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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif next in Washington, D.C., on the side lines of a multilateral summit in March end.

With over a million people expected in Midtown Manhattan and a billion more watching on TV, New York officials are determined to make Times Square the safest place on earth on New Year’s Eve.

The University of Memphis has removed cornerback Reggis Ball from the Memphis football team.

Jurgen Klopp accused his Liverpool flops of losing their minds in Sunday’s woeful 3-0 defeat against Watford.

Capitals 5, Sabres 2: Alex Ovechkin scored twice during a four-goal rally in the third period, and host Washington defeated Buffalo on Wednesday night to extend its winning streak to nine games and overtake Dallas for the National Hockey League points lead.

“Run country my way!”, he said, while on his feed, Bush was talking up an op ed about new threats to US security and a Fox News appearance, as well as promoting relations with Israel.

Manchester City’s away form has been poor this season and the tradition continued at the King’s Power Stadium.

It needed to make a distinction because it was “likely that the attack could be more sophisticated or more sustained than attacks from cybercriminals and others”, wrote Microsoft’s Scott Charney in a blogpost.

Buhari said the government was prepared to hold talks with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in a bid to secure the release of around 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok a year ago.

Says Asin’s official spokesperson, “Asin and Rahul will have an intimate wedding in January with just the family”.

Second night of back to back, four of their six best players are injured and out (Jusuf Nurkic, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Emmanuel Mudiay) and the Oklahoma City Thunder appear to be back, healthy and motivated after losing at home to the Chicago Bulls on Christmas Day.

Authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels have chose to cancel the city’s fireworks show on New Year’s Eve amid high alert for possible terrorist attacks.

The BBC’s websites were unavailable for part of Thursday morning – and BBC journalists say it was due to an attack by hackers.

Boko Haram killed at least 14 people on Christmas Day in the Kimba village.

It went on to say that Modi has made it clear that he viewed Pakistan as a potential bridge between South Asia and Afghanistan.