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Asif to attend SCO ministers' meeting in Beijing

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will also have a bilateral meeting with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Faisal said.

Apr 19, 2018

By IANS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with NCC Cadets, NSS Volunteers, Tableaux Artists and tribal guests, at Teen Murti Bhawan

Pakistan calls India's claims on surgical strike 'baseless'

PM Modi said on Wednesday that Islamabad was informed about the 2016 surgical strike before this was made known to the media.

Apr 19, 2018

By IANS

Starbucks repents, to shut US stores for one day to impart training on racial issues

Responding to the outrage over the arrest of two African-American men at one of its coffee shops last week, Starbucks will close 800 stores fro one day to impart training to its staff on racial bias and tolerance

Apr 18, 2018

By IANS

I don't get confused: Nikki Haley makes it clear to White House spokesperson

Haley got ahead of President Donald Trump's decision-making when she said on Sunday that the US would level new sanctions on Monday targeting Russian companies that facilitated the Syrian regime's chemical weapons programme

Apr 18, 2018

By IANS

Former US First Lady, mother of another US President, Barbara Bush dead

Barbara Bush became the only woman in American history to live to see her husband and son elected president.

Apr 18, 2018

By IANS

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Trump 'serial liar', 'morally unfit' to be US President, says former FBI director Comey

Former FBI director compared the Trump administration to a "mafia family" and said that the President was incinerating the country's crucial norms and traditions like a "wildfire".

Apr 17, 2018

By IANS

China, India should handle disputes constructively: President Xi Jinping

Trump Effect? After Japan, China turns attention to better ties with India

It is evident from the increase in visits by top diplomats from both countries, including the low-key one by NSA Ajit Doval last week.

Apr 17, 2018

By Gaurav Sharma

Blast near Indian Embassy in Kathmandu reported, details awaited

Indian embassy in Kathmandu has come under terrorist threat as bomb blast was reported on Tuesday morning. Details not known.

Apr 17, 2018

By IANS

India wins 6 polls to UNESCO bodies

India will serve a four-year term starting immediately on the Commission for Social Development.

Apr 17, 2018

By IANS

US, allies strike Syrian military targets as Putin, Assad condemn attacks

The military action was denounced by Damascus and its ally Moscow as a "failure" and "an act of aggression", pending retaliation that may escalate in a full-fledged war

Apr 15, 2018

By IANS

US launches missile strikes in Syria, says chemical attack behind war

US said it has "a very high level of confidence" that Syria was responsible for the recent chemical attack in the Middle East nation.

Apr 14, 2018

By IANS

Venezuela's Schemidt wins World Press Photo contest

Schemidt's picture during the Venezuela Crisis, on May 3, 2017 for AFP when the 28-year-old protester Jose Victor Salazar caught fire amid clashes during a protest in Caracas.

Apr 13, 2018

By IANS

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey

Comey's upcoming book to target Trump's White House

After Trump fired Comey as FBI director last May, news emerged that Comey kept contemporaneous memos on his conversations with Trump, claiming Trump had asked him to end the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

Apr 13, 2018

By IANS

What Kim Jong-un has to say on talks with US, South Korea

Kim's remarks on the issue came a few hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet the North Korean leader in May or early June

Apr 10, 2018

By IANS

Pyongyang postpones preparatory meeting for Inter-Korean summit

The meeting has been postponed to Thursday by North Korea, which did not specify the reasons behind the delay, a spokesperson for the South Korean Unification Ministry.

Apr 4, 2018

By IANS

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