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PM Narendra Modi government took a historic decision by abolishing Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. This decision has stirred up Pakistan. Constant provocative statements are coming out from Pakistan. Pakistan put the Kashmir issue in front of many countries. But Pakistan did not get support from any country. Even the United Nations has instructed Pakistan that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through dialogue. Recently, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a big statement that now there will be no talks with India till curfew is lifted from Kashmir. Imran Khan’s big statement Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan…

Ben Ali fled Tunisia as compatriots rose up. A former security chief, he ruled Tunisia for 23 years. Critics said he ran an oppressive police state. Tunisia’s ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali died in exile in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, days after a free presidential election in his homeland, his family lawyer said. “Ben Ali just died in Saudi Arabia,” the lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha, told Reuters by phone. Ben Ali fled Tunisia in January 2011 as his compatriots rose up against his oppressive rule in a revolution that inspired other Arab Spring uprisings abroad and led to a democratic…

Baloch Human Rights activist Ashraf Bamoch has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issue of Balochistan and human rights violations there at all international fora. Wishing Modi on his birthday, Ashraf tweeted: “Don’t forget the repressed people of Balochistan. Give them a voice and raise the issue at all international fora, including the United Nations. Baloch are also human beings, they have a right to live with dignity.” He also posted a video with the post in which two small children are seen holding a flag and chanting ‘India will win’. Another Baloch leader Nawab Brahumdagh said Islamabad…

Over 20,620 victims in Thailand are awaiting evacuations from floods caused by tropical storms that have so far killed 34 people, officials said on Thursday. Director-General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Chayaphol Thitisak said 32 provinces have suffered the effects of tropical storms “Podul” and “Kajiki”, as well as the southwest monsoon in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand since August 29. He added that other factors including flash floods, runoff, and landslides have hit 182 districts and 7,115 villages in the country. Thitisak said DDPM is collaborating with military and local offices to…

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had approved last weekend’s attack on two key Saudi Arabia oil facilities, a news report claimed on Thursday, even as tensions spiked in the Persian Gulf with Tehran warning that any attack on its territory would result in ‘all-out war’. A US official said Khamenei approved the Saturday morning attack only on the condition that it be carried out in a way to deny Iranian involvement. The news report comes a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompe, flying to Saudi Arabia, called the drone strikes which knocked out half of the Saudi…

The United States will return around USD 100 million which was sanctioned for an Afghan energy project to the Treasury and withhold another USD 60 million in aid after concluding that Kabul is mismanaging resources, as per the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. “Due to identified Afghan Government corruption and financial mismanagement, the US Government is returning approximately $100 million to the US Treasury that was intended for a large energy infrastructure project,” Pompeo said on Thursday, Sputnik reported. Pompeo also expressed great concern over a “lack of transparency” in the Afghan National Procurement Authority’s decisions, and said the…

The recently completed Orion spacecraft for Artemis I will head to Ohio for the final stretch of major testing before integration with the Space Launch System rocket for launch. Slated to begin this fall, a team of engineers and technicians stand ready to test the spacecraft, consisting of the crew and service modules, under simulated extreme in-space conditions in the world’s premier space environments test facility at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. “The tests will confirm the spacecraft’s systems perform as designed while ensuring safe operation for the crew during future Artemis missions – both on the ground and inflight,” said Nicole…

US President Donald Trump has held out the possibility of making a significant announcement when he addresses the “Howdy Modi” rally with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday in Houston. When a reporter traveling with him on Air Force One asked him on Wednesday night if he had an announcement to make with Modi in Houston, Trump replied, “Could be. “Trump said that Modi had asked him to come to the rally and he agreed. According to a transcript of his encounter with reporters, while flying back from California to Washington, he said Modi has “got a big crowd coming…

In a jibe without naming ally Shiv Sena, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Supreme Court is hearing the Ram Mandir case and asked “some loudmouths” to refrain from making statements on the issue. In a jibe without naming ally Shiv Sena, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Supreme Court is hearing the Ram Mandir case and asked “some loudmouths” to refrain from making statements on the issue. “I am amazed at the ‘bayan bahadurs and badbole’ (loudmouths) on the Ram Mandir issue. Everyone in the country respects the Supreme Court. The apex court is hearing the case. I…

The government of Thursday appointed Air Vice Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria the next Chief of Air Staff after the superannuation of incumbent BS Dhanoa. “Government has decided to appoint Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC presently Vice Chief of Air Staff as the next Chief of the Air Staff,” Defence Ministry’s Principal Spokesperson, said on Twitter. Bhaduria will take over the post of chief of Air staff after his predecessor Dhanoa retires on September 30. However, it is worth noting that Bhadauria was also due to retire on the same day as Dhanoa, but now that he…