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Seoul, Nov 11: South Korean warships joined three US aircraft carriers Saturday in an unusually strong display of naval force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions have been a focus of US President Donald Trump's ongoing tour of Asia. The four-day joint exercise in the western Pacific involves three flattops -- USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt -- and seven South

London, Nov 9: Britain's senior-most Indian-origin minister Priti Patel resigned from her Cabinet post over her unauthorised secret meetings with Israeli politicians, after a meeting at Downing Street with Prime Minister Theresa May. Patel's position as international development minister had become increasingly untenable after it emerged that she had two further meetings with Israeli officials

Jakarta, Nov 7: Indonesian authorities say they will block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it doesn't remove sexually explicit content. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said today it has already asked internet companies to block domain names used by Tenor, which provides animated image files known as GIFs through WhatsApp. Ministry official Semuel

Washington, Nov 7: The recent decision by China to block a bid at the United Nations to list Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group, as a global terrorist, is doing "material harm" to its ties with India, top American experts said today. Last week, China had blocked a bid at the United Nations by the US, France, and Britain to list Azhar as a global

Sutherland Springs, Nov 6: A gunman shot and killed more than two dozen people and injured many others Sunday inside a small community church here in South Texas, and he was found dead several miles away from the scene after fleeing, authorities said. The mass shooting happened during morning services at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town in the countryside more than 30

New York, Nov 5: A Sikh mayoral candidate in the US has been labelled a terrorist in slanderous flyers left on car windshields only days before the election, according to a media report. The flyers targeting Ravinder Bhalla, the first Sikh to hold elected office in New Jersey, were placed on car windshields on Friday night, New York Daily News reported. They have a photo of New Jersey Councilman

Washington, Nov 3: President Donald Trump tapped Jerome Powell on Thursday to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair when her term ends in February, choosing a moderate member of the Fed’s board who has backed Yellen’s cautious approach to interest rate hikes. Mr. Powell, 64, is seen as a safe pick whose selection will likely assure investors hoping for continuity at the Central Bank. Some analysts see

Mumbai, Nov 3: Dina Wadia, the daughter of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and mother of industrialist Nusli Wadia, died at her New York home on Thursday. She was 98. A statement issued by the Wadia family said that she died peacefully. It read, “She is survived by her daughter Diana, son Nusli, her grandsons, Ness and Jeh, Jeh’s wife Celina and two great grandchildren, Jah and Ella Wadia.”

Beijing, Nov 3: China on Friday said it was ready to work with India to promote "constant progress" of bilateral relations, amid fresh strains in ties after Beijing again blocked Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar's designation as a global terrorist by the UN. On November 2, China, for the fourth time, blocked India, the US and other nations' bid to list Pathankot terror attack mastermind Azhar

Washington, Nov 3: A Twitter employee deactivated Donald Trump’s personal account on the last day of work, the company said on Thursday. The move by the employee – who has not been named – meant that the president’s @realdonaldtrump account was down for 11 minutes. During the brief period of downtime, shortly before 4pm Pacific time (11pm GM), anyone going to the @realDonaldTrump Twitter page