N Korea `developing new missiles`, US report
AFP, Washington :US intelligence agencies have found that North Korea is building new missiles, based on satellite photographs taken in recent weeks and other new...
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‘Divide-and-rule’: Mamata Banerjee slams Assam’s draft citizens’ list
NDTV, Kolkata :A draft updated list of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger today with Bengal Chief Minister...
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Somalia, Eritrea agree to establish diplomatic tiesAFP, Nairobi The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over...
Japan to spend $4.2b over 30 years on missile defence system radar
AFP, Tokyo :Japan said Monday it would spend some $4.2 billion over the next 30 years on installing and operating US radar systems to protect...
Trump alleges hasty business tise with Mueller
AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump renewed claims Sunday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has “conflicts of interest” that should bar him from probing Russian interference...
Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator
Good Morning America :Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator originally appeared on abcnews.go.com A Republican member of...
Israel arrests Italians who painted mural of Palestinian teen
AFP, Jerusalem :Israeli forces have arrested two Italians for drawing a giant mural of a Palestinian teenager seen as a symbol of resistance on the...
Iraq PM sacks electricity minister after weeks of protest
AFP, Baghdad :Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday sacked his minister of electricity, his office said, following weeks of protests against corruption and chronic...
Strong quake kills 14, injures hundreds, on Indonesia holiday island
AFP, Lombok (Indonesia) :A powerful earthquake on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok killed at least 14 people, injured hundreds and damaged thousands of homes...
Muslim survivors of Indian massacre shaken by citizenship test
Reuters, Nellie, India :Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India’s worst sectarian massacres, Abdul Suban says he...
Turkey planning summit with France, Germany, Russia: Erdogan
AFP, Ankara :President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is seeking to hold a summit in Istanbul with France, Germany and Russia on September 7 to...
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Myanmar floods kill fiveAFP, Bago Rising floodwaters have killed at least five people and forced tens of thousands from their homes across swathes of Myanmar,...