N Korea to stage first party congress in nearly 40 years
BBC Online :North Korea has said its ruling Workers Party will hold its first congress in nearly 40 years next month.The gathering, which will take...
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Pakistan reaffirms Kashmir as core issue
AP, New Delhi :Kashmir remains a core issue that requires a “just solution under United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and wishes of the people...
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France wins bid to build Australia’s new SubmarinesAFP, SydneyFrench naval contractor DCNS Tuesday won a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia’s...
N Korea readying another midrange missile
AP, Seoul :North Korea is believed to have placed a new, powerful midrange missile on standby for an impending launch, a news report said on...
Putin attempting to undermine European unity: Obama
US President Barack Obama said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is trying to undermine European unity, which he sees as a threat.Speaking to CBS News...
English junior doctors go on indefinite strike
Junior doctors in England started their first ever all-out strike Tuesday in a bitter, deadlocked row with Prime Minister David Cameron’s government over pay and...
Hillary says half of her Cabinet would be women
PTI, Washington :Eyeing to become the first woman president of the US, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has said that if elected to the White House...
Trump, Hillary aim sweeps on Northeastern primaries
AP, Philadelphia :Donald Trump is aiming for a sweep of all five Northeastern states holding primaries Tuesday, including Pennsylvania, leaving his rivals pinning their hopes...
800 Al-Qaeda fighters killed in Yemen in Arab coalition attack
AFP, Riyadh :Yemeni troops backed by Arab coalition air strikes killed more than 800 members of Al-Qaeda in an attack on a southeastern provincial capital...
Obama plans to send 250 more troops to Syria
AFP, Hanover :US President Barack Obama will announce plans on Monday to send up to 250 more military personnel to Syria, according to a senior...
Turkey kills almost 900 ISIS members in Syria raids
AFP, Ankara :Turkey has killed almost 900 alleged members of the ISIS since January through artillery fire and air raids, the state-run Anatolia news agency...
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China to build outpost on disputed islandAFP, BeijingBeijing will start construction this year on a South China Sea islet within the Philippines’ claimed exclusive economic...