A great effort of re-union of Koreas by Kim and Moon
LIVE: South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives in Pyongyang for his third summit with DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un. Courtesy: New China TVStreamed live on Sep 18, 2018
Iraqi PM discusses U.S. withdrawal from Syria with Pompeo
CAIRO – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi that the U.S. is still committed to fighting Islamic State in Iraq and other areas despite its planned troop withdrawal from Syria, Abdul Mahdi’s office said on Saturday. President Donald Trump has begun […]
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Pak Army chief confirms death sentence of 14 ‘hardcore terrorists’
Islamabad : Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirmed the death sentence of 14 “hardcore terrorists”, who were involved in attacks on the armed forces and other law enforcement agencies and killing of innocent civilians. Special military courts, set up after the Peshawar school attack of […]
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Collection of historic books, including Gandhi’s writings, finds new home in SA
Johannesburg : Over 3,000 books written by renowned writers across the globe, including 12 volumes of collected works of Mahatma Gandhi, amassed over six decades by an Indian-origin family has found a permanent home at a knowledge centre in South Africa. Most of the books, once banned under the […]
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Sino-India ties actively moving forward: President Xi
Beijing, Dec 21: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said Sino-India relations are “actively” moving forward with deepening mutual trust and cooperation, as the foreign ministers of the two countries held extensive talks in New Delhi under a newly established framework. In his message of congratulations to the first […]
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Trump panel recommends guns in schools to keep US students safe
Washington : A safety panel set up by US President Donald Trump in the wake of numerous school shootings recommended Tuesday that schools consider arming staff, using veterans as guards and reversing Obama-era guidelines. The Federal Commission on School Safety panel, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, was set […]
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Putin says open to third nations joining nuclear treaty
Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday he was open to the idea of other countries joining a key Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms or to starting talks on a new agreement. The president spoke after Washington this month said it would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range […]
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Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias
Washington : US President Donald Trump took a swipe Tuesday at tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google, accusing them of being biased in favor of opposition Democrats. “Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous!” Trump tweeted. “Twitter, in fact, has made it much […]
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UK steps up no-deal Brexit plans with 3,500 soldiers on standby
British ministers agreed Tuesday to make no-deal Brexit planning “an operational priority” amid continued opposition to Prime Minister Theresa’s May draft divorce deal, just 14 weeks before the country leaves the EU. Following a meeting of her cabinet — the last before parliament breaks for the Christmas/New Year […]
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Pakistan releases Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari after 6 years
Islamabad, Dec 17: Pakistan on Monday released Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, who was detained by the country’s intelligence agencies in 2012 and subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a military court in 2015 for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, was lodged […]
