Asian giants China and India flex muscles over tiny Maldives
Reuters, New Delhi : A Chinese naval combat force that entered the Indian Ocean for the first time in four years may have helped deter an...
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Violence halts rare aid delivery to Syria’s eastern Ghouta
AP, Beirut : The first aid delivery in weeks to reach the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus was cut short after Syrian government forces began shelling...
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US calls on Taliban to consider Ghani peace talk offerAFP, Washington The United States on Monday called on the Taliban to consider an offer for...
Trump dangles Israel trip for new embassy; mum on peace plan
AP, Washington :Under twin clouds of legal investigation, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front on Monday, Trump announcing...
China increases defence spending to $175 b rattling neighbours
Reuters Beijing: :China on Monday unveiled its largest defence spending increase in three years, setting an 8.1 percent growth target this year, fuelling an ambitious...
Japan’s Navy appoints first woman to command warship squadron
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan’s navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter carrier, as it tries to...
Trump will be `great` if he accepts climate deal: Bloomberg
AP, United Nations :The U.N.’s new envoy for climate action, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said Monday that President Donald Trump can become “a...
Trump-Netanyahu meeting is chance to project common front against Ira
Reuters, Washington :US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold talks on Monday that offer a chance to project a common front...
South Korean envoys in historic trip to meet North’s Kim
AFP :The most senior South Koreans to travel North for more than a decade arrived in Pyongyang Monday to meet leader Kim Jong Un, the...
US embassy in Turkey closes due to `security threat`
Al Jazeera News :The United States embassy in Turkey has been closed to the public as of Monday due to a security threat and only...
Trump says maybe US will have a president for life someday
AP, Washington : President Donald Trump says he thinks it’s great that China’s president now holds that office for life and muses that maybe the U.S....
South Korea sending envoys to North Korea as Trump suggests US willing to talk
Reuters, Seoul :South Korea will dispatch a delegation led by senior security officials for a two-day visit to North Korea starting Monday, the presidential Blue...