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Jordan: House fire kills 13 Pakistanis
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], Dec 2 (ANI): Thirteen Pakistanis were killed and three others sustained injuries after a fire broke out in their house in western Jordan on Monday, Civil Defence Department said.
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Amazon files lawsuit challenging Pentagon's decision to award cloud contra
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 24 (ANI): Amazon has filed a lawsuit challenging US Defence Department's decision to award a USD 10 billion cloud computing contract to rival Microsoft last month.
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Amazon plans to file lawsuit challenging Pentagon's decision to award clou
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): Amazon said on Thursday that it is planning to file a lawsuit challenging US Defence Department's decision to award a USD 10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft last month.
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Trump considering to leave 200 soldiers in eastern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to leave a small contingent of American troops, nearly 200, in eastern Syria to combat the Islamic State, a senior administration official told the New York Times.
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Gen Dunford to complete term as Trump's top military adviser
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States Defence Department on Monday clarified that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford will serve the full two-year term, despite President Donald Trump naming his successor 10 months before the term's completion.
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'Our strategy would be inclusive of China as constructive participant'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], August 30 (ANI): The United States President Donald Trump administration's senior official Randall G. Schriver while discussing the upcoming 2+2 dialogue with India said that the strategy would be inclusive and China is welcomed to be a constructive participant in t
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Can't guarantee waiver for India from Russia sanctions: Schriver
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], August 30 (ANI): Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs at the US Defence Department, Randall G. Schriver in conversation with Ashley J. Tellis at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace here said that waiver for India from R
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'2+2 dialogue to enhance India, US ties'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs at the US Defence Department, Randall G. Schriver has said that the upcoming inaugural 2+2 dialogue, which is slated to be held next month, would advance the bilateral ties between Indi
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Trump's military parade postponed
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 18 (ANI): The United States Defence Department has announced that the military parade, a brainchild of President Donald Trump, has been postponed to 2019.
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Russia developing undersea nuclear torpedo: Report
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States] Feb 3 (ANI): A Pentagon report for the first time has acknowledged that Russia is building and developing an "undersea" nuclear torpedo.
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Niger ambush investigation likley to get over in Jan, says Pentagon
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], November 9 (ANI): The Pentagon officials have said that the investigation of the four U.S. soldiers killed in the ambush last month in Niger is likely to conclude in January.
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Beijing terms Pentagon report on its expanding global military role as irr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China] June 8 (ANI): China has termed the annual U.S. Defence Department report about Beijing's expanding global military presence as "irresponsible", and added that it remains justified in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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