Xi likely to authorise robust defence spending
Reuters, Beijing :President Xi Jinping is expected to authorise robust defense spending for this year despite China’s slowing economy, determined to strengthen the country’s armed...
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UN postpones key Sri Lanka war crimes report
Reuters , Geneva :Sri Lanka’s new government won a six-month delay on Monday in the publication of a report on alleged war crimes, after the...
Ukraine truce fades as sides refuse to withdraw big guns
Reuters, Donetsk :Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine on Tuesday,...
UNSC demands Houthi militants quit Yemen, end violence
AP, United Nations :The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday voted to adopt a resolution that demands Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government...
Egypt strikes IS group in Libya seeing video of mass killings
AP, Cairo :Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, just hours after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading...
US northeast battered by blizzards after record snow
Reuters, Boston :Biting cold and driving snow kept the US Northeast in the grip of another major winter storm on Sunday that made February the...
35 IS men killed in clashes with Syrian Kurds
AFP, Beirut :At least 35 Islamic State jihadists were killed on Sunday in clashes with Syrian Kurdish fighters around the flashpoint town of Kobane, a...
China’s FM pushes Iran on nuclear deal
Reuters, Beijing :A deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme would help it escape from sanctions and allow more efforts to be spent on...
Gaza may erupt again, warns Blair
AFP, Gaza City :Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair on Sunday warned during a visit to the Gaza Strip of “another eruption” in the Palestinian...
Two dead in Copenhagen shootings
AFP, Copenhagen :Two people have been killed and five injured in twin shootings in the Danish capital, with one attack targeting a cultural centre hosting...
Yemen`s neighbours urge forceful UN action over security
AFP, Sanaa :Yemen’s neighbours urged the UN Saturday to move forcefully over the deteriorating security situation, saying they will themselves act if the rival factions...
Ukraine ceasefire takes hold
Reuters, Ukraine :Guns fell abruptly silent at midnight across much of eastern Ukraine in line with a ceasefire agreement, although periodic shooting near a frontline...