The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended issuing new visas to visitors from Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry confirmed the news on Wednesday saying that the decision by the UAE authorities “is believed to be related to the second wave of COVID-19,” …
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US President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday and announced Christopher C Mills, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, as acting head of the defense department. Esper was Trump’s second defense secretary. The first, James Mattis, had resigned over political differences with the president over the troops …
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained a module from the so-called Islamic State (IS) and arrested its two alleged agents, Ahamed Abdul Cader, 40, and Irfan Nasir, 33, of Bangalore on Wednesday, people familiar with the affair. He said. The agency has found that at least 13-14 people from Bangalore …
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