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15 Nov 2016

New Zealand

Evacuations underway after massive NZ quake

Authorities in New Zealand have begun evacuating thousands of citizens from the areas that were worst-hit by the recent earthquake.

15 Nov 2016

Russia News

Putin, Trump vow to improve US-Russia relations

President Trump and Russian President Putin acknowledged the "low-point" in Russia-US relations and vowed to work together to improve the shaky bilateral equation.

14 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Priebus, Bannon appointed to White House roles

Senior Republican Reince Priebus has been appointed as Donald Trump's new chief of staff, while Trump campaign chief Stephen Bannon as the White House's chief strategist.

14 Nov 2016

Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina appeals for communal harmony

In response to the recent spate of attacks on religious minorities in the country, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina said it was the "moral responsibility" of a Muslim country to take care of all minorities.

14 Nov 2016

New Zealand

New Zealand struck with magnitude-7.8 earthquake

New Zealand was rocked by a very powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale early Monday morning.

14 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Donald Trump to take $1 as President's salary

In another news, US President-elect Trump reiterated his campaign promise to not accept the President's salary if voted into the White House.

14 Nov 2016

Egypt

IMF approves $12bn loan to Egypt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three-year $12bn loan for Egypt to help it come-out the deep economic crisis, bring down public debt and control inflation.

13 Nov 2016

Pakistan News

ISIS detonates bomb at a Pakistani shrine, 52 dead

Almost 52 people were killed and 100 injured in a bomb blast that took place at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan.

13 Nov 2016

World

Clinton blames FBI for her defeat

Sources stated that Hillary Clinton, in a conversation with her fundraisers, blamed FBI Director James Comey for her defeat in the elections.

Suicide bomber attacks Afghanistan's NATO base

Bagram air base, Afghanistan's largest US military base witnessed an explosion on 12th November.

12 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Mike Pence made in-charge of White House transition

Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence has been made in charge of a White House transition team by President-elect Donald Trump.

12 Nov 2016

Presidential Election

H-1B visas may cause conflict between US-India

A US expert on South Asian issues said that the problem of H-1B visas could be a sore point for the India-US ties under Trump's leadership.

Pakistan fears Trump favouring India

Donald Trump's win has Pakistan jittery as the South-East Asian nation fears that Trump might favour India.

12 Nov 2016

India

India-Israel defence deals and technology transfers next week

Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, will be visiting India in the coming week.

12 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

First 100 Days of Donald Trump

Towards the end of October 2016, Donald Trump in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania released a plan for the first 100 days of his term.

11 Nov 2016

Washington DC

Protests, reports of lawlessness over Trump win

Several cities in the US bore witness to protests against Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections; Lady Gaga staged a protest outside Trump Tower in New York.

11 Nov 2016

South Africa

Jacob Zuma survives another turbulent year

Jacob Zuma, the South African President, sailed through another no-confidence motion brought against his government yesterday.

11 Nov 2016

Presidential Election

Trump meets Obama, outlines health plan

US President-elect Donald Trump met President Barack Obama at the White House and promised to seek his counsel on governance; Trump also revealed a new health plan, scrapping Obamacare.

11 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Days into Trump's regime, racist graffiti shows up

Within two days of Donald Trump's win in the US Presidential elections, racist, pro-Trump graffiti is showing up in parts of America, giving substance to fears of heightened bigotry in the US.

11 Nov 2016

Afghanistan

Taliban attack on German consulate

A German consulate in Afghanistan was the victim of a suicide bomb-attack last night.

11 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Silicon Valley wants California to secede from US

Following Donald Trump's US Presidential victory, some high profile Silicon Valley investors have started calling out for California to secede from the US.

11 Nov 2016

World

Trump's win raises concerns over Paris Climate deal

Donald Trump's victory in the US elections has cast doubt over the US commitment to the Paris Climate deal; Trump calls climate change a hoax.

10 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

All eyes are on Donald Trump's cabinet

Donald Trump's campaign was extremely divisive and beset with controversies.

10 Nov 2016

Afghanistan

Sharbat Gula returns to Afghanistan

Sharbat Gula, who had appeared on Nat Geo's magazine, arrived back to her home-country of Afghanistan and was welcomed by President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul.

10 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Won't pay for the wall: Mexico

Mexico reiterated its stance that it will not pay for the wall Donald Trump promised to erect on the US southern border.

10 Nov 2016

Washington DC

Trump won at $5/vote: Effective campaigning?

Donald Trump won approximately 59 million votes nation wide after raising a little over $270 million, equating to approximately $5 per vote; in contrast, Hillary Clinton's campaign raised approximately $512 million.

10 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Concession speech, delivered Hillary Clinton style

Hillary Clinton delivered her speech at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, conceding the election to Donald Trump.

10 Nov 2016

Presidential Election

Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 Presidential Election

Republican presidential candidate and real estate baron Donald Trump defeated the Democrats' Hillary Clinton by 210,472 votes.

09 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Donald Trump's massive mandate

Donald Trump won 47.5% of the vote share, marginally lower than that of Clinton; this still resulted in a stunning 278 electoral votes for the Republicans.

09 Nov 2016

Afghanistan

Afghanistan seeks Indian treatment for Gula

Afghan officials have reached out to India, seeking treatment for Sharbat Gula who is suffering from Hepatitis C; the Indian government is yet to get a formal extradition request.

09 Nov 2016

World

WikiLeaks: Did not try to influence US elections

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange clarified that WikiLeaks was not attempting to influence the US elections.

09 Nov 2016

Washington DC

Meet President Trump

The Republican Party rejoiced as their candidate Donald Trump won the elections to become the President-elect.

09 Nov 2016

World

India slams UNSC for delay in banning Azhar

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin strongly put the UNSC down for its inaction on banning JeM chief Masood Azhar.

09 Nov 2016

World

Tesco Bank attack impacted thousands

Tesco Bank's Chief Executive blamed a "systematic, sophisticated attack" that was responsible for impacting thousands of customer accounts.

09 Nov 2016

London

Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report

A report by Project Alpha of King's College of London's Centre for Science and Security Studies stated Pakistan cannot expect to be welcomed into Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Lone astronaut casts vote before US election

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) agency, Shane Kimbrough, the lone American astronaut in space has already cast his vote for the upcoming elections.

32 Indian peacekeepers injured, 1 child dead in Congo blast

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday witnessed an explosion in its eastern region which injured 32 Indian peacekeepers and led to the death of an 8-year-old child.

08 Nov 2016

Hong Kong

Hong-Kong Murder case: Don't be swayed by "disgust" says judge

The judge presiding over the gruesome Hong Kong double murder has asked the jury not to be swayed by "passion or disgust" over the torture, rape and killings.

08 Nov 2016

India

Visa, extradition issues top Indo-UK talks

Stringent rules for Indians to acquire UK visas was one of the main issues being discussed during British PM Theresa May's visit to India; relaxation of rules for student visas continued to prove contentious.

08 Nov 2016

Hong Kong

China intervenes in Hong Kong's politics, legal system

China's parliament made an unprecedented intervention in Hong Kong's political and legal system by passing an interpretation of the territory's mini-constitution 'Basic Law'.