Reuters, Dubai :A senior Saudi official on Friday appeared to confirm local media reports that the kingdom is considering digging a canal to separate the...
AFP :Baffled, hurt or indignant, many inside Myanmar are struggling to digest a week of opprobrium heaped on their country by the UN and even...
Hundreds flee homes in NE India to escape river floodingAP, GauhatiIndian authorities have issued an alert about flooding from a rain-swollen river that flows from...
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s defence ministry on Friday made its biggest-ever budget request, seeking better missile defence and bolstered air power amid ongoing threats from North...
AFP, United States :Researchers have found a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: more hungry bugs. Rising temperatures will stimulate insects’...
Reuters, Sydney :Australia’s former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its...
Reuters, Beijing :China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that it was supporting Afghanistan’s defence and counterterrorism efforts, a day after Beijing denied a plan to...
Israel expects 90,000 Indian tourists in 2018-19PTI, Kolkata Israel is expecting 90,000 Indian tourists in 2018-19, up from 60,000 who visited it in 2017-18, a...
AP, Beijing :China said Thursday that U.S. lawmakers were wasting taxpayer money by urging President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions on Chinese officials allegedly...
Reuters, Stavanger :The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said...
Reuters, London :Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday cast doubt on the ability of European countries to save Iran’s 2015 nuclear accord with...
AFP, Srinagar :A general strike and curfew brought Indian-administered Kashmir to a standstill Thursday ahead of a landmark Supreme Court hearing centred on the region’s...
