ISLAMABAD, Nov – Pakistan named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir on Thursday as chief of its army, an organisation that plays a hugely influential role in the governance of the nuclear-armed nation.His appointment coincides with a dispute between the military and former prime minister Imran Khan, who blames the army for playing a part in his ouster […]
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ANKARA, Nov – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar told his Russian counterpart in a call on Thursday that Ankara would continue responding to attacks from northern Syria, after Russia asked Turkey to refrain from a full-scale Syria offensive.Akar told Sergei Shoigu that “Turkey’s priority is to prevent the terrorism threat (from northern Syria) permanently,” and […]
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Berlin: Berlin made it clear on Thursday that the Patriot air defence units it offered to Poland are intended for use on NATO territory, countering demands by Warsaw for the system to be sent to Ukraine.“These Patriots are part of NATO’s integrated air defence, meaning they are intended to be deployed on NATO territory,” German […]
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HOUSTON, Nov – Oil prices fell more than 4% on Wednesday as the Group of Seven (G7) nations considered a price cap on Russian oil above the current market level and as gasoline inventories in the United States built by more than analysts’ expected.Brent futures for January delivery fell $3.47 to $84.89 a barrel, a […]
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NEW DELHI, Nov, 23, : : On Wednesday, a Special CBI court will hear the case of incarcerated Jammu & Kashmir’s separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik in connection with the murder of four Indian Air Force officers. On 25 January 1990, Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna and three other IAF personnel were allegedly killed by Malik […]
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SRINAGAR, Nov ) – An estimated 300 militants are operating in Indian Kashmir, an Indian military commander in the disputed region said on Tuesday, as New Delhi seeks to stabilise the restive Himalayan territory that it reorganised three years ago.Kashmir is claimed in full by both India and arch rival Pakistan, although both nuclear-armed neighbours […]
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BAKHMUT, Ukraine/KYIV, Nov – Speaking amid the boom of artillery on Ukraine’s frontlines, the masked soldier said his ultimate goal was to liberate a land farther east – the Russian republic of Chechnya.Maga, his nom-de-guerre, is part of a unit of Chechen fighters helping Ukraine battle Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.Many of his kinsmen also […]
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BRUSSELS, Nov – The European Parliament on Wednesday designated Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, arguing that its military strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools and shelters violated international law.European lawmakers voted in favour of a resolution calling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.The move is largely symbolic, as the […]
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CHESAPEAKE, Va., Nov 23 – A manager at a Walmart Inc. (WMT.N) store in Virginia entered a break room and opened fire on fellow employees before turning the gun on himself, an eyewitness said on Wednesday, leaving a total of seven dead in the latest mass shooting in the United States.Walmart employee Briana Tyler told […]
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ISLAMABAD, Nov – Pakistan’s outgoing army chief rejected on Wednesday as “fake and false” claims by ousted prime minister Imran Khan that a U.S.-backed conspiracy had toppled his government, and also said the military would play no role in national politics in future.General Qamar Javed Bajwa made his comments in one of his farewell addresses […]
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