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SRINAGAR: A suicide bomber who killed 44 paramilitary personnel in India-held Kashmir joined a militant group after having been beaten by troops three years ago, his parents said on Friday. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s car bomb attack on a security convoy, the worst assault in the disputed Himalayan region. It comes months before a key Indian general election. Adil …

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could see letting the March 1 deadline for reaching a trade agreement with China slide a little, but that he would prefer not to and expects to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to close the deal at some point. Top US officials arrived in the Chinese capital on Tuesday before high-level …

PARIS: Global oil cartel Opec said Tuesday it sharply reduced crude oil production last month, after heavyweight Saudia Arabia slashed output and exports fell in crisis-hit Venezuela. In its monthly report, Opec said it produced 797,000 fewer barrels per day in January than in the previous month, a decrease in line with the cartel’s pledge to curb output in a …

Islamabad has increased the deployment of female staff officers in its United Nations peacekeeping missions to 15 per cent, the Foreign Office (FO) announced on Tuesday night. UN Peacekeeping had in 2017 set a target for recruiting 15pc women as military observers and staff officers by the end of the year. FO spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal tweeted that “Pakistan is proud to …

WASHINGTON: Defence ministers from 29 Nato countries will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to assure Afghanistan that the world’s most powerful military alliance will continue to support Afghan security forces to “create the conditions for a peaceful solution.” The US defence chief Patrick M. Shanahan also delivered a similar message to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at a meeting in Kabul …

Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union (EU) but not the United States or China have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting as soon as next year, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday. The regulation will require all vehicles sold to come equipped with the technology …

Two lawyers defending former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial misconduct submitted their resignations on Wednesday, their law firm said in a statement. There was no immediate explanation as to why the attorneys, who include lead lawyer Motonari Otsuru, were quitting Ghosn’s defence team. Contacted by AFP, the firm declined to comment on the decision. A brief statement said …

Ethnic Uighurs have launched a global campaign to press China for video proof that their missing relatives are alive, turning the tables on Beijing’s use of video to counter claims that a renowned Uighur had died in custody. The social media campaign was launched on Tuesday under the hashtag #MeTooUyghur after China released a video showing a man who identified himself as …

Indian security forces on Wednesday killed two Kashmiri youths in occupied Kashmir’s Budgam district, the Kashmir Media Servicereported. The two youths were killed during a cordon and search operation in the Chadoora area of the district. The operation is currently ongoing, according to the KMS. A two-day shutdown is being observed in the occupied territory today as a petition challenging Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution …