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Russian amabassador assassination: Turkey detains 6 people over envoy's murder

The Turkish capital is on a high alert after a series of deadly attacks in Ankara.

Dec 20, 2016

Pervez Musharraf claims ex-Pak army chief Gen Raheel Sharif helped him leave the country

The Pak SC had ordered the government to place Musharraf on the ECL to ensure that he did not leave the country.

Dec 20, 2016

India, Bangladesh and Iran refuse to participate in key regional conference held in Pakistan

India had also boycotted the SAARC Summit that was supposed to be held in Islamabad in November 2016.

Dec 20, 2016

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South China Sea dispute: After spat with Trump, China returns US Navy drone

The underwater Ocean Glider drone was reportedly handed over to a US Navy destroyer by the same Chinese Navy ship that seized it last week.

Dec 20, 2016

Demonetisation: Pakistan Senate passes resolution to withdraw Rs 5,000 notes from circulation

Demonetisation was proposed by the senate members to stop the flow of illicit money in the country and to halt money laundering.

Dec 20, 2016

Star Wars saga: UK says the force may not be with the Jedis

Fans of George Lucas' Star Wars saga, however, are busy celebrating the success of its latest instalment, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Dec 20, 2016

Turkey shooting: Gunshots reported outside US embassy in Ankara hours after Russian envoy is assassinated

Reports state that the assailant, who was armed with a shotgun, was caught at a security checkpoint after he fired almost a dozen bullets.

Dec 20, 2016

ISIS offers $1 million bounty to murder Danish woman who fought against them with Kurdish forces

Joanna Palani, who joined the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, became a social media sensation after in an interview she said that ISIS fighters were "easy to kill".

Dec 20, 2016

Russian ambassador killing: Vladimir Putin vows 'robust response' after ambassador shot dead in Ankara

Putin said that the attack was a "provocation" aimed at foiling Moscow's attempt to find solutions for the Syrian crisis.

Dec 20, 2016

Missing 7-year-old Syria war symbol evacuated from Aleppo

Bana al-Abed has been tweeting about her struggle to survive the Syrian conflict in eastern Aleppo.

Dec 19, 2016

China offers to return seized US naval drone, but President-Elect Donald Trump says: 'Keep it!'

The US had demanded that China should "immediately" release the underwater naval drone "unlawfully" seized by the mainland.

Dec 19, 2016

Russia supports China-Pak corridor; wants to merge it with Eurasian Economic Union project

The two nations held talks over merging Eurasian Economic Union project with CPEC, Alexey Y Dedov, the Russian envoy to Pakistan, has been quoted as saying.

Dec 19, 2016