S Korea`s President sends aide to US to quell fears over anti-missile system
Reuters, Seoul :South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s top security aide left for Washington on Thursday as the new leader tries to reassure his country’s main...
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Trump deportation order for man in Hawaii ‘inhumane’: Judge
AP, San Francisco :A Trump administration order to deport a man who entered the country illegally nearly three decades ago and became a respected businessman...
Trump`s cellphone diplomacy raises security concerns
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation...
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202 klled in Lanka’s worst flood since 2003PTI, ColomboAt least 202 have died in Sri Lanka’s flood while 94 people are missing in the island...
Mattis to focus on N Korea at Asian forum as allies seek clear US policy
Reuters, Washington :US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to press for greater cooperation to contain North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat at a regional...
Russian navy fires cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria
Reuters, Moscow :A Russian warship and submarine have fired four cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at ISIS targets near the Syrian city of Palmyra, the...
Israeli rule ‘key cause’ of Palestinian hardship: UN
AFP, Jerusalem :Fifty y.ears after Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, its policies in the West Bank and Gaza are at the root of Palestinian hardship,...
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Saudi prince to meet Putin in RussiaReuters, Dubai Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman will hold talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin...
Mamata calls Centre’s cattle trade rules unconstitutional
PTI, Kolkata :West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Modi-led government for imposing the “unconstitutional” cattle slaughter directive and said that the...
Iraq presses Mosul assault, UN warns of danger to civilians
AFP, Mosul :Iraqi forces pressed forward with an offensive against terrorist-held areas of Mosul as the United Nations warned of grave danger to civilians in...
May’s Conservatives see poll lead a narrow again
Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Theresa May’s lead over the opposition Labour Party dropped to 6 percentage points in a poll published on Tuesday, the...
‘Shocked’ South Korea leader Moon orders probe into US THAAD additions
Reuters, Seoul :South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe after the Defense Ministry failed to inform him that four more launchers for the...