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Digest for international stories for week July 15 - July 21,

Washington: The US forces have killed the head of Islamic State's Afghanistan branch in a strike on the terror group's headquarters in Kunar Province, the Pentagon has said.

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2017

Saturday

Dhaka: A 25-year-old medical student from India was allegedly stabbed to death by his compatriot who then tried to commit suicide at their flat in Bangladesh's northeastern port city of Chittagong, police said today.

Washington: The US' annual defence budget of about USD 621.5 billion for the 2018 fiscal has been passed by the House of Representatives and among other things it seeks advancing of military cooperation with India, already a major defence partner of America.

Washington: The US forces have killed the head of Islamic State's Afghanistan branch in a strike on the terror group's headquarters in Kunar Province, the Pentagon has said.

Sunday

Islamabad: The Pakistan Army said today that it had no role in the investigation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family assets, asserting that it was "focused only" on safeguarding the country's security.

Beijing: Twenty two people were killed and three others injured today in a pre-dawn fire at a two-storey residential building in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, police said.

Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa is "analysing" the evidence against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court, and will decide his appeal on merit, the Army said here today.

Monday

London: India and the UK have discussed key issues such as extradition, counter-terrorism and illegal immigration during high-level talks here, officials said today.

Istanbul: Turkey's parliament voted today to renew a state of emergency in effect since last year's failed coup attempt sparked the biggest crackdown in the country's modern history.

Islamabad: Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today rejected as "farce" a probe panel's damning report that recommended filing of a corruption case against him and his family as the Supreme Court resumed the hearing of the high- voltage Panamagate graft case.

Tuesday

Moscow: India has sought time to "evaluate" Russia's offer of upgrading its Sukhoi-30 fleet to a near fifth- generation aircraft level, a top official of Russia s Rostec State Corporation has said.

Washington: The US today announced fresh sanctions against Iran, targeting 18 individuals or entities for supporting the country's ballistic missile programme or militant groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten Israel and stability in the Middle East.

Beijing: China's state-run media today rejected as "fake" a Pakistani news report that claimed over 150 Indian soldiers were killed in Sikkim in a Chinese rocket attack.

Wednesday

Washington: The US today listed Pakistan among the nations providing "safe havens" to terrorists, saying terror groups like the LeT and JeM continued to operate, train, organise and fundraise inside the country.

Zhukovsky (Russia): India and Russia have entered the second stage of negotiations for jointly developing the fifth-generation fighter aircraft and the two sides will sign a contract "in the near future", a top Russian official has said.

Washington: India and China should work together to come up with "some better sort of arrangement" for peace, the US said today, expressing concern over the standoff between their troops in the Sikkim sector.

Thursday

Islamabad: Pakistan today said it was fully resolved to fight terrorism and had taken strong measures against the menace, a day after the US listed it among nations providing "safe havens" to terrorists.

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he never would have hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he had known the top law official would recuse himself from a probe into Russia's alleged election meddling.

Washington: The Supreme Court has dealt President Donald Trump's government a fresh setback, saying its controversial travel ban cannot be applied to grandparents and other close relatives of people living in the United States - for now.

Friday

Washington: Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said today that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive, following various claims he was dead.

Washington: The Trump Administration today announced plans to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, attributing it to the serious risk of arrest and long-term detention of Americans in the reclusive nation.

Beijing: China cannot afford to "lose an inch" of its territory, Chinese official media asserted today and ruled out withdrawal of the PLA troops from the Dokalam area in the Sikkim sector to end a military standoff.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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