N Korea, US hold talks on war dead repatriation
AFP, Seoul :North Korean and US military officials met at the inter-Korea border Sunday to discuss repatriation of the remains of American troops killed during...
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South Korea summons Russian officials over air zone incursionReuters, Seoul South Korea summoned a Russian embassy official on Saturday to express “regrets” about the incursion...
Hundreds stage anti-Trump protest in Scottish city
AP, London :Hundreds of people have protested in Scotland’s largest city to protest against President Donald Trump’s visit to the U.K.Pensioners, students, families and activists...
Donald Trump meets Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle
Reuters, Windsor :Donald Trump met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on Friday but the 92-year-old monarch was forced at one point to walk around...
Indictment of Russian officers puts pressure on Trump-Putin summit
Reuters, Glasgow :If US President Donald Trump was inclined to be tentative when raising election meddling with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the indictment...
White House official who favored more refugee admissions is out
Reuters, Washington :A White House official who supported higher numbers of refugee admissions to the United States and clashed with immigration hard-liners in the Trump...
50 injured as Nawaz Sharif’s supporters clash with police in Lahore
PTI, Lahore: Supporters of Nawaz Sharif clashed with police in Pakistan’s Punjab province as they tried to reach the airport where the former prime minister...
More violence ahead of Pakistan polls feared
Reuters, Islamabad :A week of bombings on political rallies has shattered the relative peace of Pakistan’s general election campaign, culminating in a devastating suicide attack...
S Korea urges N Korea, US to move forward on denuclearisation
Reuters, Singapore :South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday urged North Korea and the United States to move forward on a pact to end Pyongyang’s...
‘Trump baby’ balloon flies over London, as protests in UK take off
The New York Times, London :The most anticipated installment of Britain’s “Stop Trump” protests – a giant orange balloon of President Trump depicted as a...
54 killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria’s Deir al-Zour
Xinhua, Damascus : At least 30 people were killed and dozens of others wounded overnight by U.S.-led airstrikes in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zour,...
Trump torpedoes May`s Brexit strategy on UK visit
AFP, London :US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy, plunging the transatlantic “special relationship” to a new...