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China offers financial, political supportReuters, Cairo China signed investment and aid deals worth billions of dollars with Egypt during a visit by President Xi Jinping...
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Time to push for nuclear talks without North Korea: Seoul
AP, Seoul :South Korea’s president has questioned the role of long-dormant North Korean nuclear disarmament talks and says it is time that regional powers meet...
NATO top brass agrees to recommend changes in alliance
AP, Brussels :Top NATO brass on Thursday agreed on changes to recommend in the alliance’s force posture and decision-making procedures to better deal with a...
Davos elite alarmed at prospect of Trump`s nomination
Reuters, Davos :”Unbelievable”, “embarrassing” even “dangerous” are some of the words the financial elite gathered at the World Economic Forum conference in the Swiss resort...
Saudi-Iran dispute jeopardises Yemen peace talks
Reuters, Dubai :Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardising peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given Islamist militants a...
ISIS will be very seriously dented by end of 2016: Kerry
AFP, Switzerland :US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said the US-led coalition bombing ISIS strongholds in Syria and Iraq will reach their goal...
Israel confirms it plans to seize West Bank land
Agencies, Jerusalem :Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan,...
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India tightens security for French President’s visitAP, New Delhi India is tightening security with extra paramilitary soldiers and police deployed across the capital after a...
Under fire, Denmark stands firm on migrant
AFP, Copenhagen :Spurning scathing international criticism, Danish lawmakers will on Thursday give a final nod to drastic reforms curbing asylum rights as legal and human...
US, France condemn Russia`s role in Syria
AFP, Paris :The US and French defence ministers on Wednesday condemned Moscow’s role in the Syria conflict, saying Russian jets should stop targeting the opposition...
China braces for worst cold in 30 years
AFP, Beijing : Schools have been suspended and emergency workers put on standby in China as the country braces for historically cold weather, including 30-year lows...
US agencies say 2015 was hottest year on record
Reuters, Washington :Last year’s global average temperature was the hottest ever by the widest margin on record, two US government agencies said on Wednesday, adding...