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Washington: The United States Congress has passed the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19) which capped its security-related aid to Pakistan to $150 million, significantly below the historic level of more than $1…

Michigan: The United States and Mexico are nearing a deal on the key issue of autos content rules at talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican and Canadian officials…

Washington: The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed the USD 716 billion defence spending bill which ramps up military spending and among other provisions seeks to bolster America’s defence partnership with India. India…

JAPAN: Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Tuesday Tokyo had asked Russia to reduce its military activity on a disputed island chain in the Pacific after Moscow beefed up its forces…

Japan: The new boss of Takara Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest sake-supplier to overseas markets, wants to make the rice-based alcohol as popular as wine. Mutsumi Kimura, 55, who in June became the…

Herat: A roadside bomb hit a Kabul-bound passenger bus in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding around 40, mostly women and children, officials said. “It was a…

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he is willing to meet the Iranian leadership without any “pre-condition”, anytime they want to. The tension between Washington and Tehran increased a week…

Washington:American spy agencies have said there were indicators that showed North Korea was constructing new missiles at a factory that produced Pyongyang’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) capable of reaching the US.…

Islamabad:Islamabad’s chief commissioner has declared former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s private ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences’ (PIMS) Cardiac Centre as a ‘sub-jail’. According to The Dawn, the chief…

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived for a holiday in NEOM, the USD 500 billion flagship business zone that his son and heir apparent has pledged to build from scratch in a…