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Lankan President talks to PM Modi over 'mischievous' assassination reports
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wherein he categorically rejected the media reports about him alluding to the involvement of India in any manner whatsoever in an alleged
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US Defence Secretary Mattis meets Afghan President, discusses bilateral is
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Istanbul], Sep 08 (ANI): A delegation of the United States Department of Defence, led by Defence Secretary James Mattis and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Friday and discussed seve
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UK extends support to NATO troops in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 5 (ANI): 100 Welsh Guards were added to the NATO troops in Afghanistan during United Kingdom (UK) Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's visit in Kabul last week, UK's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
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Daesh a threat to UK: UK Defence Secy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 3 (ANI): The United Kingdom Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, who is on a three-day visit to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif on Monday, expressed concern about Daesh fighters in Afghanistan, stating that the terrorist organisation poses a threat to the UK.
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Nothing short of treasonous: Ex-CIA director on Trump-Putin news conferenc
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], Jul 17 (ANI): Former CIA Director John Brennan has said that United States President Donald Trump's comment during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin was "nothing short of treasonous."
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India, Japan hold 2 plus 2 dialogue
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): India and Japan held talks on counter-terrorism, maritime security, and peacekeeping operations among other issues during the fifth 2 plus 2 vice-ministerial level dialogue.
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Any deal with N Korea must include denuclearisation: US Senators
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [United States], June 5 (ANI): United States (US) Senate Democrats have written a letter to US President Donald Trump saying that any agreement with North Korea must include the dismantlement and removal of its nuclear weapon.
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New American NSA Bolton is bad News for Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.28 (ANI): During the presidency of George W Bush, a strong cabal of neo-con hawks guided his foreign policy and got the president into all sorts of failures. Prominent among them were Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, John Bolton and others. Vice President Dick Cheney
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Russia should go away and shut up: UK defence secy
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 15 (ANI): United Kingdom Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has asked Russia to "go away and shut up" when asked how the Kremlin should respond to the expulsion of 23 of its spies by London.
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US Defence Secretary arrives in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 13 (ANI): United States Defence Secretary James Mattis made an unannounced visit to Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday.
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Defence Secretary reviews security measures in Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 09 (ANI): Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra reviewed the forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday, where he was briefed about the measures taken to foil any infiltration bid from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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US to deploy 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 22 (ANI): The United States Army is making plans that may take the total force in Afghanistan a notch higher by as many as additional 1,000 US troops this spring, senior military officials said.
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