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Trump, Kim kick off their second summit

Trump, Kim kick off their second summit

-- 2019-02-27 19:16:14

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi on Wednesday for their second summit, with the US president rejecting any suggestion he was walking back on US demands for No...

Nepal's tourism minister, six others die in helicopter crash

Nepal's tourism minister, six others die in helicopter crash

-- 2019-02-27 17:11:39

Nepal's tourism minister Rabindra Adhikari and six others have died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday. Pratap Babu Tiwari, the spokesperson for Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, confirmed that all...

Pakistan says it shoots down two Indian jets, captures pilot

Pakistan says it shoots down two Indian jets, captures pilot

-- 2019-02-27 13:58:17

Pakistan shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Pakistan armed forces said, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, prompting l...

India says doesn’t want ‘further escalation’

India says doesn’t want ‘further escalation’

-- 2019-02-27 12:47:31

India says it does not wish to see a further escalation of the situation with Pakistan and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint. The statement came shortly after Pakistani police sa...

India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border

India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border

Reuters 2019-02-27 12:38:44

India and Pakistan exchanged fire along their contested border in Kashmir on Wednesday, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, while leading powers...

Trump, Kim bet big on 'friendship' at second summit

Trump, Kim bet big on 'friendship' at second summit

Reuters 2019-02-27 11:28:43

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet on Wednesday for their second summit, betting their personal relationship can break a stalemate over the North’s nuclear weapon...

Three dead, 60 feared buried in Indonesia mine collapse

Three dead, 60 feared buried in Indonesia mine collapse

-- 2019-02-27 10:22:27

Indonesian officials said on Wednesday dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out more than 60 people who were feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sul...

Trump, Kim in Vietnam for their second summit

Trump, Kim in Vietnam for their second summit

-- 2019-02-26 20:47:43

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un both reached Vietnam on Tuesday, the eve of their second summit at which they will tackle how to implement a North Korean pledge to give u...

Pakistan vows to retaliate against Indian 'aggression'

Pakistan vows to retaliate against Indian 'aggression'

-- 2019-02-26 17:03:54

Pakistan has warned that it will retaliate against Tuesday's air strikes conducted by India inside the territory of Pakistan. Pakistan’s National Security Committee (NSC), comprising top offici...

Indian official says 300 militants killed in air strikes

Indian official says 300 militants killed in air strikes

Reuters 2019-02-26 14:58:18

Indian jets conducted air strikes against a militant camp in Pakistani territory on Tuesday, India’s foreign secretary said, and a Indian government source said 300 militants had been killed, bu...

India says air strikes in Pakistan killed many militants

India says air strikes in Pakistan killed many militants

-- 2019-02-26 13:50:23

India said its air strikes inside Pakistan on Tuesday killed a large number of militants from Jaish-e-Mohammad, the group that claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on a Indian paramili...

Pakistan minister urges ‘better sense’ from India after air strikes

Pakistan minister urges ‘better sense’ from India after air strikes

-- 2019-02-26 13:45:41

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that "better sense" should prevail in India after Indian jets crossed into Pakistan and carried out what one Indian minister called an ai...

India  says it carried out air strike on 'terror camps' inside Pakistan

India says it carried out air strike on 'terror camps' inside Pakistan

-- 2019-02-26 13:28:03

Indian jets crossed into Pakistani territory on Tuesday, conducting what one minister said was an air strike on “terror camps”, dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed n...

Kim arrives in Vietnam for summit

Kim arrives in Vietnam for summit

-- 2019-02-26 11:44:19

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday for a summit with US President Donald Trump where they will try to reach an agreement on a North Korean pledge to give up its nuclear weap...

India govt confirms air strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan

India govt confirms air strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan

-- 2019-02-26 11:37:14

Indian jets crossed into Pakistani territory on Tuesday, conducting what one minister said was an air strike on “terror camps”, dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed n...

Iran’s foreign minister suddenly resigns

Iran’s foreign minister suddenly resigns

-- 2019-02-26 10:50:30

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said he is stepping down, in a surprise announcement posted to his Instagram account. He apologised for "shortcomings" during his time in government....

