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Iran hit by 5.6 earthquake day after strong quake killed 1, injured 20

Minab, Iran: Another strong earthquake hit the same area of southern Iran where a series of tremors killed one and injured around 20 on Saturday....

Former Iranian President Rafsanjani plots political comeback

Tehran: Iran's presidential election received a surprise on Saturday when Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, registered as a candidate.  The Dispatch News Desk reports.Rafsanjani, who...

Iranian boundary guards shoot dead 10 Afghan migrants

Herat, Afghanistan: Iranian guards shot and killed 10 and injured another 12 Afghan immigrants trying to illegally cross the border from the western province...

US President Obama vows to work with Pakistan as ‘equal partners’

Washington: President Barack Obama congratulated Pakistan Sunday on its parliamentary elections and said Washington was ready to work "as equal partners" with the government...

Congress rule in Karnataka from Monday, after 9-year gap

Bangalore: Congress leader Siddaramaiah will take over as Karnataka chief minister Monday, beginning the party's rule of the state on its own after a...

Congress declares candidates for Gujarat by-elections

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress has decided to field new faces and play the sympathy card in the upcoming bye-elections for two Lok Sabha and four...

Peshawar High Court declares drone strikes illegal; orders security forces to down drone

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday declared the drone strikes on Pakistani territory illegal and ordered the security forces to shoot down...

Russian Deputy PM Vladislav Surkov resigns

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the voluntary resignation of Deputy PM Vladislav Surkov, best known as the architect of Russia’s current political...

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over unprovoked firing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned Afghan Charge d' Affaires to the Foreign Office and conveyed its protest over unprovoked firing from the Afghanistan side...

North Korea removes two missiles from east coast launch site

PYONGYANG: North Korea has removed two medium-range missiles from launch sites on the country's eastern coast, indicating a lowering of tension on the peninsula,...

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