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Washington DC, Nov 30: The United States administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) which is being held in India's Hyderabad and said that its tremendous success is indicative of the strong bilateral relationship between the two great nations. Calling the GES Summit a "tremendous success", the Spokesperson for the United States Department of

Pakistan’s former president and military chief Pervez Musharraf said that he is the biggest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as it is involved in targetting Indian Army in Kashmir region. Musharraf appeared on a TV talk show on a Pakistan-based channel, and revealed that he likes the LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and met him recently. “I’m the biggest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba and I know the LeT

Seoul, Nov 29: North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, the first such launch since mid-September, according to officials in South Korea, Japan and the United States. "North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, at dawn today", South Korean army officials told South Korean news agency Yonhap. There was no immediate

London, Nov 28: Myanmar's State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has been formally stripped of the Freedom of the City of Oxford award over her response to the Rohingya crisis, the Guardian reported. The council of Oxford city voted unanimously to permanently remove the honour given to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997, saying that it did not want to celebrate "those who turn a blind eye to

Yangon, Nov 28: Pope Francis begins his first full day in Myanmar travelling to the country's capital today to meet with the civilian leader, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after hosting the military general in charge of the crackdown on the country's Muslim Rohingya minority. Francis' speech to Suu Kyi, other Myanmar authorities and the diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw is the most

Islamabad, Nov 26: Pakistan's government has called in the army to restore order after clashes between police and protesters belonging to hardline religious groups killed six people and injured more than 200 others in the capital. The police aided by paramilitary Rangers and Frontier Constabulary yesterday launched a massive operation against activists of Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-i

Islamabad, Nov 26: Pakistan's government called on the powerful military to deploy in the capital Islamabad Saturday after deadly unrest broke out when police moved to dislodge an Islamist protest that has paralysed the city for weeks. At least six people were killed and some 190 injured -- around 137 of whom were security personnel -- in fierce clashes as police tried to disperse the

Hong Kong, Nov 25: After a massive crackdown on the Islam-following Uyghur community in its Xinjiang province, China is now targeting the ethnic Kazakhs living on its side of the border with Kazakhstan - again on grounds of religion with the objective of forcing them to stop following their Islamic customs, including prayers five times a day. According to reports, which are usually difficult to

Cairo, Nov 24: Around 240 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed militants bombed a mosque and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers in Egypt's restive North Sinai region, in the deadliest terror attack in the country. The militants launched a targeted bomb and gun attack on the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city during the Friday prayers, the state-run MENA news

United Nations, Nov 23: Widespread atrocities against Rohingya Muslim women and girls have been orchestrated and perpetrated by Myanmar’s military and may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict said today. Pramila Patten, who met many Rohingya victims of sexual violence in Bangladesh camps during a visit this month, said she fully