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Hamdullah Mohib named Afghanistan's new NSA
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced Hamdullah Mohib as the new National Security Advisor (NSA). Mohib succeeds Mohammad Hanif Atmar who unexpectedly resigned from the post.
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Invasion is necessary, Swamy repeats Maldives remark
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Repeating his "invade the Maldives" remark, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said that in order to protect Indians in that country, "invasion is necessary" if upcoming Presidential elections in the island nation was rigged. How
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Alagiri vs Stalin: Who will head DMK next?
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Late Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi's sons MK Alagiri and MK Stalin will be standing against each other in the party presidential election on Tuesday.
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Condolences pour in after John McCain's demise
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Many American political leaders paid rich tributes to Republican Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain, who passed away on Saturday after a prolonged illness.
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Senator John McCain passes away
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Republican Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain passed away on Saturday (local time) at the age of 81 after a prolonged illness.
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EU closely monitoring situation in poll-bound Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): The European Union is closely monitoring the situation in the Maldives in the run-up to the Presidential elections scheduled for September 23, according to a media release issued by the Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan.
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Homeland Security calls for 'verifiable ballots' in 2020 US poll
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 23 (ANI): The United States Department of Homeland Security has asked poll officials to ensure that the ballots which will be used in the 2020 presidential election are "verifiable and auditable".
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Trump questions Mueller's Russia probe
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Charleston [USA], August 22 (ANI): Continuing his tirade against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, President Donald Trump hit out at the former, saying "where is the collusion".
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PPP, PML-N likely to field joint presidential candidate
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): The two main opposition parties in Pakistan, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), are likely to field a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election in the country next month.
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Pakistan: PTI's presidential candidate Arif Alvi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 18 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday nominated Arif Alvi as their presidential candidate.
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Pak presidential polls to take place on Sep 4
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 17 (ANI): Pakistan's presidential election is slated to take place on September 4, the country's electoral body announced on Thursday.
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Giuliani urges Mueller to finish Russia probe by Sept
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 16 (ANI): Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer of United States President Donald Trump, has urged special counsel of the US Department of Justice Robert Mueller to wrap up the investigation into an alleged Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election by September.
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