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Dec 5: China has decided to temporarily stop funding at least three major road projects in Pakistan, being built as part of the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, following reports of corruption, a decision that has left officials in Islamabad "stunned", a media report said today. The decision by the Chinese government is likely hit over Rs 1 trillion-worth road projects of the

Peshawar, Dec 5: A Pakistani youth, who wrote 'Hindustan Zindabad' on the wall of his house in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has been booked for treason, a media report said on Monday. Sajid Shah had written 'Hindustan Zindabad' on the outer wall of his home in Nara Amazi area of the province, the Daily Express quoted police as saying. He has subsequently been booked for treason, they said. Some

Washington, Dec 5: In a major victory for President Donald Trump, the US Supreme Court has allowed his travel ban to take full effect pending appeal, for people coming from six Muslim-majority countries. As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling, Trump's travel ban, which restricts travel to the US by people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad without bona fide connections to the US

London, Dec 4: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, out on a 650,000-pound bail bond following his arrest by Scotland Yard over fraud and money laundering charges, arrived at the Westminster Magistrates' Court here on Monday as his extradition trial begins. "I have said repeatedly that the charges are false, fabricated and baseless. I have nothing to say, submissions in court will be self evident, " Vijay

Tehran, Dec 3: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday inaugurated a newly built extension to the country's main Arabian Sea outlet+ , the strategic Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman, which more than triples its capacity and poses a challenge for a port under construction in neighbouring Pakistan. The $340 million project was constructed by a Revolutionary Guard-affiliated company, Khatam al

Washington, Dec 3: The US is not satisfied with Pakistan's co-operation in the war against terror as part of its South Asia strategy and yet to see Islamabad taking steps to "rein in" the Taliban and the Haqqani network, a senior Trump administration official has said. He also termed the release of Mumbai-terror attack accused Hafiz Saeed as "a step backward" in that direction. The official said

Lahore, Dec 3: Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has confirmed that his banned outfit Jammat-ud-Dawah will foray into Pakistan’s political scene by contesting the 2018 general elections under the banner of Milli Muslim League, which is yet to be registered with the country’s election commission. Saeed, who was under house arrest since January this year, walked free on November 24 after

Colombo, Dec 2: Thousands took to relief camps in Sri Lanka and southern India on Saturday to escape rising floodwaters after a cyclone killed at least 26 people. Cyclone Ockhi has left 13 people dead in Sri Lanka and killed an equal number in India's Kerala and Tamil Nadu states since Friday as it churns in the Arabian Sea. Eleven people, mostly fishermen, remained missing in the two countries as

Washington, Dec 2: US President Donald Trump spoke over phone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which the two leaders expressed satisfaction over the recently concluded Global Entrepreneurship Summit co-hosted by the US and India last month in Hyderabad, the White House said today. President Trump's daughter Ivanka, who is also his senior advisor, had led the US delegation at the three-day

Peshawar, Dec 1: Pakistani Taliban gunmen, using the disguise of all-enveloping burquas, stormed the campus of an agriculture university in Pakistan on Friday, wounding at least five people, police said. The attackers were exchanging fire with security forces at the Directorate of Agriculture Institute of Peshawar, said Tahir Khan, chief of police in the northwestern city. "Police and army