Jinping calls for appropriate handling of disputes with UK
Reuters, Beijing :China and Britain should increase mutual political trust and appropriately handle disputes, Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May, as...
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Turkey seeks arrest of teachers for using `Gulen app`
AP, Istanbul :Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for almost 150 teachers who allegedly used an encrypted messaging app employed by followers of the...
Rakhine commission will help heal wounds: Suu Kyi
AP, Yangon :Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed confidence Monday that former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and a commission he is leading to resolve...
Obama, Putin tell diplomats to keep working on Syria ceasefire
AP, Hangzhou :President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday failed to force a breakthrough in negotiations over a cease-fire for Syria, but...
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Modi singles out Pakistan for spreading terrorPTI, HangzhouPrime Minister Narendra Modi has indicted Pakistan without naming as “a single nation” spreading terror in South Asia.The...
Merkel under fire after poll defeat to anti-migrant party
AFP, Schwerin :German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under renewed pressure over her liberal refugee policy today after an upstart anti-migrant populist party handed her party...
Pro-democracy candidates victorious in HK vote
AP, Hong Kong :Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won enough seats in a pivotal legislative election to retain veto power over the southern Chinese government’s proposals,...
Britain nears post-Brexit trade talks with Australia
AFP, Hangzhou :Britain and Australia have discussed negotiating a post-Brexit trade agreement, the two countries’ leaders said Monday at the G20 summit in China, as...
Brexit may bring difficult times, says Theresa May
BBC Online :Britain needs to be prepared for some “difficult times” ahead as it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May has said.Speaking to...
China willing to maintain `hard-won sound` ties with India: Xi
PTI, Hangzhou :China is willing to work with India to maintain “hard-won sound” ties and further boost bilateral cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Prime...
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Putin, Erdogan seek to restore tiesAFP, HangzhouRussian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed on Saturday the healing of relations between...
Russia, US close to a deal on Syria: Obama
AFP, Hangzhou (China) :The United States indicated Sunday it was close to a deal with Russia on stemming the violence in Syria’s brutal civil war,...