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Iran condemns US show of support for ‘rioters’AFP, Tehran Iran condemned the United States’ support for “rioters” in a statement issued late Sunday, after two...
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North Korea says it won’t give Trump a summit for free
AP, South Korea :North Korea on Monday responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader...
Rouhani warns protest-hit Iran cannot allow ‘insecurity’
AFP, Tehran :President Hassan Rouhani warned Sunday that riot-hit Iran could not allow “insecurity” after two days of unrest killed two people and saw authorities...
‘Women shouldn’t feel like second-class citizens,’ says Indra Nooyi
PTI, Washington :Women must not see themselves as second class citizens and know that they too have arrived on the scene, Indian American business executive...
United States, EU back Georgia protesters
AFP, Tbilisi :The United States and European Union expressed solidarity Monday with Georgia’s anti-government protesters who took to the streets after the ruling party backtracked...
China confirms aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait
AFP, Beijing :China confirmed on Monday that its first domestically built aircraft carrier had sailed through the Taiwan Strait for “routine” training and tests after...
China calls on US to ‘stop flexing muscles’ in South China Sea
Agencies, Bangkok :China on Monday called on the United States to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and to avoid adding “new...
Leaked China documents reveal ‘no mercy’ in Xinjiang: NYT
AFP, Beijing :A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region,...
US businesswoman has alleged affair with UK PM
A US businesswoman at the centre of controversy over whether Boris Johnson showed her inappropriate favouritism amid an alleged affair said Sunday she had been...
Taiwan President chooses running mate who Chinese paper wanted arrested
Reuters, Taipei :Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has named as her running mate for 2020 elections a former premier who angered Beijing so badly last year...
US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticized by N Korea
AP, Bangkok :U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the United States and South Korea have indefinitely postponed a joint military exercise in an “act...
Johnson’s Conservatives have highest support since 2017: Polls
Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party have the highest level of support since 2017, according to opinion polls published on Saturday.The Dec....