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How Biden's presidency could be huge win for Middle East | Explained

"A Biden presidency is likely to be a huge win for the Middle East to gain back the market share as it restricts shale production and can be supportive for crude oil prices," the report said.

Oct 17, 2020

Kim Jong Un says sorry to North Korean people as tears rolled down his eyes

And while Kim Jong Un wept, it was his new 26-metre missile, believed to be one of the world's largest of its kind, that attracted the world's attention.

Oct 13, 2020

ISIS terrorists in Kerala, Karnataka; UN report factually incorrect: India's Home Ministry

National Investigation Agency has so far registered 34 cases related to presence of Islamic State, and 20 cases related to presence of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Sep 20, 2020

Donald Trump: North Korea’s intercontinental missile ‘won’t happen’

In bumpy UN dealings, Trump found backing on North Korea, isolation on Iran

Though famously skeptical of the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump harnessed its collective power to impose crushing sanctions on North Korea in a bid to start talks with Pyongyang, but faces frustration over a similar push on Iran.

Sep 18, 2020

US plans to enforce UN sanctions on Iran with its own action

The United States said it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal.

Sep 17, 2020

Iran watch out; Trump vows 1,000 times greater response to any attack

Trump has fully rejected the failed foreign policy approaches of the past that helped stoke division and did nothing to prevent conflict in the Middle East.

Sep 16, 2020

North Korea's failed response to Typhoon Mayask, Kim Jong-un vows strict action

North Korean state media reported Kim Jong-un is planning to take strict actions against officials who failed to respond during the time of natural disaster.

Sep 7, 2020

Pakistan's militant face unmasked again, terrorists seen chilling: Watch

Pakistan is a terrorist nerve centre, home to the largest number of globally identified terrorists and designated terrorist groups.

Sep 3, 2020

Iran must listen to 'god'; pardon Navid Afkari of double death sentence

The double death sentence is in addition to six years and six months jail time and 74 lashes.

Sep 2, 2020

India exposes PAK's lies on cross-border terrorism, Al-Qaeda decimation & more

Pakistan has once again stirred its pot of lies to cook up some old and some new allegations against India. But the facts are here.

Aug 25, 2020

After imposing sanctions, Pakistan denies reports of Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Karachi

The Pakistan government's recent notification listed Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Karachi, now the government has released a statement saying that these reports are 'baseless'.

Aug 23, 2020

From acquiring citizenship of a Caribbean country, Dawood bought new properties in Karachi

As India alerted CoD, Don Dawood Ibrahim's best-laid plans of escaping to the Caribbean were spiked.

Aug 23, 2020

Pakistan sanctions Taliban, Haqqani Network to evade global financial blacklisting

Pakistan government has issued a statutory notification, ordering imposition of sanctions on those Afghan Taliban leaders and groups, including the Haqqani Network, who are on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanction list.

Aug 22, 2020

Thirteen of 15-member UN Security Council oppose US push for Iran sanctions

The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15-member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition, arguing that Washington's move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago.