EU ban on Russia to continue
Reuters, Brussels :European Union foreign ministers lined up behind a Franco-German effort to end the Ukraine war on Monday but some said the EU must...
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Putin backs Iran’s right to enrich uranium
IANS, Tehran :Iran is entitled to have nuclear enrichment and nobody should try to derive unilateral benefit from the situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin has...
9 more Ukrainian killed in the east
Reuters, Ukraine :Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours,...
Minister ‘confident’ poll will happen
BBC Online :Nigeria’s interior minister believes the fight against Boko Haram will be successful enough for the postponed elections to go ahead, he told the...
Modi magic deflated by Delhi voters
AFP, New Delhi :Narendra Modi’s party staunchly denied Sunday that India’s prime minister was facing his first election defeat since storming to power last year,...
NATO, Russia fail to narrow differences in Munich talks
Reuters, Munich :NATO and Russia failed to narrow their differences over the Ukraine crisis in talks on Saturday but agreed they would keep talking to...
Malala calls for ‘urgent action’ to free Nigerian schoolgirl hostages
AFP, Lagos :Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram,...
As Baghdad lifts curfew, bombs are reminder of country at war
Reuters, Baghdad :Five blasts across Baghdad on Saturday tempered Iraqis’ anticipation of a more relaxed and accessible capital as the government prepared to lift a...
Thai junta denies Shinawatra’s permission to travel
Reuters, Bangkok :Thailand’s military government has denied former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra permission to travel overseas to ensure she is in the country to face...
Russia does not want war: Putin
AFP, Moscow :President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia is not at war and does not want war with anyone, but sharply criticised Western sanctions...
PM Abe’s approval ratings rise in Japan after hostage crisis
Reuters, Tokyo :The Japanese government scored higher public approval ratings for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s handling of the hostage crisis involving two Japanese captured in...
US invites Shinzo Abe, Xi Jinping for state visits
AFP, Washington :The United States said on Friday that it had invited Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to pay state...