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New York [USA], Feb. 20: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turned down a regional peace initiative last year that was brokered by then-American Secretary of State John Kerry, in apparent contradiction to his stated goal of involving regional A…

Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Feb. 20: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out air strikes in the border area of North Waziristan Agency on terrorist positions, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).The statement said the te…

New Delhi [India], Feb. 20: India has sanctioned a soft loan of 340 million US dollar to Nepal for various infrastructure development programmes.Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae handed over the approval papers to Physical Infrastructure and Transp…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb. 19 : Kabul will use all means to respond against Pakistan if it did not stop rocket attacks on Afghanistan soil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) warned on Sunday.”We hope that Pakistan stops the attacks and that the rel…

Moscow [Russia], Feb. 19 : A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was hospitalised this month after suspected poisoning, on Sunday left the country to seek further treatment, according to his lawyer.”This morning, Vladimir Kara-Murza flew ab…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb. 19 : Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that the Taliban office in Qatar should be closed if the group pursues violence.During a meeting with the Qatar Foreign Minister, Ghani said sanctions should also be applied…

By Amit Shankar Kigali (Rwanda), Feb. 19 : Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari, who arrived here today in the first leg of his five-day official visit to Rwanda and Uganda, said there is a renewed and more focused effort by the government to give a dy…

New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 19 : Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Iraq has launched an operation to regain control of western Mosul from the Islamic State militants.Abadi described the operation, which comes after Iraq recapture…

London [U.K.], Feb. 19 : China and Britain held their second high-level security dialogue in London where both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in security and law enforcement.The dialogue was co-chaired by Wang Yongqing, Secretary-General of the…

New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 19 : U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to interview at least four candidates for the post of the U.S. National Security Advisor in Florida on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Saturday, Trump said he had “man…