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Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised the test-firing of a new surface-to-sea missile and ordered a tighter defence posture near the western maritime border, Pyongyang's state media reported Thursday. North Korea test-launched the new missile, named Padasuri-6, Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing...

Doha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Indian diaspora in Qatar and said that he is "grateful" to the community as he arrived in Doha after concluding a whirlwind two-day trip to the UAE. He arrived here late Wednesday After June 2016, this is Modi's...

Dubai: Stressing on 'minimum government, maximum governance' mantra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the world today needs governments that are inclusive and free from corruption. The prime minister also said the people today need governments that can provide - Ease of Living, Ease of...

Dubai: The role he really wanted and was never offered was that of ‘Agent 007’, probably because he is too short, Shah Rukh Khan said Wednesday here, tongue firmly in cheek. However, Shah Rukh Khan added that he is ‘brown enough’ to play the baddie...

Abu Dhabi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday inaugurated Abu Dhabi's first Hindu stone temple, describing it as a symbol of the shared heritage of humanity and thanking the UAE for scripting a new golden chapter of human history. Speaking at the inauguration of the temple...

Abu Dhabi: Coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Gulf region, India and the UAE have inked a pact for quickly operationalising the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor despite the repeated Houthi strikes on vessels in the Red Sea prompted by the Israel-Hamas...

Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday met his Dubai counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to discuss a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation even as the two leaders welcomed the signing of the Bilateral Investment Treaty and the growing economic ties. Prime...

Lahore: Maryam Nawaz, the Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Wednesday rebuffed the impression that the party supremo and her father Nawaz Sharif has quit active politics after he nominated his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif for the post of Prime Minister, a media reports...

Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the world today needs governments that are inclusive and free from corruption, as he asserted that his mantra over the years has been 'minimum government, maximum governance'. Addressing the World Governments Summit here on the second day of...

Male: The Maldives has deported 186 foreigners, including 43 Indians, after accusing them of committing crimes like visa violations and drug offences, according to a media report. The highest number of people deported was from Bangladesh. At least 83 Bangladeshis were deported followed by 43...