German parties at odds ahead of coalition talks
Reuters, Berlin :Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) traded barbs about migration and tax cuts on Tuesday amid mounting questions about whether they...
International
S Korea proposes high-level talks with N Korea
AFP, Seoul :South Korea Tuesday proposed holding high- level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un called for a breakthrough...
Israel law tightens hold on occupied Jerusalem sectors
AFP, Jerusalem :Israel’s parliament on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation aimed at making it more difficult for the government to hand the Palestinians parts...
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Extreme cold sparks chaos in Canada airportsAFP, MontrealSnow, lengthy de-icing procedures and missing crews created havoc at Canada’s main airports on Monday, with hundreds of...
Trump’s tough message to Pakistan result of Modi’s diplomacy, claims BJP
PTI, New Delhi :The BJP today claimed that US President Donald Trump’s tough message to Pakistan was a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomacy...
New deadly unrest in Iran after Rouhani calls for calm
AFP :Four people died overnight in fresh unrest in Iran, local media reported on Monday, despite President Hassan Rouhani calling for calm and vowing more...
Kim vows North will mass-produce nukes but open to talks with Seoul
AFP :North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the United States Monday he has a “nuclear button” on his table but offered an apparent olive branch...
Costa Rican plane crash kills 12, including 10 US citizens
Reuters, San Jose :A Costa Rican plane crashed into woodland off a popular tourist beach on Sunday, killing 10 U.S. citizens and two local pilots,...
Freezing New York welcomes 2018 with tightest security
AFP :Some two million people braved New York’s coldest New Year weather for a century to welcome 2018 in Times Square, with police enforcing intensely...
Likud party calls for de-facto annexation of Israeli settlements
Reuters, Israel :Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party unanimously urged legislators in a non-binding resolution on Sunday to effectively annex Israeli settlements in the occupied...
Pak plans takeover of charities run by Islamist figure US has targeted
Reuters, Islamabad :Pakistan’s government plans to seize control of charities and financial assets linked to Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, who Washington has designated a terrorist,...
Iran warns protesters will ‘pay the price’ as unrest turns deadly
AFP, Tehran :Iran warned on Sunday that protesters will “pay the price” after a third night of unrest saw mass demonstrations across the country in...