British PM unveils steps to deepen defense cooperation with Gulf
Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she would deepen defense cooperation with Gulf countries and work with them to push back...
International
Myanmar bans workers going to Malaysia as Rohingya crisis grows
AFP, Yangon :Myanmar has banned workers from going to Muslim-majority Malaysia as relations sour between the neighbours over a bloody military crackdown on the Buddhist...
Merkel calls for a burqa ban
Reuters, Essen :Angela Merkel laid out her case for a fourth term as German chancellor on Tuesday, seeking to energise her conservatives with a call...
Trump lays out `non-interventionist` US military policy
Reuters, North Carolina :President-elect Donald Trump laid out a US military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily...
Trump may move closer to India to balance China
PTI, Beijing :The Indo-US relations will become an important part of President-elect Donald Trump’s diplomacy to “suppress” China, but it will have limited impact on...
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France raises risk level on bird flu to ‘high’Reuters, ParisFrance raised to “high” the risk level across the country after the detection of several cases...
Narendra Modi tops Time ‘Person Of The Year’ poll
International Business Times :Time magazine’s annual readers’ poll for its “Person of the Year” title came to an end Sunday and the final tally on...
Russia, China veto UN resolution demanding Aleppo truce
AFP, United Nations :Russia and China on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a seven-day ceasefire in the embattled Syrian city of...
Knesset approves Jewish only outposts
Agencies, Tel Aviv :Israel’s parliament gave initial approval on Monday to a controversial bill that would legalise unauthorised Israeli settlement outposts built on Palestinian land...
Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat
Reuters, Oslo :Sea ice off Antarctica and in the Arctic is at record lows for this time of year after declining by twice the size...
Trump won`t be able to harm the N deal: Iran president
AP, Tehran :Iran’s president said on Tuesday that his country will not allow incoming U.S. President Donald Trump to “tear up” Iran’s landmark nuclear deal...
Kerry accuses Israeli right of sabotaging peace process
AFP, Washington :US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday accused right-wing Israelis of deliberately thwarting efforts to broker a peace deal with the Palestinians.In...