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Pak suspends peace process after snubbing India on terror probe
07 Apr 2016
Pakistan is trying to turn the tables on India, accusing it of carrying out subversive activities by arresting Indian national Kulbhushan Yadav on charges of being an Indian agent
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US, Phillipines, Australia begin annual armed exercise
05 Apr 2016
The annual military exercise is being increasingly seen as a counter to Beijing’s ambitious expansion in disputed South China Sea waters
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Modi pledges key initiatives for nuclear security
02 Apr 2016
India will counter nuclear smuggling and strengthen the national detection architecture for nuclear and radioactive material, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, adding that a dedicated team to counter nuclear smuggling is also in place
PM announces key nuclear safeguard steps
02 Apr 2016
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US, Saudi unite for sanctions on 6 ‘terrorist’ entities
01 Apr 2016
The United States and Saudi Arabia on Thursday joined hands to put a sanction on Pakistani individuals and terrorist entities, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Riyadh
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ISIS chief’s runaway wife wants new life in Europe
01 Apr 2016
Speaking for the first time since her release from a Lebanese prison in earlier this year, Saja al-Dulaimi, who was married to the most wanted man in the world - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the top leader of ISIS - has revealed the ordeal that her position
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Modi in Washington to attend nuclear security summit
31 Mar 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Washington today to attend the two-day Nuclear Security Summit of leaders from over 50 countries who will share their assessment of the threat from nuclear weapons and materials
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N Korea warns of ‘pre-emptive’ nuclear strike on US
31 Mar 2016
North Korea has claimed it is preparing to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the US, after claiming its warheads are capable of reaching Manhattan
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Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei backs missile tests
31 Mar 2016
The 76-year-old ayatollah, who is also Iran’s commander-in-chief, said in a speech that Tehran would lose its leverage in negotiations with the world’s major powers if it were to abandon its missile programme
Defence minister, Manohar Parrikar flags off India’s first indigenous composites sonar dome
30 Mar 2016
Pak probe team hits Pathankot; Congress protests
29 Mar 2016
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