Tag: World
UN Urges India, Pakistan To Defuse Tensions
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise "maximum restraint" and offered to mediate in the face of rising tensions following the attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers.....
IOC Suspends India From Hosting Olympic-qualifying Events
In a major setback for India, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday suspended all Indian applications to host future Olympic-related events until New Delhi guarantees in writing the entry of all participants. ....
Guterres Welcomes Release Of Indian Pilot, Calls For Keeping Up 'positive Momentum'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistan and asked both countries to keep up the "positive momentum".....
Pakistan Reinstates Ban On Airing Of Indian Content
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a ban on the airing of Indian content on local television channels.....
US Intelligence Won't Report Civilian Deaths In Airstrikes
US President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order according to which American intelligence officials will no longer be required to publicly disclose the number of civilians killed in airstrikes against terrorist targets.....
Hafiz Saeed Barred From Leading Prayers In Lahore
Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed has been barred from leading prayers at Lahore's Jamia Masjid Qadsia as part of the Pakistan government's crackdown on terror groups, the media reported on Friday.....
UK Parliament Rejects May's Brexit Deal Again
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected again by MPs in the second meaningful vote in the UK Parliament since January, increasing uncertainty about how the country will leave the European Union.....
UK Parliament Rejects No-deal Brexit
The UK Parliament voted to dismiss a no-deal Brexit, which led to a second government defeat in less than an hour.....
US Senate Confirms Indian American Jurist As Judge
The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of a controversial Indian American jurist, Neomi Rao, to an important judgeship that was vacated by an appointee to the Supreme Court.....
Indian Stabbed To Death In Germany, Wife Injured
An Indian national has been stabbed to death and his wife injured in an attack by an immigrant near Munich in Germany, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Saturday.....
