N Korea warns of preemptive strikes against US, S. Korea
AFP, Seoul :North Korea on Tuesday lashed out at an upcoming joint US-South Korean military exercise, warning it would attack the South and the US...
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Amnesty slams Europe`s `shameful` response on refugees
AFP, London :European countries’ “shameful” response to the migrant crisis and their efforts to counter the threat of attacks risk undermining their historic commitment to...
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Nepal finds wreckage of missing planeAFP, KathmanduFlight from Pokhara to Jomson lost contact with ATC soon after take offRescue teams in Nepal today found the...
US-China tensions persist despite progress on N Korea
AP, Washington : The U.S. and China showed no sign of quelling tension in the disputed South China Sea as their top diplomats met in Washington...
Trump notches 3rd straight win in Nevada caucuses
AP, Las Vegas :Donald Trump decisively won Nevada’s Republican caucuses on Tuesday as his main rivals battled for second place in an increasingly urgent effort...
Assad assures Putin of ‘readiness’ to respect ceasefire
AFP, Moscow :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has assured Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of his government’s readiness to respect a ceasefire deal brokered by Moscow and...
China deploys fighter jets to contested Island in South China Sea
AFP, Washington :China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles,...
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S Korea, US delay missile shield talksAFP, SeoulWashington and Seoul have postponed talks on deploying an advanced missile defence system opposed by Beijing, South Korea’s...
Libya could soon run out of life-saving medicines: UN
Reuters, Cairo :Libya faces severe shortages of life-saving medicine and about one million people will soon be in dire need of help, a U.N. humanitarian...
Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera
AP, Washington :Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military...
China may be installing radar on disputed South China Sea outposts
Reuters, Washington :Satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the...
Kerry, Wang Yi meet to mend relations
AP, Washington :The top diplomats of the U.S. and China meet Tuesday in Washington at a fraught time in relations between the two world powers.It’s...