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All passengers including four Indians confirmed dead in Nepal plane crash
Tara Air's 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft carrying 19 passengers and three crew members, flying from Pokhara to Jomsom had lost contact on Sunday morning, minutes after it took off from Pokhara airport. "I am sad to hear that all passengers onboard in the Tara Air are dead," Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba tweeted on Monday afternoon as he offered condolences to the families of the deceased.
Hardline conservative Peter Dutton elected Australian opposition leader
Dutton, 51, was officially elected unopposed to lead the centre right Liberal Party, replacing former Prime Minister Scott Morrison who resigned following defeat in the general election held on May 21, reports Xinhua news gency. A hardline conservative, Dutton served as the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Defence under Morrison. Prior to entering Parliament in 2001, he worked as a police officer in his home state of Queensland.
Quad alliance a force for good
The reaction of Chinese Foreign Minister on the new Indo-Pacific Framework (IPEF) was particularly full of unusual and explicit bitterness for obvious reasons. Amid increasing doubts on Chinese strategy under the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), Quad offers more reliable, viable and credible possibilities for win-win cooperation among the Indo-Pacific countries.
Turkey won't allow terror-supporting nations to join NATO: Erdogan
Last week's negotiations with Finnish and Swedish delegations in Turkey's capital Ankara were not at the "expected level", Erdogan told journalists. "They have expectations, but they did not take the necessary steps regarding Turkey," Xinhua news agency quoted the President as saying. On the contrary, they kept on the activities which Turkey has been criticising, he added.
Pakistan delegation in India for Indus Water Treaty meeting
With new Indus Commissioner of India Ashish Pal heading the Indian side, the meeting comes within three months of the last such meeting held at Islamabad. The 117th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) was held from March 1-3 in Islamabad. The Indian team was led by P.K. Saxena, the then Indus Commissioner for India.
India, Pakistan engage in 'back channel' talks to break stalemate: Report
The Express Tribune report said that relations between the two countries have remained strained for years now and took a turn for the worse in August 2019 when India revoked special status of Jammu and Kashmir. "Since then, diplomatic ties have been downgraded, bilateral trade suspended and there has been no structured dialogue.
India is free but we are slaves: Imran Khan
"It showed India is free but we (Pakistanis) are slaves," The News quoted the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman as saying while addressing a workers convention at Sheikabad, Charsadda, on Sunday. He lauded India for following an independent foreign policy, saying it imported crude oil from Russia despite American sanctions.
Relationship between Taliban, Al Qaeda remains close: UN report
"Member State assessments thus far suggest that Al Qaeda has a safe haven under the Taliban and increased freedom of action. Ayman al-Zawahiri has issued more frequent recorded messages since August, and there is now proof of life for him as recently as February 2022," the report said.
1 killed, 7 injured in outdoor festival shooting in Oklahoma
The shooting took place early Sunday at an annual Memorial Day event with 1,500 people attending at the Old City Square in Taft, nearly 10 miles from Tulsa, local media reported. Two teenagers were among the injured and no one has been arrested, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Xinhua news agency reported.
China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders' pet projects
The authors of a new book, 'Banking on Beijing', published by the Cambridge University Press, found that those countries that receive Chinese aid, funding for the political leader's home province increased by 52 per cent during the years when he or she was in power. But this political capture effect vanished when the leader left office.
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