Putin registers re-election bid
Reuters, Moscow :President Vladimir Putin formally registered his re-election bid on Wednesday, submitting the necessary documents to Russia’s central election commission in person ahead of...
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Trump will fail against Iran as did “smarter” Reagan: Khamenei
Reuters, Dubai :Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump would fail in his hardened stance towards Iran, saying Tehran...
Documents shed light on N Korea’s startling gains in sea-based missile technology
The Washington Post :A few months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of American investors and Russian scientists struck a deal to...
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Tillerson defends foreign policy record AFP, WashingtonThe United States’ top diplomat defended his country’s foreign policy record on Wednesday, saying progress had been made in...
Medical evacuations begin from besieged Syria rebel bastion
AFP, Douma (Syria) :Aid workers have begun evacuating emergency medical cases from Syria’s besieged rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta, the Red Cross said on Wednesday,...
US sanctions North Korean missile experts, Russia offers to mediate
Reuters, Washington/Moscow :The United States announced sanctions on two of North Korea’s most prominent officials behind its ballistic missile programme on Tuesday, while Russia reiterated...
Support slides for Merkel serving full term as coalition talks beckon
Reuters, Berlin :If Angela Merkel becomes German chancellor again, nearly half of voters would want her to quit her term early, according to a poll...
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Spain pulls police reinforcements from Catalonia AP, Madrid Spain’s Interior Ministry says it is withdrawing thousands of police reinforcements who were deployed to its northeastern...
Xi stresses implementation of major policies, integrity of leading officials
Xinhua, Beijing :President Xi Jinping has stressed full implementation of major tasks set at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)...
Obama to Prince Harry: `Serenity` on leaving White House
AP, London :Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he felt serene the day he left the White House...
Less than 1,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition says
Reuters, Baghdad :Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said...
China successfully launches remote sensing satellites
PTI, Beijing :China today successfully launched remote sensing satellites to conduct electromagnetic environmental probes.It was the 260th mission of the Long March rocket family, state-run...