Israel’s Arab minority rallies against new nation-state law
Reuters, Tel Aviv :Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israel’s new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation...
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Fresh rain alert issued in Kerala stateXinhua, New DelhiIndian authorities have sounded a fresh rain alert in Kerala state till Aug 15, even though the...
President Keita favorite to win Mali poll overshadowed by militant threat
Reuters, Bamako :Malians started voting in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, with incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to beat the opposition challenger despite a...
No place for white supremacy, racism, neo-Nazism in US: Ivanka
AFP, Washington : Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and a White House adviser, explicitly condemned “white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism” late Saturday in a...
Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ a year after Virginia violence
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump, often accused of denigrating non-white people, said Saturday that he condemned racism as the nation marked the anniversary of...
No one can ‘obliterate’ Taiwan’s existence, President says on departure for US
Reuters, Taipei :Vowing that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence”, President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of its remaining...
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,...
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...