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Trump, Xi hold talks in the ‘biggest summit ever’

Beijing, May 14: US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping began on Thursday what Trump termed as the “biggest summit ever” to discuss a wide range...

Differences over Taiwan could bring US, China to clashes or conflict: Xi warns Trump

Beijing, May 14: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned President Donald Trump that differences over Taiwan could...

Russia to fulfil all agreements on energy supply to India: FM Lavrov

Moscow, May 13: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has pledged that agreements on energy supplies to India will...

Macron faces backlash after interrupting Africa summit panel in Kenya

Dakar (Senegal), May 13: French President Emmanuel Macron is facing backlash after he interrupted a panel at the...

Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows to 11

The Hague, May 12: A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus...
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SL’s ex-intel chief named suspect in Easter attack case

Colombo, Mar 5: Sri Lanka's former state intelligence service chief Suresh Sally has been named a suspect in the probe into the 2019 Easter...

Iran launches new attacks target Israel, US bases

Dubai, March 5: Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region Thursday, while warning the US...

Voting concludes peacefully in Nepal

Kathmandu, Mar 5: Tens of thousands of Nepalese voted on Thursday in the crucial parliamentary elections to elect a new prime minister, six months...

Modi ‘very focused’ on delivery, bringing ‘hundreds of millions’ into formal economy: Canada PM

Sydney, Mar 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very focused” on delivery of welfare programmes to the common people and has been successful...

China hikes defence budget by 7 per cent to accelerate military modernisation

Beijing, Mar 5 : China on Thursday hiked its defence budget to about 1.91 trillion yuan (USD 277 billion), an increase of seven per...

Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk off its coast by US submarine

Colombo, Mar 4: A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka's navy said Wednesday it recovered...

Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify

Beirut, Mar 4: Israel's military ordered on Wednesday residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” as airstrikes on suburbs...

US announces withdrawal of non-emergency staff from consulates in Karachi and Lahore

Islamabad, Mar 4 : The United States announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of non-emergency staff from its consulates in the Pakistani cities of Karachi...

India backs ‘Myanmar-led, Myanmar-owned’ peace process: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, Mar 4 : India supports a Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process that can deliver lasting peace and development for all in the...

Canadian prime minister calls Iran war extreme example of rupturing world order

Melbourne, Mar 4 : Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday he regretted that the Iran war was an extreme example of a...

Pakistan Army kills TTA commander near Torkham border

Peshawar, Mar 4: The Pakistan Army has killed the commander of the Afghan Taliban during an operation near Torkham border in northwest Pakistan, security...

Sri Lankan officials say Iranian navy ship was sinking; 32 onboard hospitalised

Colombo, Mar 4: A top Sri Lankan official says 32 people have been rescued from a sinking Iranian naval ship off Sri Lanka's southern...
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