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Islamabad, Aug. 12 : At least six suspected militants, including two terrorist commanders were arrested during successful raids in the outskirts of Rawalpindi, says Pakistan Army launched country-wide combing operations to bust terror cells.Pakistan mi…

Islamabad, Aug. 12 : Stating that Islamabad’s relations with China is time-tested, Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said his country would like to maintain cordial relations with the U.S.and is working on …

Colombo, Aug. 12 : Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg arrived on a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka on Friday and was received by Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.Solberg was accorded a guard of honor and a gun…

New Delhi, Aug. 12 : Following suit of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Friday apologised to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan over his detention at the U.S immigration at Los Angeles airport, ensuring it doe…

Karachi, Aug. 12 : The U.S. State Department’s annual report on International Religious Freedom has expressed concern at the increase in the number of blasphemy cases in Pakistan and the use of such charges as “justification for mob justice” in the cou…

Beijing, Aug.12 : At least 21 were killed and five others injured in a steam-pipe explosion at a power station in central China.The blast took place at Dangyang city about 3:20 p.m. local time on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The state-ru…

Glasgow (Scotland), Aug.12 : A Muslim taxi driver Tanveer Ahmed has been jailed for at least 27 years for murdering a shopkeeper who he believed had “disrespected Islam”.According to the London-based daily, The Nation, 32-year old Tanveer Ahmed travell…

Birmingham (UK), Aug.12 : A Pakistani, Majid Hussain, who tried to sneak through Birmingham Airport with a wrap of heroin in his cabin baggage has been jailed for 12 years.Majid Hussain, a resident of Nansen Road, Saltley, is thought to have forgotten …

London, Aug.12 : One in every 14 adults in England and Wales was sexually abused as a child, according to the first research of its kind.According to a report in the London-based newspaper, The Nation, some 11 percent of women and three percent of men …

Islamabad, Aug. 12 : Pakistan has in a veiled statement indicated that India’s intelligence agency RAW might have collaborated with the local militant groups in carrying out Monday’s terrorist attack in Quetta, which killed over 70 people.”Involvement …