Pak PM makes peace overtures to neighbours
AP, Islamabad :Amid the prevailing tensions following the disappearance of a former Pakistani military officer in Nepal and the subsequent death sentence awarded to Indian...
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Russia accuses US of unlawful Syria raid as Tillerson visits
AP, Moscow :Russia’s top diplomat accused the United States on Wednesday of carrying out an unlawful attack against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces as he...
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Sadr warns Assad could share Gaddafi’s fateAFP, NajafIraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he risked suffering the same fate...
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8 killed in Philippine troops, militants clashAP, ManilaAt least eight people were killed Tuesday in a gunbattle between Philippine forces and suspected Abu Sayyaf militants...
China and S Korea agree to impose ‘strong’ new sanctions on N Korea if it keeps firing missiles
Business Insider UK :China and South Korea have agreed to impose “strong” new sanctions on North Korea if it carries out further nuclear or long-range...
G7 foreign ministers seek new push to end Syria war
AP, Lucca :Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are expected to call Tuesday for a new international push to end the war...
May, Trump agree Russia should break ties with Syrian President
Reuters, Washington :British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke on Monday to US President Donald Trump and agreed that “a window of opportunity” now exists to...
Nearly half of young voters back Merkel, poll shows
Reuters, Berlin :Almost half of Germany’s first-time voters back Angela Merkel, a poll by the Forsa Institut showed on Tuesday, providing a strong backbone of...
Severe malnutrition hits war-torn Mosul
Reuters, Qayyara, Iraq :The babies cry with hunger but are so severely malnourished that doctors treating them at a hospital in Iraq would make their...
Australia ready to supply uranium to India
AP, New Delhi :Australia said Monday that it was ready to export uranium to India, nearly three years after the two countries signed an export...
G-7 ministers aim to press Russia to stop backing Assad
AP, Lucca :Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are gathering Monday for a meeting given urgency by the chemical attack in Syria...
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Beijing offers cash rewards to unearth spiesReuters, Beijing China’s capital is stepping up a campaign against foreign espionage from Monday, offering rewards ranging from $1,500...