North Korea leader orders nuclear arsenal on `standby`
AFP, Seoul :Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at any time, in an expected escalation of...
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China’s defence budget to slow in line with economyReuters, Beijing China’s defence budget this year is likely to rise at its slowest pace since 2010,...
`Visible` progress in Syria ceasefire as civilian deaths fall
AFP, Beirut :The UN’s Syria envoy said Thursday that visible progress was being made on the country’s landmark ceasefire, after a sharp drop was reported...
N Korea fires missiles
AFP, SeoulNorth Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea Thursday in a show of defiance just hours after the United Nations adopted the toughest...
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Indian troops kill 3 rebels in KashmirAP, SrinagarThe Indian army says three Kashmiri rebels have been killed in a gunbattle with government forces in the...
EU proposes to spend $760m on aid to migrants
AP, Brussels :The head office of the European Union on Wednesday sought to swiftly push through a proposal to earmark 700 million euros ($760 million)...
Turkey ready to fight terrorism in Nigeria: Erdogan
AFP, Abuja :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he was ready to help combat terrorism in Nigeria, where Boko Haram fighters have killed thousands...
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Violence kills 670 across Iraq in Feb : UNAP, BaghdadContinuous violence has left at least 670 Iraqis dead in February, of whom about two-thirds were...
Two killed, 19 injured
AP, Kandahar :At least two civilians have been killed in an attempted car bomb attack on the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad,...
Osama bin Laden `left $29m inheritance` for al-Qaeda
Agencies, Washington :The United States has released what appears to be a hand-written will of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.In it, Bin Laden...
Kerry asks Pakistan to reduce nuclear arsenal
PTI, Washington : The US has pressed Pakistan to reduce its growing nuclear arsenal but Islamabad has refused to accept any curbs on it saying America...
2 spacemen back home after year aloft
AP, Cape Canaveral :Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a...