BJP changes tack, fields record Muslim candidates for West Bengal rural
PTI, Kolkata :Making a shift in its political strategy, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in...
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N Korea says peace talks not the result of US pressure
AFP, Seoul :North Korea Sunday warned Washington that claiming Pyongyang was forced into talks by US pressure risked returning the peninsula “back to square one”,...
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7 including 2 civilians killed in anti-India fightingAP, SrinagarGovernment forces killed five rebels in fighting in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, police said, as the second...
Catalan separatists to try again to elect Puigdemont
AFP, Berlin :Catalan separatists, meeting in Berlin, vowed Saturday to attempt once again to get their leader-in-exile Carles Puigdemont reinstalled as president of the Spanish...
McCain does not want Trump at his funeral
AFP, Washington :Senator John McCain, 81 and battling brain cancer, has made clear he does not want President Donald Trump to attend his funeral, US...
Lebanese vote in first general election in nine years
Reuters, Beirut :Voting began on Sunday in Lebanon’s first general election for nine years, an event seen as unlikely to upset the overall balance of...
Last migrants from caravan camp cross US-Mexico border
AFP :The last of a group of 228 Central American migrants who had camped out on the US-Mexican border after crossing Mexico in a caravan...
Pakistan army chief confirms death sentences for 11 Taliban terrorists
AP, Islamabad :Pakistan’s army chief has confirmed death sentences for 11 “hardcore terrorists” after military courts found them guilty of carrying out multiple attacks that...
Indians most eager about self-driving cars
DataLEADS, New Delhi :Indians most eager about self-driving carsThere is widespread interest about autonomous vehicles in India, Malaysia, China and South Korea, according to a...
N Korea summit plans set; drawdown not on table: Trump
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump says the time and place for a historic US summit with North Korea have been set, but he’s not saying...
UAE forces ‘occupy’ sea and airports on Yemen’s Socotra
Al Jazeera News :United Arab Emirates (UAE) forces have occupied sea and airports on Yemen’s remote island of Socotra, a day after deploying four military...
Major quake hits Hawaii, prompts further volcano eruptions
AFP : A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions from a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential...