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57 dead in US-led strikes on IS Syria prison: monitor
US-led coalition air strikes on a jail run by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least 57 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today
US clears sale of Guardian drones to India
The US has cleared the sale of predator Guardian drones to India, as President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged today to deepen their defence and security cooperation. The US and India look forward to working together on advanced defence equipment and technology at a level commensurate with that of America's closest allies and partners, said a joint statement issued after the India US Summit at the White House
Afghan air corridor shows India's stubbornness: Chinese daily
The dedicated air corridor between India and Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan is an attempt by New Delhi to counterbalance China's ambitious economic corridor via PoK and shows its "stubborn geopolitical thinking", a leading Chinese daily commented today
Over 150 dead as overturned fuel truck explodes in Pak
Alerted by an announcement over a mosque's loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers on Sunday to gather oil. Then the wreck exploded, engulfing people in flames as they screamed in terror
China denies entry to Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims
Gangtok: China has refused entry to the first batch of around 50 Indian pilgrims who were scheduled to travel to Kailash Mansarovar through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim, citing damage to roads due to rains and landslides in the Tibet region.
Discussed various aspects of entry of non-NPT states: NSG
Amid India's push for the NSG membership, the 48-nation elite grouping has said that it discussed the technical, legal and political aspects of New Delhi's application along with that of other non-NPT states and decided to hold another meeting in November. At the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in the Swiss capital Bern
BAT team carried special daggers, headband cameras to record terror attack
The Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT), which attacked an Indian Army patrol after crossing the LoC, was made up of special forces' men and terrorists who were armed with 'special daggers' and headband cameras for recording the strike in Poonch district. The attack on June 22 left two Indian soldiers dead while one BAT member was killed in retaliatory action by Indian troops
Around 100 people feared buried in China landslide: state media
Around 100 people are feared buried after a landslide smashed through their village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early today, local officials said, as they launched an emergency rescue operation. Some 40 homes in the village of Xinmo were swallowed by the cascading debris after the side of a mountain collapsed, blocking a two kilometre stretch of river, according to a statement from the Maoxian government news office
Indian-origin doctor arrested over circumcision of baby
An Indian-origin general practitioner (GP) from the East Midlands region of England has been arrested for allegedly circumcising a baby boy without his mother's consent. Dr Balvinder Mehat is accused of carrying out a non- therapeutic circumcision or a procedure for religious rather than medical reasons on the three-month old baby believed to belong to the Muslim faith in July 2013
Combustible cladding found in other residential blocks: May
Prime Minister Theresa May today warned that the cladding of a number of tower blocks in Britain has been found to be "combustible", as the first head in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower blaze rolled with the local council's chief executive resigning amid criticism