Indian police arrest prominent Kashmiri rights activist
AP, Srinagar :Police have arrested a prominent rights activist in India-held Kashmir a day after he was barred from leaving India to travel to Geneva...
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Snowden not a whistleblower, risked national security: US
AP, Washington :A House intelligence committee report issued Thursday condemned Edward Snowden, saying the National Security Agency leaker is not a whistleblower and that the...
Japan to boost S China Sea role with training patrols with US
Reuters, Washington :Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States and bilateral and...
Water protests in tech hub expose urban India`s growing pains
Reuters, Bengaluru :Oracle employees were at work on Monday when protesters entered their nine-storey building in India’s technology hub, Bengaluru, and asked them to leave...
Syria truce extended, but aid deliveries still on hold
AFP, Aleppo (Syria) :A fragile truce in Syria has been extended for 48 hours under an agreement between Moscow and Washington, but there was still...
Obama vows to lift Myanmar sanctions as Suu Kyi visits
AFP, Washington :President Barack Obama moved to restore trade benefits to Myanmar and said broader sanctions would soon be scrapped, as he hosted de facto...
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Juncker vows Brexit won’t kill off EUAFP, Strasbourg European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker insisted Wednesday that Brexit will not sink the EU, unveiling a raft...
Saudi Prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry
Reuters,Dubai :A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh’s management of the haj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes...
N Korea faces worst floods disaster since WWII
AFP, Seoul :Floods in North Korea that have left hundreds dead or missing are the “worst disaster” to hit the country since World War II,...
India, Afghanistan call for end to all support of militants
AP, New Delhi :India and Afghanistan on Wednesday called for an end to all sponsorship, support and sanctuaries to militants, including those who have committed...
Kashmiri police face public wrath amid anti-India uprising
AP, Srinagar :Before the crack of dawn and before the protesters hit the streets to resume demands India leave Kashmir, he dressed like an ordinary...
Top Chinese official faces graft probe as Xi Jinping tightens grip
PTI, Beijing :A top provincial official of China’s ruling Communist Party is facing corruption probe, becoming the latest bigwig to fall in President Xi Jinping’s...