There will be no war on Korean peninsula: South Korean President
AFP, Seoul :There will be no war on the Korean peninsula, South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Thursday, saying Seoul effectively had a veto over...
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Saudi King orders reopening of Qatar border to pilgrims
AFP, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to hajj pilgrims, state media said Thursday, despite a major...
Fears for 600 still missing in Sierra Leone floods
AFP, Srinagar :Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, exacerbating tensions during a months-long...
Philippine police kill 32 in ‘shock and awe’ drug raids
AFP, Manila :Philippine police killed 32 people in “shock and awe” raids aimed at scaring drug traffickers, authorities said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted...
Spain rescues 339 migrants from 7 boats in Mediterranean
AP, Madrid :Spain’s maritime rescue service says it has picked up 339 migrants from seven boats trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco.The rescue...
Moscow hopes Iran won’t quit nuclear deal
Reuters, Moscow :Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday he hoped that Iran would not quit the agreement Iran reached in 2015 with world...
Britain seeks Brexit without borders for Northern Ireland
Reuters, London :Britain has said there should be no border posts between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland after Brexit, in a paper...
‘Lot of time’ needed to rebuild trust in Gulf: Qatar FM
AFP, Doha :Qatar’s foreign minister said Tuesday it will take a “lot of time” to rebuild any trust between sparring Gulf countries because of the...
China’s Xi looks to party congress to cement authority
AP, Beijing :In a ritual of summer, China’s leaders have been holding an unofficial retreat at a beach resort ahead of a key fall Communist...
Amid regional tension, Japan, US conduct live-fire drill
AFP, Eniwa :Some 300 Japanese and US military personnel on Wednesday carried out live-fire artillery training in northern Japan, officials said, amid high regional tensions...
Modi says India will fight foreign threats
AFP, New Delhi :India is strong enough to defend its borders against any threat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an Independence Day speech as...
Taliban’s ‘open letter’ to Trump urges US to leave Afghanistan
AP, Islamabad :The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday released an “open letter” to President Donald Trump, reiterating their calls for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from...