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Washington, May 10: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is not interested in winning a Noble Peace Prize but wants victory for the world. Asked by a journalist if he deserved a Nobel Peace prize, Trump said although everyone thought he did, he would never say it himself. "You know what I want to do? I want to get it finished. The prize I want is the victory for the world, not for even

Washington, May 10: The CIA continues to be very concerned about the potential connection between extremist groups and Pakistani nuclear scientists and is very closely monitoring this, a top official from the spy agency has told lawmakers. “There was very deep concern about potential contacts, and we continue to monitor this very closely, between extremists and Pakistani nuclear scientists,” Gina

Kuala Lampur, May 10: Mahathir Mohamad, who pulled off a stunning general election win, will not be sworn in as the new prime minister of Malaysia on Thursday, a spokesman for the King’s palace said, but gave no reason for the change in schedule. Mahathir had said shortly after declaring victory that the King would sign his letter of appointment as prime minister of Malaysia’s constitutional

New Delhi: Forbes released its 2018 list of the 75 most powerful people who make the world turn, on Wednesday, which declared Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the ninth most powerful person in the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping has topped the list this year replacing Russian President Vladimir Putin who was at the top for four consecutive years. Beating the likes of Mark Zuckerberg

Washington, May 9: North Korea has freed three United States detainees and they are heading home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. “I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting. They seem to be in good

United Nations, May 9: The UN has called for the speedy and safe release of the seven Indian engineers abducted in Afghanistan's restive northern Baghlan province. The abducted Indian engineers were working on a project for the construction of a power sub-station in Afghanistan. They were abducted by militants from the vicinity of Cheshma-e-Sher area on Sunday while they were going to inspect the

Washington, May 9: President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the US will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, declaring he’s making the world safer but dealing a profound blow to allies and deepening the president’s isolation on the world stage. “The United States does not make empty threats,” he said in a televised address from the White House Diplomatic Room. Trump said the 2015

Islamabad, May 8: In further trouble to Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's top anti-corruption body today ordered a probe against the embattled former prime minister and others for allegedly laundering USD 4.9 billion to India, media reports said. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a press release said its Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal took notice of reports making rounds on news channels

Islamabad, May 8: A Pakistani high court has granted bail to five suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda militants arrested for their alleged role in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto, who had served twice as prime minister in the 1990s, was killed in a gun and bomb attack in 2007 in Rawalpindi, the garrison city neighbouring the capital, after she finished addressing

Moscow, May 8: A Russian helicopter crashed in Syria late on Monday killing both pilots, Moscow's defence ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies. "A Russian Ka-52 helicopter crashed while on a routine flight over the eastern regions of the Syrian Arab Republic. Both pilots were killed," the statement said, quoted by the TASS news agency. It added that the incident "may have been due