BBC Online :Work has begun to remove wreckage from the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials say.The...
Al Jazeera News :India’s ruling Hindu nationalist-led government said on Tuesday it was still weighing whether to roll out a nationwide citizenship registry amid ongoing protests against a citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalisation for some religious minorities from three neighboring countries but not Muslims.The government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), announced last November that National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented to identify undocumented immigrants.The official statement, made by lawmaker Nityanand Rai in a written reply to...
Afghan peace talks beginAP, Islamabad China, the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan launched their third round of talks Saturday aimed at finding a way to get the warring Taliban to sit and talk peace with the Afghan government.At the start of talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s special adviser on foreign affairs, said there should be no preconditions to negotiations yet the Taliban have already said they would not hold direct talks with the Afghan government...
Agencies, Washington :President Trump offered to help mediate the long-running Kashmir conflict in a White House meeting with Pakistani Prime...
AP :UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land, and to involve...
Reuters :Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island’s government said on Monday, the largest reported incursion to date.Of the aircraft, 43 also crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line, an unofficial buffer between the two sides that lies within the defence zone, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said in a report, as Beijing continues military activities close to the Chinese-claimed island.Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said it...
AFP, Brasília :Acting Brazilian president Michel Temer’s government faced its first major crisis Monday when a key minister stepped aside...
UN news : Voicing deep concern over the surge of Covid-19 cases, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned about...
Reuters, Kathmandu :Flash floods and mudslides following heavy rain have killed at least 53 people in Nepal over the past three days and cut off remote communities in the mountains, the government said on Saturday.The landslides and flooding were triggered by annual monsoon rains since Wednesday, causing rain-soaked earth and rocks to crash down on homes while rivers swelled and washed away low-lying villages.Nepal’s home ministry said 75 people were unaccounted for and 36 others were in hospitals and medical...
AP, Washington :Will your vote be safe this year from foreign adversaries working to undermine U.S. democracy? Some of the...
AP, Beijing :The leaders of China and India stressed the importance of close ties in talks Saturday, against the background...
Reuters, Geneva :The United Nations on Tuesday condemned new restrictions on refugees that have left around 1,000 migrants stuck at...