UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the “heinous and cowardly terrorist attack” in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province that killed 27 and wounded 13 others. In a statement, the members of the council expressed their sympathy and...
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NEW DELHI : India and Pakistan’s troubled ties risked taking a dangerous new turn on Friday as New Delhi accused Islamabad of harbouring militants behind the deadliest bombing in three decades of bloodshed in Indian-administered Kashmir.
At least 41 paramilitary troops were killed on Thursday...
WASHINGTON : U.S. State Department said Thursday that U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo has held talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha in Warsaw to discuss their ongoing efforts to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
During a meeting on the sidelines of the Middle...
Abu Dhabi [UAE] : The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) on Sunday acknowledged Hindi language as its third official language after Arabic and English. While praising the decision of the UAE court, External Affairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj, took to her official Twitter account, as...
HANOI : Communist-run but with capitalist leanings, and a friend to both the United States and North Korea, Vietnam will host the next summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un from February 27-28. Like North Korea, Vietnam was once locked in a bloody and bitter war with the US. But unlike...
DAMASCUS : A total of 70 civilians were killed and wounded Tuesday by a U.S.-led airstrike in eastern Syria, state TV reported. The airstrikes targeted a camp for displaced people in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour. The airstrikes have intensified recently on Islamic State (IS)-held areas...
SINGAPORE : Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone call saying information about his condition had been published online. Rico was one of 14,200 people whose HIV...
LONDON : Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip on Saturday surrendered his driving licence after causing a car crash that outraged the media and stirred a debate about old age and driving. Buckingham Palace said Philip — formally known as the Duke of Edinburgh —...
SEOUL : South Korean President Moon Jae-in will consult with U.S. President Donald Trump in the near future on the second summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States, South Korea’s presidential Blue House said Sunday.
Kim Eui-keum, Blue House...
BANGKOK : Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn said late Friday that his elder sister Princess Ubolratana Mahidol is still a member of the royal family and thus “inappropriate” to be involved in politics.
A televised royal statement said Princess Ubolratana, although relinquished her royal...
