China sends chemical experts to Tianjin blast site
Agencies, Tianjin, China :China has sent chemical experts into Tianjin to test for toxic gases after a series of deadly explosions.The team of nuclear and...
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Greek PM wins bailout vote, faces widening rebellion
Reuters, ATHENS :Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras confronted a widening rebellion within his leftist Syriza party as parliament voted to approve the country’s third financial...
Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in coma
AFP, Ramallah :A Palestinian held by Israel without trial has slipped into a coma after a nearly two-month hunger strike, his lawyer said on Friday.“I...
Fidel Castro chides US ahead of embassy reopening
BBC Online :Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has published an open letter to the nation in which he makes no mention of the historic reopening...
Japanese PM`s `profound grief` for WWII aggression
Reuters, TOKYO :Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday expressed “utmost grief” for the suffering Japan inflicted in World War Two and vowed that Japan would...
NATO denies it is making war more likely in Europe
AFP, Brussels :NATO on Wednesday defended the number of military exercises it has staged as a response to “growing Russian aggression” and refuted suggestions that...
Myanmar ruling party chief sacked in power struggle with president
Reuters, Yangon :Myanmar’s powerful ruling party chief Shwe Mann has been ousted from his post, party members said today, apparently after losing a power struggle...
Assad, Zarif discuss fight against `terror`
AFP, Damascus :Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, and called on regional countries to “fight...
North Korea threatens strikes on White House, slams South-US drill
AFP, Seoul :North Korea today condemned a looming South Korea-US joint military exercise as a “declaration of war” and boasted of its ability to make...
Pak official to visit India for security talks on August 23
Reuters, Islamabad :Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz will visit New Delhi for security talks on August 23,...
Former US president Carter reveals he has cancer
AFP, Washington :Former US president Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that recent liver surgery has shown he has cancer, and that it has spread.The 39th president,...
US F-16 fighters fly first missions from Turkey
AP, Washington :The U.S. on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation...