Japan seeks Baltic support against North Korea
AFP , Vilnius :Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday urged Baltic NATO states to support pressure on North Korea, as he hammered home his...
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Trump’s nuclear strategy seeks new weapons to counter Russia
AP, Washington :With Russia in mind, the Trump administration is aiming to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter...
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Brexit vote may be reversed: FarageReuters, London Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave...
Iran rejects Trump’s call for changes to nuclear deal
Al Jazeera news :Iran has said it will not accept any changes to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, after US President Donald Trump...
Netanyahu begins 6-day India visit today with focus on defence, security
AP, Ahmedabad :Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke protocol to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his wife Sara, at Ahmedabad airport on Sunday ahead...
South Korea and North Korea to hold working-level talks
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea and South Korea have agreed to hold working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce...
Schoolgirl, 11, attacked for wearing a hijab in Canada
AFP, Ottawa :An 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Toronto Friday by a man who twice tried to cut off her hijab with scissors and then...
Nobody moove! Cow causes chaos at Indian airport
AFP, Ahmedabad :First it was monkeys and rabbits. Now a cow has forced flights to be diverted from Ahmedabad airport and Indian authorities said Friday...
Trump hands nuke deal ‘last chance,’ waives Iran sanctions
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump on Friday delivered an ultimatum to America’s European allies to fix the “terrible flaws” in the Iran nuclear deal, or...
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US Ambassador to Panama resignsReuters, WashingtonUS Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, telling the State...
Congress bickers over Russia, Mueller looms
AP, Washington :Republicans who spent the early months of 2017 working with Democrats on investigations into Russian interference in U.S. elections have pivoted as the...
Syrian state media says Turkey helped rebel attack
Reuters, Beirut :Syrian state media on Friday cited field commanders as saying Turkey helped anti-government rebels launch a counter attack against the Syrian army and...