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A heavily armed young man barged into his former high school about an hour northwest of Miami on Wednesday, opening fire on terrified students and teachers and leaving a death toll of 17 that could rise even higher, the authorities said. Students huddled in horror in their classrooms, with some of them training their cellphones on the carnage, capturing sprawled ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The CPN-UML today picked party chairman KP Sharma Oli as the next Prime Minister of Nepal, a senior leader of the party said, over two months after the successful conclusion of historic parliamentary polls. Oli, 65, served as the Prime Minister from October 11, 2015, to August 3, 2016. He is known for his pro-China stance. A ...

Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America’s intelligence chief warned today. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats’ remarks came days after a group of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists struck the Sunjuwan Military Camp in Jammu on Saturday, killing seven people including six soldiers. Pakistan is developing new types ...

United Nations Secretary- General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate de- escalation in Syria after Israel carried out raids inside the war-torn country. Guterres is “following closely the alarming military escalation throughout Syria and the dangerous spillover across its borders,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Israel targeted what it said were Iranian positions inside Syria after ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has gone on a four-day visit to West Asian countries, has reached Palestine today. Upon his arrival, he has already become the first Indian Prime Minister to travel to Palestine. On the first day of his tour, PM Modi reached Amman, the capital of Jordan. After that he reached Ramallah of Palestine today. Here Palestine ...

The South African capital Cape Town is facing a deep water crisis. The lack of water here has become a hazard for the people. After 75 days, it is possible that Cape Town will become the world’s first waterless capital. Due to the drought for continuous three years, the city has reached on the brink of famine due to administrative ...

With the sudden rise in the water level of the Seine River, water has flooded in many parts in the French capital Paris. On Monday, the water level of the river reached its high level of 5.84 meters, which is four meters more than normal. The Meteorological Department says that the water level of the river may fall only after ...

Hillary Clinton was a surprise guest at the 2018 Grammy Awards as the Democrat leader read passages from the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” to mock US President Donald Trump. Blending comedy and politics at the 60th music gala, the former US presidential candidate was one of the personalities, who perused through Michael Wolff’s best-seller poking ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh has said that travel security is imperative to check terrorism, both domestic terrorism as well as cross-country terrorism. This, he said, calls for not only constantly evolving new innovative methods to ensure security but also equally as much requires the involvement ...

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos yesterday during which he talked about “serious” challenges and “grave concerns” facing the world, including terrorism. Climate change and terrorism are grave concerns before the world, Modi said, while asserting that terrorism is dangerous but what is equally dangerous is the “artificial distinction” ...