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India delaying signing copters deal: RussiaReuters, DubaiThe head of Russian Helicopters said on Sunday that India was delaying the signing of a firm agreement for...
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Trump to attend NATO summit in LondonAFP, WashingtonUS President Donald Trump will visit Britain for NATO’s 70th-anniversary summit next month, the White House said Friday,...
Delhi suffocates under toxic smog but millions go without masks
AFP, New Delhi :A thick grey smog choked New Delhi for the fifth day Saturday, adding to a mounting pollution health crisis, but retired naval...
Inundated Venice braced for more flooding, strong winds
AFP, Venice :Venice was on red alert for more floods and fierce winds on Saturday after an exceptionally high tide swamped the city of canals,...
Turkey says it bought Russian S-400s to use them, not put them aside
Reuters, Ankara :Turkey bought S-400 missile defence systems from Russia to use them, not put them aside, the head of the Turkish Defence Industry Directorate...
US Air Force Chief of Staff calls for Gulf Arab unity to counter Iran
Reuters, Dubai :United States Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein on Saturday pressed Gulf Arab states to reconcile differences and unify military capabilities as...
Fears grow on digital surveillance: US survey
Americans are increasingly fearful of monitoring of their online and offline activities, both by governments and private companies, a survey showed Friday.The Pew Research Center...
Muslim voters attacked as Sri Lanka votes for President
AP, Colombo :Muslim voters traveling by bus to polling stations in northern Sri Lanka were shot at, pelted with stones and blocked by burning tires...
Evo Morales wants UN mediation in Bolivia
AP, Mexico City :Bolivia’s Evo Morales called for the United Nations, and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political crisis following his...
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Trump visits Russia for Victory Day in MayAP, BrasiliaRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped his U.S counterpart Donald Trump would come to...
US presses European countries to take Islamic State fighters
AP, Washington :European and other members of the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group must take back and prosecute their nationals detained in Iraq...
North Korea calls Biden ‘rabid dog’ that ‘must be beaten to death’
AFP, Seoul :North Korea has launched a visceral diatribe against US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, calling the former vice-president a “rabid dog” – while...