India claims attack on terror camp in Pakistan

India claims attack on terror camp in Pakistan

-- 2019-02-26 10:30:00

India jets cross Line of Control to bomb terror camps in disputed Kashmir territory: report Indian jets have crossed the Line of Control to bomb terror camps in disputed Kashmir region in a major esc...

US, North Korea could agree to end Korean War

US, North Korea could agree to end Korean War

-- 2019-02-25 10:41:02

South Korea’s presidential office said on Monday the United States and North Korea could agree to declare the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War in a summit between US President Donald Trump and No...

Kim lands in Vietnam for meeting with Trump

Kim lands in Vietnam for meeting with Trump

-- 2019-02-24 15:20:32

North Korea on Sunday confirmed for the first time that its leader, Kim Jong Un, will hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump, days ahead of the high-stakes nuclear meeting in Vietnam's ca...

21 die in China mine accident

21 die in China mine accident

-- 2019-02-24 13:56:20

A total of 21 people have been killed and 29 others injured after a vehicle lost control due to faulty brakes on Saturday at a mining company in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, loca...

Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador

Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador

-- 2019-02-24 13:28:02

Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US - the first woman ever to take on an envoy role for the kingdom. Her appointment was made...

Assam toxic liquor death toll hits 133

Assam toxic liquor death toll hits 133

-- 2019-02-24 12:57:47

The death toll of tea plantation workers who died after consuming toxic illicit liquor in Assam has gone up to 133. More than 225 people have been hospitalised after drinking tainted liquor in two se...

Fire at air show destroys three hundred cars in India

Fire at air show destroys three hundred cars in India

-- 2019-02-23 17:54:57

A fire at an air show in India destroyed three hundred cars on Saturday, a senior fire official said, the latest accident to mar the government-run event. The most likely cause was a 'dry grass fire...

Police arrest over 100 separatists in Kashmir raids

Police arrest over 100 separatists in Kashmir raids

-- 2019-02-23 15:22:16

More than 100 separatists in Kashmir were detained in overnight raids, police officials said on Saturday, as part of a crackdown on groups that might cause trouble ahead of nationwide elections set to...

Indian railways to study 10 more bullet train corridors

Indian railways to study 10 more bullet train corridors

-- 2019-02-23 12:37:51

Indian Railways (IR) has lined up a mega expansion plan, including more than doubling the freight capacity and adding new high-speed trains for which 10 corridors. The IR has already moved a propo...

India to stop Kashmir water flowing into Pakistan

India to stop Kashmir water flowing into Pakistan

-- 2019-02-22 15:09:10

India says it is building dams to stop its share of water from flowing into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir as it seeks to punish its long-time rival for an attack on paramilitary soldiers last week that...

Suu Kyi decries ‘negative focus’ over Rakhine

Suu Kyi decries ‘negative focus’ over Rakhine

-- 2019-02-22 14:44:19

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine on Friday, saying the world had “focused narrowly on negative aspects” in the state from wh...

India reiterates plan to stop sharing of excess water with Pakistan

India reiterates plan to stop sharing of excess water with Pakistan

-- 2019-02-22 12:19:05

An Indian government minister reiterated on Thursday the country’s plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan from its share of rivers, the latest effort by New Delhi to pressure its neighbo...

India presses for Pakistan to stay on terrorism financing list

India presses for Pakistan to stay on terrorism financing list

-- 2019-02-21 20:32:23

India is pressing for Pakistan to be kept on a terrorism financing watchlist following an attack in disputed Kashmir that was claimed by a Pakistan-based militant group, three Indian government offici...

Dubai Police rescue 14 Indian sailors after ship hits rocks

Dubai Police rescue 14 Indian sailors after ship hits rocks

-- 2019-02-21 16:34:27

Dubai Police have rescued 14 Indian sailors stranded off of Palm Deira after their ship hit rocks on the breakwater following engine failure, according to Gulf News. Colonel Saeed Al Madhani, deputy...