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Thousands join funeral of Iranian general Soleimani in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 4 (ANI): Thousands of mourners on Saturday joined the formal funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, who was killed a day before near Baghdad's international airport in an airstrike o
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Pak unlikely to allow Sikhs to take out 'Nagar Kirtan' from Nankana Sahib
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 4 (ANI): Pakistan is unlikely to allow Sikhs to take out 'Nagar Kirtan' from the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara on Saturday amid brewing tensions in the area in the aftermath of the incident of vandalism at the shrine, Pakistani media reported.
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US to deploy thousands of additional troops to Middle East following Solei
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The United States will deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, amid rising tensions with Iran, following airstrikes that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, informed a US defence official.
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US Embassy in Pakistan restricts travel of govt personnel
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 4 (ANI): Amid tensions in the region over the killing of Iran's elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, US Embassy in Pakistan issued advisory restricting travel of US government employees.
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Amid heightened tensions over Soleimani's death, US asks its citizens to d
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 03 (ANI): The United States on Friday has issued a travel advisory to its nationals living in Iraq asking them to depart the country immediately due to heightened tensions.
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Iraq embassy attack: US deploys 750 troops to Middle-East, Trump warns Ira
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): The United States has said that it was sending additional troops to the Middle East, after hundreds of protesters stormed its embassy compound in Iraq, setting fires and chanting -- 'Death to America!'
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Hundreds of protestors storm US Embassy in Baghdad following airstrikes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 31 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors stormed the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in a demonstration against the American airstrikes that had killed two dozen members of an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq and Syria over the weekend.
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Indian economy to make gradual recovery by next fiscal: CII president
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 30 (ANI): The Indian economy is expected to make a gradual recovery by the next fiscal in the backdrop of easing of global trade tensions and improved transmission, said Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) president Vikram Kirloskar here on Monday.
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Not a single piece of land will be given away: Yediyurappa to people over
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Amid tensions erupting between Karnataka and neighboring Maharashtra over the border issue with protests on both sides, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday urged people of the state to maintain peace stating that 'not a single piece
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Japan approves plan to send forces to Middle East
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 28 (ANI): Japan's Cabinet on Friday endorsed a plan to send a Self-Defence Force (SDF) ship and aircraft to the Middle East in one of its biggest diplomatic efforts to ease tensions and stabilise the situation there.
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China asks India, Pak to avoid escalation in tension, resolve disputes thr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 27 (ANI): China on Thursday urged India and Pakistan to "exercise restraint" to avoid escalation in tension and asked both of its neighbours to resolve disputes through dialogue.
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Beijing supported efforts towards defusing India-Pak tensions this year, s
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 25 (ANI): China supported the efforts of India and Pakistan towards diffusing tension and managing their differences through dialogue earlier this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday while recounting the key mediation efforts undertaken by his count
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