The favourite to become Britain’s next prime minister on Sunday vowed to push for an EU trade deal that limits...
PTI, Washington : The US has pressed Pakistan to reduce its growing nuclear arsenal but Islamabad has refused to accept any...
Israel loosens restrictions on Gaza fishermenAFP, Jerusalem Israel loosened restrictions on fishermen off the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday by allowing them to travel up to 15 nautical miles into the Mediterranean, the largest distance in years.The decision comes after Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules Gaza, said it had been engaged in Egyptian-brokered talks with Israel on easing parts of the blockade in return for calm. 26 killed in China forest fireAP, Beijing At least 26 firefighters were killed...
Reuters, Beijing :The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic...
Reuters :At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near...
Reuters :Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to...
Reuters, Beijing :U.S. President Donald Trump lauded his Beijing meetings on trade and North Korea as “very productive”, ending a...
Reuters, Nicosia :Cyprus started reopening crossings between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides on Sunday after being shut for more...
AFP, Geneva :The UN human rights chief on Friday slammed Israel’s deadly reaction to protests along the Gaza border as...
AFP, Washington :Charging that human rights advocates have deviated from core principles, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday named...
AP, Washington :Armed groups in Syria have several hundred portable anti-aircraft missiles that could easily be diverted to extremists and used to destroy commercial planes, according to a new report by an international arms research group that cites the risk of the missiles being smuggled out of Syria by terrorists.The report was released a few hours after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice to US airlines banning all flights in Syrian airspace. The agency said armed extremists in Syria...
Al Jazeera News :Two railway workers have been killed and 27 injured as a high-speed train derailed in the northern Italian province of Lodi in the early hours of Thursday, officials said.Emergency services were at the scene and a railway official said two had suffered serious injuries after the accident on the line between Milan and Bologna.The train, known as Freccia Rossi, skipped the tracks some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Italy’s financial capital Milan at approximately 5.30am local time...