‘Death toll from tremor in Tibet climbs to 126’
NN Online: At least 126 people have died following a powerful earthquake that hit China’s remote Tibet region on Tuesday morning, according to state media....
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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns
NN Online: Under growing pressure from his own party, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down and end his nine-year stretch...
Why Trump’s blow-hot, blow-cold on China worries India
Al Jazeera : When China announced the creation of new counties last week, it marked out borders that included swaths of land that India claims...
Bomb attacks claim 9 Indian soldiers live
AFP : Indian Maoist guerrillas killed nine members of the security forces on Monday by detonating a roadside bomb that tossed their vehicle into the...
Pakistan Taliban threatens military-run businesses
Al Jazeera : Islamabad, Pakistan – The outlawed armed group Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, has issued a warning to the Pakistani army,...
Canadian PM Trudeau likely to resign this week: report
NN Online: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to announce his resignation this week as he faces mounting dissent within his Liberal Party, newspaper...
Hania Aamir refers to India and Pakistan as ‘distant cousins’
NN Online: Renowned Pakistani actress Hania Aamir recently described the relationship between India and Pakistan as that of “distant cousins” in an interview with CNN....
Winter storm hammers across US-UK
Agency : A severe winter storm has hammered the United States, with meteorologists warning more than 60 million people in the country’s east faced blizzard...
Bird flu outbreaks strike Japan farms
AFP : Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region.It is the...
US plans $8b arms sale to Israel
BBC : The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to...
Wars trigger record number of children
Deutsche Welle : More children than ever before are estimated to be living in conflict zones or forcibly displaced, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef...
Thousands in S Korea brave cold to protest for-against Yoon
Deutsche Welle : Thousands of protesters took to the snowed-in streets of South Korean capital, Seoul, on Sunday to rally both for and against the...