29 die, 54,000 render homeless as half of Kerala reels under floods
PTI, Kerala :Dam reservoirs and rivers overflowed, sections of highways collapsed and homes were swept away in severe flooding in more than half of Kerala,...
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Millions in limbo as nativist anger roils Indian state
AP, Mayong, India : The rice farmer doesn’t know how it happened. Abdul Mannan just knows a mistake was made somewhere. But what can you say...
Pull out your military choppers, personnel, Maldives tells India
Reuters, New Delhi :The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy...
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‘There will be no meeting’ with US: IranAFP, TehranIran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday there would be no meeting with the United States...
Taiwan’s President travels in face of China diplomatic onslaught
AP, Beijing :When Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departs Sunday for Latin America, she’ll be traveling to a region she’s already visited three times in two...
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest
AP, Weizhou :A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party said Saturday that no religion is above the law in China, urging officials to stay firm...
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May’s Conservative party takes lead over Labour: TimesReuters, London British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party has taken a four point lead over Labour according...
Thousands in China mosque standoff over demolition plan
AP, Beijing :Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare, public pushback to...
North Korea will preserve know-how despite denuclearisation: FM
AFP, Tehran :North Korea will preserve its nuclear know-how despite its promise of denuclearisation to the United States, Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said during...
Tense calm, cease-fire follows another Hamas-Israel flare-up
AP, Jerusalem :Gaza’s militant Islamic Hamas rulers and Israel appeared to be honoring a cease-fire Friday that ended two days of an intense flare-up in...
Melania’s Slovenian parents get US citizenship
AFP, New York :The Slovenian-born parents of US First Lady Melania Trump became US citizens at a naturalization ceremony in New York on Thursday, their...
US judge halts deportation, threatens Sessions with contempt
AP, Washington :A federal judge on Thursday halted a deportation in progress and threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt if the mother...