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Washington/Islamabad, Feb 10: Pakistan is committed to countering "all militant groups" operating within its territory, army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has assured US Defence Secretary James Mattis during their first telephonic conversation. Gen (retd) Mattis reaffirmed the importance of bilateral military relationship during his conversation with Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, the Pentagon

San Francisco, Feb 10: A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, unanimously rejecting the administration's claim of presidential authority, questioning its motives and concluding that the order was unlikely to survive legal challenges. The three judges of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of

Washington, Feb 9: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the US is in the process of designing the wall on its southern border with Mexico. “The wall is getting designed right now. A lot of people say, ‘Oh, oh, Trump was only kidding with the wall.' I wasn't kidding. I don't kid. I don't kid,” Trump told conference of County Sheriffs at the White House. The wall, a major poll promise, is

New Delhi, Feb 8: Asserting that nuclear security remains a continuing concern, India today said terrorism, especially nuclear terrorism is an international threat that should not serve national strategy and pitched for a global response in this regard. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, who was speaking at the Implementation and Assessment Group Meeting of Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear

San Francisco, Feb 8: President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its toughest test as a panel of appeals court judges hammered away at the government's arguments that the ban was motivated by terrorism fears but also directed pointed questions to an attorney who claimed it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims. The contentious hearing before three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court

Bucharest, Feb 7: Romania's government is on a high-risk mission: devise a legal and politically acceptable way to remove penalties for some types of official corruption. First, the government tried to effect the change by imposing an emergency decree without public debate. The move backfired badly, sparking massive demonstrations in the capital of Bucharest and other major cities that caused the

New York, Feb 7: Technology giants, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter and Uber have filed a legal brief opposing the administration's travel ban, a media report said. "The move represents a rare coordinated action across a broad swath of the industry -- about a hundred companies in total -- and demonstrates the depth of animosity toward the Trump ban," The Washington

Washington, Feb 6: President Donald Trump has drawn a parallel between the US and Russian President Vladimir Putins regime by saying many people have been killed around the world due to Americas "mistakes", receiving flak from his opponents. "Well, take a look at what weve done too. Weve made a lot of mistakes. Ive been against the war in Iraq from the beginning," Trump said during an interview

Karachi, Feb 6: An Afghan security guard today shot dead a diplomat with a sub-machine gun following an altercation between the two inside the Afghan Consulate in this Pakistani port city. Private security guard Hayatullah Khan opened fire on the third secretary, Zaki Adu, in the lobby of the Consulate in the high-security Clifton area after a personal disagreement between the two, according to

Chicago, Feb 6: Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries who were turned away from the United States due to President Donald Trump's travel ban are hoping to make it through a narrow window opened by legal challenges. The federal appeals court in San Francisco denied Trump's effort to immediately reinstate the ban+ early on Sunday. For now, it remains blocked by a judge's temporary