China urges cooperation after US brands it a competitor
Reuters, Beijing :Cooperation between China and the United States will lead to a win-win outcome for both sides, but confrontation will bring mutual losses, China...
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Kremlin dismisses Trump’s ‘imperialist’ security strategy
Reuters, Moscow : The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as imperialist on Tuesday, but welcomed Washington’s willingness to cooperate in...
Saudi Arabia to launch tourist visas in early 2018
AFP, Riyadh : Saudi Arabia will begin issuing tourist visas in the first quarter of 2018, its top tourism official said, a first for the...
UN says there are 258m international migrants today
AP, United Nations :An estimated 258 million people have left their birth countries and are now living in other nations – an increase of 49...
Japan to beef up missile defence system against N Korea
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s government on Tuesday approved the introduction of the US military’s land-based Aegis missile interceptor system, beefing up its defence against “serious” and...
Attack under way on Afghan forces in Kabul: Official
AP, Kabul :An Afghan official says an attack is underway in the country’s capital where gunmen have raided and occupied a partially constructed building near...
Once taboo, China listens to US contingencies on N. Korea
AFP :It was the kind of sitdown that China had long resisted: Top US officials telling Chinese counterparts how American troops would enter North Korea...
Myanmar government says case against Reuters journalists can proceed
Reuters, Yangon :Myanmar’s civilian President Htin Kyaw, a close ally of government leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has authorized the police to proceed with a...
Ex-President Pinera easily wins Chile election
AP, Santiago :Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera easily won Chile’s presidential runoff election on Sunday, moving the world’s top-copper producing country back to the right...
Trump to lay out `America First` security strategy
AFP :President Donald Trump is set to lay out Monday a new National Security Strategy built upon his trademark “America First” slogan, which is expected...
Austrian far right sworn into new government
AP :With a heavy police presence keeping protestors away, Austria’s far right was sworn in Monday as part of the Alpine country’s new government, rounding...
Pak SC rejects bid to bar Imran Khan
Reuters, Islamabad :Pakistan’s Supreme Court cleared opposition leader Imran Khan on Friday of accusations of failing to declare assets, but barred his party’s secretary general...