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Freshly-released 9/11 pics show Pentagon mayhem
01 Apr 2017
India revisiting nuclear strategy, may hit Pak first: report
01 Apr 2017
New assessments suggest that India may allow pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Pakistan’s arsenal in case of a war, loosening its interpretation of ‘no first use’ to deem pre-emptive strikes as defensive, says a New York Times report
Kashmir tense after 3 civilians killed in encounter with terrorists
29 Mar 2017
Tension continued in the Kashmir Valley today after three youngsters were killed in firing by security forces on Tuesday after an encounter at Budgam in which a suspected terrorist was killed
UK Parliament slams Pak move to annex Gilgit-Baltistan
27 Mar 2017
The UK Parliament said in a resolution that Pakistan's move is an attempt to facilitate the 'forced and illegal construction' of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Eight held after knife-wielding terrorist kills 3 in London
23 Mar 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May vowed that Parliament would work as usual after an attacker with suspected Islamic links ran rampant in central London on Wednesday, running down several pedestrians and knifing a policeman before being shot dead
Pak gets Chinese nod to produce weapons on large scale
17 Mar 2017
China is expected to authorise Pakistan to produce ballistic, cruise, anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles and battle tanks, China's state-run media reported late yesterday
China inducts J-20 stealth fighter, aims at ‘first class’ navy
11 Mar 2017
China has put into service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States
ISIS debuts in India with train blast in Ujjain; suspect killed in encounter
08 Mar 2017
Mohammed Saifullaa, the terror suspect who was holed up in a house in Haji colony of Thakurganj area of Lucknow, was killed in a 12-hour operation by the UP Police’s Anti-Terror Squad
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