Japan faces greatest danger since world war due to North Korea : Abe
Reuters , Tokyo :The security situation facing Japan is the most perilous since World War Two because of North Korea’s “unacceptable” provocations, Prime Minister Shinzo...
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‘Small’ fire doused at Clintons’ NY property AFP, New York Emergency crews extinguished a small fire on the property of former president Bill Clinton and...
S. Korea`s ex-president Park `took money from spy agency`
AFP, Seoul :Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is to be charged with accepting millions of dollars worth of bribes from the state spy agency,...
Time is running out to stop Brexit folly : Blair tells UK voters
Reuters , London : Former British prime minister Tony Blair told voters on Thursday that time was running out to reverse Brexit, a folly that he...
EU foreign policy chief says `blockade` of Cuba not solution
AFP, Havana :Blockading Cuba is not the solution, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Wednesday on a trip aimed at strengthening ties with Havana,...
Inter-Korean hotline reopens after Seoul proposed talks
AFP, Seoul :North and South Korea on Wednesday reopened a cross-border hotline which had been shut down since 2016, forging ahead with peace overtures despite...
Trump threatens to cut aid to Palestinian territories
AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump admitted the Middle East peace process was in difficulty Tuesday and threatened to cut US aid to Palestinians, currently worth...
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Windstorm battering France hits electricity supplies AP, Paris France’s national electricity provider says a violent windstorm has left some 200,000 households without electricity across the...
French hospital rejects trainee doctor due to ‘religious’ beard
The Telegraph :A Paris hospital’s decision to reject an Egyptian trainee doctor because of his beard has been backed by a court, which agreed that...
Indian low-caste workers disrupt life in Mumbai for second day after clash
Reuters, Mumbai :Protests disrupted business in India’s financial hub of Mumbai for a second day on Wednesday as lower-caste Dalits pelted buses, blocked rail lines...
US warns North Korea against new missile test, plays down talks
Reuters, United Nations :The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and said Washington...
Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid over ‘deceit’ in terror fight
US President Donald Trump lashed out at Pakistan on Monday in his first tweet of 2018, threatening to cut off aid over what he said...