Indian finance ministry officials to meet Moody’s on June 16 – sources
New Delhi (Reuters) – The Indian finance ministry officials will meet credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on June 16
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Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, arrested in a land fraud case
Islamabad – Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, was arrested on Sunday in yet another case involving the deceptive
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Strong earthquake rattles northern Japan; no damage reported
Tokyo (AP) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Sunday, but there were no
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Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
Islamabad (AP) — The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts
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South Korea police arrest dozens for corporate spying after probe, Yonhap reports
Seoul (Reuters) – South Korean police have arrested 77 people involved in 35 cases of suspected industrial espionage discovered during
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Honduras opens embassy in China after cutting ties to Taiwan
Beijing (Reuters) – Honduras opened an embassy in China on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, after the Central American nation
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Taiwan sends up fighters as Chinese warplanes cross strait’s median line
Taipei (Reuters) – Taiwan’s air force scrambled into action on Sunday after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median
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Shootout in northwest Pakistan, along Afghan border, kills 3 soldiers, 3 militants, army says
Peshawar (AP) — Militants attacked a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, along the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that
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On June 15, Cyclone Biparjoy, a “very severe storm,” is forecast to pass across the Saurashtra-Kutch coast. IMD updates are available here
According to the most recent Cyclone Biparjoy bulletin from the India Meteorological Department, the storm has become a “extremely severe
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Hamas-style PFI member detained by the India’s ED agency and expelled from Singapore
New Delhi – India’s Enforcement Directorate detained a top member of the outlawed Hamas-style Popular Front of India (PFI) on
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