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WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Aug 12, 2018, 06:46 PM IST
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The NASA spacecraft will blast off from on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Saturday. Photograph:(Reuters)

NASA on Sunday blasted off a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms.

The winning party in this year's Pakistan General Elections Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said that they have told the United States that Pakistan will not follow their policies in matters related to peace and hopes for an equal say in the issue. 

A deal was signed on Caspian Sea's legal status on Sunday between Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. According to Reuters, the leaders of all five countries gathered in the Kazakh port city of Aktau to sign the document. 

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday confirmed 33 deaths and six missing in Kerala floods.

In retaliation to new US sanctions on Moscow, the Kremlin on Sunday announced to continue decreasing its holdings of US securities, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.