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Washington, Dec 26: Three Indian teenaged siblings were among four people killed in a fire at a house in the US state of Tennessee, just two days before Christmas, according to media reports. The fire killed a woman and three Indian teens from Telangana who were staying with her family through the holidays in a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, the USA Today reported. "Kari Coudriet - of Collierville

Washington, Dec 26: US President Donald Trump set off a Christmas social media storm when he asked whether a 7-year-old was too old to believe in Santa Claus, capping a week of plunging stocks, a government shutdown and the US defense chief`s unceremonious departure. Twitter lit up like a Christmas tree after Trump made his remark during a holiday event with first lady Melania Trump, taking calls

Islamabad, Dec 26: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for the second time within a week tried to compare the treatment of minorities in his country and India, saying they would be treated as equal citizens in Naya Pakistan "unlike what is happening in India". On the occasion of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah's birth anniversary on Tuesday, Khan said that Jinnah had envisaged Pakistan as a

Jakarta, Dec 25: At least 429 people have been killed so far and 1,459 injured with more than 10,000 rendered homeless in a Tsunami that struck off the Sunda Strait of Western Indonesia between Java and Sumatra destroying 681 housing units, 69 hotels, 60 shops and completely damaging 420 boats. Indonesia had not even recuperated from the recent havoc by the earthquake, a major tragedy has again

Dhaka, Dec 24: The Bangladesh Election Commission has barred television channels in the country to live broadcast from inside the polling centres during the General Elections on December 30, while deciding not to issue press stickers for the journalists travelling on motorcycles to cover the polls. The decision, in force from December 22, comes in the backdrop of a set of election guidelines for

Islamabad, Dec 24: An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case while acquitting him in the Flagship Investments corruption case in the high-profile Panama Papers scandal. Accountability Court II Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik announced the verdict in the two remaining corruption cases

Paris, Dec 24: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he deeply regretted US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. In an abrupt policy shift, Trump announced on Wednesday that Washington would withdraw the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, upending a pillar of American policy in the Middle East and alarming U.S. allies. "I very deeply regret the decision

Jakarta, Dec 24: At least 281 people have been killed and 584 injured with more than 10000 rendered homeless when a Tsunami struck off the Sunda Strait of Western Indonesia between Java and Sumatra destroying 611 housing units, 69 hotels, 60 shops and completely damaging 420 boats. Indonesia had not even recuperated from the recent havoc done by the earthquake, a major tragedy has again jolted the

Islamabad, Dec 23: Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi will celebrate Christmas under guard, despite being cleared of the blasphemy charges that kept her in jail since 2010. Bibi -- a former labourer who was on death row for eight years -- remains a prime target in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan, with extremists calling for her blood and the government refusing to reveal her location out of fear

Washington, Dec 23: The US government was partially shut down early on Saturday in a fierce dispute over President Donald Trump’s demands that Congress assign USD 5 billion for a wall along the border with Mexico. After failing to strike a budget deal on Friday, congressional leaders and the White Housepledged to keep talking through the weekend in search of a deal to end the shutdown ahead of the