: Thirty-four Chilean bishops announced their resignation on Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile after three days of intense meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican. “We, all the bishops present in Rome, have tendered our resignation to the Holy Father so that he may decide freely for each of us,” the bishops said in a statement read out by a

Havana, May 18: More than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 crashed soon after taking off from Havana in what appeared to be Cuba's worst air disaster in nearly 30 years, and there were only three survivors, officials and State media said on Friday. The passenger plane, on a domestic flight to Holguin in eastern Cuba, crashed at 12:08 p.m. (1608 GMT). There were 105 passengers, including

Houston, May 19: A student opened fire at a high school in the US state of Texas on Friday, killing at least 10 people, mostly students, in the latest such incident in the country. The incident took place at Santa Fe High School in the city of the same name, located about 50 kilometres southeast of Houston. An unidentified law enforcement officer was shot, but sources said he was "clipped" and was

Cox's Bazar, May 18: The 12-year-old Rohingya refugee dreamed of Ramadan back in his own village - fish to end the day's fast, gifts from his family and relaxing beneath the trees before evening prayers at the mosque. But for MD Hashim and others like him living in squalor in Bangladesh, the start of the holy month now serves as a bitter reminder of everything they have lost since being driven

Washington, May 18: The US wants to build a global “coalition” against the Tehran regime and its “destabilizing activities,” the State Department said on Thursday, after pulling out from the Iran nuclear accord to the anger of US allies. The plan is to be detailed on Monday by the top United States diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in his first major foreign policy address since taking