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Pakistan set to secure funding from Saudi Arabia and IMF Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is to arrive in Pakistan as soon as this week with the promise of billions of dollars in cash, subsidies and investment for the kingdom’s cash-strapped ally. His expected visit, the exact...

The implications of the questions raised by the Kulbhushan Jadhav case go far beyond Jadhav’s fate. It is time India reflects seriously on its expanding programme of covert action and its long-term consequences. By PRAVEEN SWAMI FOR six hours, the hired car had driven through a forest of...

Indian nuclear submarine designed by Russia INS Arihant has suffered major damage due to ”human error” and has not sailed now for more than 10 months. Arihant is the most important platform within India’s nuclear triad covering land-air-sea modes, The Hindu reported. Submarine’s propulsion...

Former India Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Sunday visited Kunzar area of Baramulla District in Kashmir as a chief guest for the Chinar Cricket Premier League. The event was organised by Indian Army in North Kashmir. While thousands gathered early in the morning considering the Ranchi...

Of all the anachronisms that bedevil cricket, none has been as perplexing as the issue of chucking or, with more political correctness, bowling with illegal actions. For much of cricket's history, the rule on the village green was the same as that in international matches - the umpire used the...

The Afghan army’s National Engineering Brigade, a key support unit, is hardly capable of operating independently, despite extensive training by American instructors, the US government watchdog for Afghanistan’s reconstruction said in a report. The National Engineering Brigade (NEB) was formed in...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday announced a gift of 15000 tonnes of rice to the people of Cuba to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Pakistan-Cuba diplomatic relations. According to a release by Foreign Office, the gift is being given as an expression...

New Delhi (CNN)A man who was convicted as a juvenile for his role in the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi bus can be released this weekend, an Indian court decided, rejecting an effort to keep him in detention beyond his original sentence. The brutal assault on the 23-year-old...

CHANDIGARH: Tension prevailed in parts of Punjab after two persons were killed and more than 70 others injured in police firing and clashes, as Sikh groups organised a protest over the alleged desecration of holy book Guru Granth Sahib. The protests at Behbal village of Kotkapura took an ugly...

Who’s afraid of Afghan Ghani’s Pakistan pact? By M.K. Bhadrakumar The signing of the agreement between the intelligence agencies of Afghanistan and Pakistan – National Security Directorate (NSD) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) respectively – has brought to the surface new “fault lines”...

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More than 200 Patriot Air Defense Systems with PAC-3 enhancement may be sold to Saudi Arabia under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which acts as the middle man for FMS deals, said in its required notification to Congress the possible deal...

The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands will sell 44 of its new CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Estonia, it was announced on Thursday. The sale, announced in the Estonian capital of Tallinn during a visit by Dutch Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, comes amid tension in...

Sikorsky Aircraft has unveiled a prototype high-performance armed reconnaissance helicopter with a speed double that of other helicopters. The prototype is called the S-97 Raider, which was developed using industry funding. "Today, Sikorsky unveiled the next generation of military rotorcraft...

The first of eight new-build Chinook helicopters configured for special operations use has been delivered by Boeing to the U.S. Army. The MH-47G, a variant of the CH-47, has a maximum speed of 170 knots, a range of 400 nautical miles and a combat range of 200 nautical miles and advanced...

The US is partially lifting its ban on the sale of lethal weapons to Vietnam, nearly 40 years after the Vietnam War ended. It follows talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and the Vietnamese foreign minister in Washington. The State Department says it’s to help the country with...

MELBOURNE: India were humiliated 101-7 by Pakistan in a first-ever meeting of Australian Football League (AFL) teams of both countries in a friendly-match called 'Dosti Cup'. The match, played on Saturday, was one of the highlights of the 2014 International Cup. A team of 15 AFL players have...

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Their names are Jawhar Nasser Jawhar, 19, and Adam Abd al-Raouf Halabiya, 17. They were once soccer players in the West Bank. Now they are never going to play sports again. Jawhar and Adam were on their way home from a training session in the Faisal al-Husseini Stadium on January 31 when Israeli...

LoL.... Frustration :pissed: of last series played b/w Both teams...Nothing Else... :woot: