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Pakistan says Indian claim of surgical strike in Kashmir an "illusion" 29 Sep 2016 - 12:57 pm
Spokesman of the Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Nafees Zakaria speaks at a press conference in Islamabad on September 29, 2016. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the
Punjab border villages on alert after surgical strikes 29 Sep 2016 - 12:10 pm
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called a meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation.
Pakistan fury after India conducts 'surgical strikes' 29 Sep 2016 - 11:07 am
This file photograph shows Indian soldiers as they patrol along a barbed-wire fence near Baras Post on the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India some 174 kms north west of Srinagar. AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN
Wild weather hits South Australia after mass blackout 29 Sep 2016 - 10:49 am
A photo taken on September 28 and obtained on September 29, 2016, shows transmission towers carrying power lines, toppled by high winds near Melrose in South Australia. Australia on Thursday after
India carries out 'surgical strikes' on Kashmir frontier 29 Sep 2016 - 10:43 am
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India-Pakistan tensions threaten South Asia summit 28 Sep 2016 - 04:09 pm
This file photo taken on November 27, 2014 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2L) point a finger at Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2R) during the closing session of the 18th SAARC summit at City Hall in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. AFP
US strike against Islamic State kills 18, including Afghan civilians 28 Sep 2016 - 03:47 pm
A suspected US drone strike has killed 18 people in the restive eastern province of Nangarhar, with some Afghan sources claiming some of the fatalities were Afghan civilians. AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA
Lightning storms knock out power to entire Australian state 28 Sep 2016 - 10:54 am
Boys bicycle out of floodwaters after heavy rains inundated the midwestern New South Wales town of Forbes, Australia, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Pakistan denounces Indian UN speech as 'litany of falsehoods' 27 Sep 2016 - 05:24 pm
Pakistani tribesmen shout anti-Indian slogans during a protest in Bannu on September 26, 2016 to show their solidarity with Indian Kashmiri Muslims. (AFP / Karim ULLAH)
As talks for aviation climate deal begin, India holds out 27 Sep 2016 - 12:03 pm
File photo of an aircraft in New Delhi. Reuters
Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women's rights 27 Sep 2016 - 10:56 am
File photo of a bride and groom at a mass marriage ceremony in Karachi organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council ? Reuters
India begins campaign at United Nations to isolate Pakistan 26 Sep 2016 - 08:19 pm
India's Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, September 26, 2016. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi in UP, assailant arrested 26 Sep 2016 - 03:11 pm
Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi in UP, assailant arrested (IANS)
French fighter jet deal: an Indian saga 25 Sep 2016 - 11:00 am
French-made Dassault Rafale jet fighter at an assembly hanger in Merignac, southwestern France. (AFP / Jean-Pierre MULLER)
World's largest radio telescope starts operating in China 25 Sep 2016 - 09:16 am
File photo taken on July 29, 2015 shows the five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under construction in Pingtang, southwestern China's Guizhou province. China OUT / AFP / STR
Indian ministers approve Rafale fighter jet deal 21 Sep 2016 - 07:37 pm
This file photo taken on June 16, 2015 shows a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet perform over Le Bourget airport during the International Paris Air show. India's cabinet committee on security approved on September 21, 2016 the purchase of 36 fighter jets
China court hears case over Tesla fatal crash 21 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am
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Red Cross seeks $15.5 mn to help flood-hit N. Korea 21 Sep 2016 - 09:53 am
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