Saudi Arabia ‘must stop’ efforts against Iran: Zarif
AFP, Tehran :Saudi Arabia “must stop” its prolonged attempts to frustrate Iran’s efforts to reduce tensions in the Middle East and beyond, Iranian Foreign Minister...
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In policy shift, US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
AP, Washington :The Obama administration’s best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country’s leader before March...
Suu Kyi’s party to join parliament on February 1
AFP, Yangon :Members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s victorious pro-democracy party will take their seats in parliament on February 1, Myanmar’s speaker said today, beginning...
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Germany recorded 1.1m asylum-seekers in 2015Reuters, BerlinGermany registered 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, with Syrians fleeing a brutal...
Tearful Obama pleads for `urgency` on gun control
AFP, Washington :President Barack Obama shed tears Tuesday as he announced limited measures to tackle rampant US gun violence and called on Americans to punish...
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen intensify as rebels fire back
AP, Sanaa :Yemeni security officials say the Saudi-led coalition has intensified airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, targeting Shiite rebels known as Houthis.The officials said...
Reports of assassination bid on Dalai Lama a ‘stunt’: China
PTI, Beijing :India is “framing” China by claiming that several Chinese spies were sent out to assassinate the Dalai Lama, a report in state-run Global...
Warmer ties in the interests of India, Pakistan: US
PTI, Washington :As uncertainty prevailed over Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan in the wake of Pathankot terror strike, the US today said “warmer”...
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Murder on the rise in New YorkAFP, New YorkHomicides, gang-motivated shootings, rape and robbery rose in New York last year, slowing to 1.7 per cent...
Trump unveils first TV campaign ad, urges ban on Muslims
AFP, New York :Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday unveiled his first TV ad of the presidential election campaign, demanding a ban on Muslims entering...
South China Sea tensions surge as China lands plane on artificial island
Reuters, Hong Kong :China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in...
Hillary’s most qualified White House candidate: Bill Clinton
AFP, New York :Bill Clinton on Monday called his wife Hillary the most qualified US presidential candidate in more than half a century, at his...