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CAS president visits ICIMOD to strengthen scientific collaboration, knowledge sharing

KATHMANDU, Nepal: The President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Professor Bai Chunli and an eight-member delegation visited the International Centre for Integrated...

Indian elections 2014: Polling held for first phase of Lok Sabha elections

NEW DELHI: Indians cast their votes on Monday in six constituencies in the two northeastern states of Assam and Tripura as polling for first...

Iranian parliament approves Tehran-Islamabad security cooperation act

TEHRAN: The Iranian Parliament has approved the Tehran-Islamabad enhanced security cooperation act, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the two countries for joint campaign against...

Taliban surround election workers, several observers in northern Afghanistan

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban have sorrounded eight election workers and several observers for three hours in the Sancharak district of Afghanistan’s northern Sar-i-Pul province...

Violent incidents continue as Afghans vote in landmark election

KABUL: As millions of Afghans cast their votes on Saturday for a successor to President Hamid Karzai in a landmark election, violent incidents in...

Afghanistan’s presidential election: Voting count begins

KABUL: The presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan came to a close after an hour of extension on Saturday evening, followed by the...

Karzai orders probe into AP journalists shooting in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a full investigation into the firing incident in eastern Afghanistan that left a foreign female journalist...

Blast near polling station in southern Afghanistan, four injured

KABUL: An explosion occurred at a polling station in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Logar on Saturday that left at least four voters injured. The incident...

Afghanistan’s presidential election: Polling underway amid tight security

Lists of provincial candidates with their symbols and list of Presidential candidates KABUL: Polling is underway in Afghanistan to choose a successor to President Hamid...

Kidnapped Iranian border guards released

TEHRAN: The five Iranian border guards have been freed and handed over to Iranian officials in Pakistan, an Iranian news agency citing security sources...

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