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London [UK], Dec. 20 : World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday expressed their horror at the Berlin Christmas market attack.Putin said, “This crime against peaceful civilians is shocking in its savage cynicism,” reports the…

Ankara [Turkey], Dec. 20 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Tuesday that Moscow has sent an 18-member team to Turkey to investigate the assassination of Russia’s ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara.”As decided by our two leaders [Preside…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 20 : Former Pakistan president general (retired) Pervez Musharraf has said former army chief general Raheel Sharif helped him to leave the country by influencing the courts “Well he, (Raheel Sharif) did help me and I am absol…

New York [United States], Dec. 20. : The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto has called on the Taliban to participate in peace talks with the national government, stressing that the conflict in the country has no military solution …

New York [United States], Dec. 20. : Alarmed at the “devastating” humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, where perhaps thousands of civilians remain trapped, the Security Council has requested the United Nations and other relevant institutions to carry out “ad…

New York [United States], Dec. 20 : Republican Donald Trump has taken the next step in the official process to become the 45th President of the United States by surpassing the necessary 270 votes in the Electoral College despite last minute efforts by …

Ankara [Turkey], Dec. 20 : The United States embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana will be closed on Tuesday after an individual approached the embassy’s main gate and discharged a firearm.The incident happened hours after the Russ…

New York [United States], Dec. 20 : China has returned the U.S. underwater drone which it had seized last week in the South China Sea, according to Chinese and American officials.CNN cited a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Defense, as saying, “A…

Berlin [Germany], Dec.20 : Several countries in Europe have sounded an alert after a Pakistan-origin hardliner hijacked a truck and ran over several people in Berlin, Germany.The truck driver ploughed his vehicle into a Christmas market, killing 12 per…

New York [United States], Dec.20 : India’s permanent envoy to the U.N. Syed Akbaruddin has said that sustainable peace can be brought in Afghanistan by denying safe heavens to the terrorist groups in its neighbourhood.”If we are to bring sustainable pe…