US, Philippines begin military exercises as maritime tension simmers
Reuters, Manila :About 8,000 U.S. and Filipino troops began annual military exercises yesterday against a backdrop of tension over China’s greater assertiveness in the South...
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Kashmir`s first woman Chief Minister
BBC Online :Mehbooba Mufti has been sworn in as the first woman chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir.The 56-year-old leader is the daughter of the former...
Tough battle for India’s Modi in key state polls
AFP, Dalhi :Millions of voters head to the polls Monday in two Indian states, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party facing a tough fight as...
Tough battle for India’s Modi in key state polls
AFP, Dalhi :Millions of voters head to the polls Monday in two Indian states, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party facing a tough fight as...
Suu Kyi steps back from two Myanmar ministerial jobs
BBC Online :Aung San Suu Kyi has reduced the number of ministries she will run in Myanmar’s new government.She will not now take over the...
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US planes destroyed Islamic Turkish consulate Reuters, AnkaraAircraft from a U.S.-led coalition on Monday destroyed the Turkish consulate compound in Mosul in northern Iraq which...
Azerbaijan, Armenia locked in deadly clashes over Karabakh
AFP, Baku :Azerbaijan said Armenian forces had killed three of its troops yesterday, as clashes over the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh continued for a...
Trump`s ratings at all time low
Dawn.Com, New York :Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s ratings have plunged to an unequalled low and he may lose election to a Democratic nominee in...
Worst clashes in Nagorno- Karabakh: 30 soldiers killed
BBC Online :At least 30 soldiers have been killed in fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, officials of both countries...
State actors greatest threat to nuclear security: Modi
Dawn,com, Washington :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that ‘state actors,” working with terrorists and nuclear smugglers, were the greatest risk to global security.Addressing...
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Kerry to visit Hiroshima Nuclear MemorialAP, TokyoUS Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow envoys from the G7, including nuclear powers Britain and France, will...
Uncertainty reigns a day before migrants are to be returned to Turkey
Reuters, Lesbos :Less than 24 hours before Greece is due to begin returning migrants to Turkey, little sign of preparation is evident on Lesbos, the...