The United States has strongly objected to threats of nuclear warfare made by Pakistan against India and has conveyed its displeasure to that country in this regard. “We made that (American objection on nuclear threat) clear to them (Pakistan). Repeatedly,” a senior State Department official said.
A Russian ground forces contingent on Friday arrived in Pakistan to participate in the first-ever joint military exercises starting from tomorrow, reflecting growing military ties between the two former Cold War rivals.
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck off Japan’s east coast on Friday, weather officials said.According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the tremblor occurred at 9.14 a.m., and struck at a latitude of 34.4 degrees north and longitude of 141.7 degrees east, with the epicentre in the Pacific Ocean, Xinhua news agency reported. Read More
Authorities evacuated a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York late on Thursday after a vehicle was abandoned outside the terminal, local media reported. Authorities told passengers to leave Terminal B at about 11 p.m. local time as they investigated a car that was left unattended with its doors open, several media outlets reported. Several Read More
Hillary Clinton is accusing Donald Trump of giving “aid and comfort” to Islamic terrorists, declaring his anti-Muslim rhetoric helps the Islamic State group and other militants recruit new fighters. Mr. Trump is insisting the U.S. should “use whatever lawful methods are available” to get information from the Afghan immigrant arrested in this weekend’s bombings.
The Mideast’s biggest airline, which touts luxuries like onboard showers and an extensive movie selection, is adding something a bit more down-to-earth for those in the back of the plane: charges to pick your own seat ahead of time.
The United Nations suspended aid convoys across Syria on Tuesday a day after an air strike hit relief trucks near the city of Aleppo, killing at least one aid worker and around 20 civilians, and destroying a warehouse and hospital.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow is holding to its part of the Syria agreement, but accused the rebels of using it to “regroup” and called for more transparency from Washington.
A terminally ill child has become the first minor to be euthanised in Belgium since age restrictions on such mercy killings in the country were lifted in 2014, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The head of the federal euthanasia commission gave no details of the minor beyond saying it was an exceptional case of a Read More
Hillary Clinton thought she would borrow a leaf from her Republican rival Donald Trump’s book. Instead, she reached for a dictionary of insults and flung “half” of his supporters in a “basket of deplorable”.
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