The 18th Congress which was held towards the end of 2012 elected Xi Jinping as General Secretary.

September 12, 2016

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...

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September 12, 2016

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China, Russia to hold naval drill from today Reuters, Beijing China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea...

South Korean media has said Kim Jong Un's biggest nuclear test is a game-changer.

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September 12, 2016

South Korea says North’s nuclear capability ‘speeding up’, calls for action

Reuters, Seoul :South Korea said on Saturday that North Korea’s nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state’s fifth...

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September 12, 2016

Tens of thousands of buildings damaged in N Korea floods

AP, North Hamgyong :Floods have damaged tens of thousands of buildings in northeastern North Korea after the worst downpour there for decades, state media said...

Syrian rescuers carry a little girl from the rubble following a reported airstrike on the rebel-held Salihin neighbourhood of Aleppo .

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September 12, 2016

Airstrikes kill 100 in Syria after new truce deal

AFP, Beirut :Air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria reportedly killed at least 100 people hours after the US and Russia announced plans for a...

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September 12, 2016

Obama urges unity on eve of 9/11 anniversary

AFP, Washington : President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to remain united in the face of terrorist attacks, in a barely-veiled jab at Republican White...

Nurse kissed in iconic World War II photo dies : Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in New York city's Times Square after the Second World War ended in 1945, has died, a media report said. Her son Joshua Friedman con

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September 12, 2016

Nurse kissed in iconic World War II photo dies : Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in New York city’s Times Square after the Second World War ended in 1945, has died, a media report said. Her son Joshua Friedman confirmed the news to CNN on Saturday saying that his mother died at an assisted living home in Richmond, Virginia. She was 92.Nurse kissed in iconic World War II photo dies : Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in New York city’s Times Square after the Second World War ended in 1945, has died, a media report said. Her son Joshua Friedman confirmed the news to CNN on Saturday saying that his mother died at an assisted living home in Richmond, Virginia. She was 92. n Agency photo

Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence comments after receiving a national security briefing in Indianapolis on Friday.

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September 11, 2016

Pence releases tax returns, while Trump remain a secret

AFP, Washington :Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump’s running mate released 10 years of tax returns on Friday, but his billionaire boss still refuses to...

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walk at a military complex, after they recaptured areas in southwestern Aleppo that rebels had seized last month.

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September 11, 2016

Fighting rages in Aleppo hours after Syrian peace deal

Reuters, Amman :Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough...

Secessionist parties approved a plan to achieve independence by mid-2017 however ideological differences have caused a fallout with little progress.

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September 11, 2016

Catalan independence drive seeks boost with mass protest

AFP, Barcelona :Tens of thousands of Catalans are expected to protest on Sunday to demand their region speed up its drive to break away from...

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September 11, 2016

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China eyes closer military ties with MyanmarReuters, Beijing China’s military wants to strengthen ties with neighbouring Myanmar by having more exchanges and greater cooperation, a...

More than 2,750 people were killed when two passenger jets destroyed the Twin Towers.

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September 11, 2016

Fifteen years on, 9/11 seared into New York history

AFP, New York :New York marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks more resilient, wealthier and more diverse than ever, yet that terrible day...