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Beijing [China], Dec. 31 : Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have exchanged congratulatory messages ahead of the coming New Year.On behalf of the Chinese government and people, President Xi extended sincere greetin…

New York [USA], Dec. 31 : Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year’s greetings statement to foreign heads of state.However, Putin did convey his seasonal…

London [UK], Dec. 31 : Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold increase in the number of British Hispanic Jews seeking Portuguese citizenship under a recent law.The law is intended to make amends for their ancestors’ expul…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 31 : After taking oath as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday constituted a five-judge larger bench to hear the Panamagate case.The five-judge bench which will hear the Panama case on January 4 wil…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 31 : Pakistan on Monday is expected to submit a report on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and evidence of attempted violation of maritime boundary by an Indian submarine to the United Nations.The dossier is expected to b…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 31 : Pakistan on Monday is expected to submit a report on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and evidence of attempted violation of maritime boundary by an Indian submarine to the United Nations.The dossier is expected to b…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 31 : After taking oath as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday constituted a five-judge larger bench to hear the Panamagate case.The five-judge bench which will hear the Panama case on January 4 wil…

Brussels [Belgium], Dec. 31 : Ninety three journalists and media professionals were killed in 2016, according to new statistics published by the world’s largest journalists’ organisation.The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), which represen…

Bangkok [Thailand], Dec.31 : Infighting amongst the top leadership of the banned Khalistani terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) has intensified.The Pakistan-backed outfit is now reportedly on the verge of a split. Forty-two-year-old BKI terr…

Irbil [Iraq], Dec. 31 : At least 28 people were killed and many others injured in a suicide attack on a busy commercial street in Baghdad, local authorities said.CNN quoted a spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, General Saad Maan, as saying that …