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New Year Honours: Alastair Cook to receive Knighthood
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 29 (ANI): Former England captain Alastair Cook will receive a knighthood in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.
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Iraq: Trump defends pulling out army troops from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Al Asad Air Base [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump, who is on his first trip to visit troops stationed in Iraq, defended his decision of pulling out armed forces from Syria stating that US military gains against the Islamic State terror group is the reason he can withdraw 2,000
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Delta flight makes emergency landing on remote Alaskan island
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Anchorage (Alaska) [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): Hundreds of passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight survived nervy moments on Christmas Eve as the plane made an emergency landing on a small and isolated island in Alaska due to a "potential engine issue".
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Libya: 3 dead in Foreign Ministry building attack
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 26 (ANI): At least three people were killed and ten injured in a suicide bombing outside Foreign Ministry building here on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Former MQM-P leader assassinated
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec 25 (ANI): Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and former Member of Pakistan National Assembly (MNA) Ali Raza Abidi was shot dead in Karachi on Tuesday, stated Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South Javed Alam Odho.
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UAE releases photos of princess who had allegedly tried to flee months bac
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Dec 25 (ANI): The first pictures of a princess of United Arab Emirates (UAE), who had reportedly made an abortive bid to run away months back, have been released by the government in an apparent effort to show that she was doing well.
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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 7 years in prison
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 24(ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to seven years in prison by an accountability court in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference.
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Al-Qaeda getting ready to attack passenger planes: British Security Minist
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 23 (ANI/Sputnik): British Security Minister Ben Wallace said that the al-Qaeda terror group is developing technologies to shoot down passenger planes.
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Yemen: UN Representative to hold talks with Houthis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Dec 23(ANI): The head of a United Nations mission tasked with monitoring a ceasefire in the Yemeni port city of Al Hodeidah arrived in Sanaa on Sunday to hold talks with the leaders of Houthi militia.
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Shakib makes big gain in T20I rankings
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Dec 23 (ANI): Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has made rapid strides in the International Cricket Council (ICC) men's T20I player rankings after fine efforts with both bat and ball in a recently concluded three-match series against West Indies which his team lost 2-1.
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Lot of positives to take out of B'desh series, says Windies skipper
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Dec 23 (ANI): Delighted with West Indies' batting returns in the T20 format, skipper Carlos Brathwaite on Saturday laid out a few areas of improvement, stating they have "a lot of positives" to take from the series against Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh elections: A rocky road ahead for all parties
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): In a little over a week, Bangladesh will go to polls to elect a new parliament. Pitted against the Sheikh Hasina-led ruling Awami League (AL) and its various allies is the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which had boycotted the last parliamentary electi
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