India’s ruling party takes election battle to West Bengal
AP, Kolkata :India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken his ruling party’s fight to the state of West Bengal, where it hopes to retain a...
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Council of Europe restores Russia’s voting rightsAP, Moscow The Council of Europe, the continent’s main human rights body, adopted a declaration Friday that restores Russia’s...
Iran’s top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal
AP, Tehran : Iran’s foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an intense sanctions...
Boris Johnson confirms will bid to be British PM
AFP, London :Britain’s Boris Johnson, the former foreign minister, ex-mayor of London and leading Brexit campaigner, confirmed Thursday he will run for the premiership when...
More than 400 infected as HIV outbreak sparks panic in Pakistan
AFP, Rato Dero : Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a village in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people...
Taiwan legislature approves Asia’s first same-sex marriage law
AFP, Taiwan : Taiwan’s parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives...
Sri Lanka forces on patrol after anti-Muslim riots
AFP, Colombo :Troops and police patrolled parts of Sri Lanka on Thursday as international pressure mounted on Colombo to contain anti-Muslim riots that killed one...
Hardliners target Iran’s President as US pressure grows
Reuters, Geneva :Growing U.S. pressure on Iran has weakened pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani and made his hardline rivals more assertive at home and abroad, recent...
Allies fear US-Iran tensions could spark accidental conflict
AP, Washington :International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open amid skepticism about its claims that the...
Sri Lanka lifts travel ban on grieving British groom
AFP, Colombo :A Briton whose bride died on their honeymoon two days after arriving in Sri Lanka will be allowed to return home after a...
Army deployed as govt , opposition parties clash in Kolkata ahead of vote
AFP, Kolkata :Clashes between followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and an opposition leader heightened tensions in the key Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday...
Pompeo tells Russia: Don’t meddle in next US Presidential election
Reuters, Sochi/Moscow :U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Russia on Tuesday that Washington would brook no interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and...