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India Catholic Cardinal Oswald Gracias ‘failed abuse victims’

India Catholic Cardinal Oswald Gracias ‘failed abuse victims’

-- 2019-02-21 16:27:36

One of the Catholic Church’s most senior cardinals has admitted that he could have better handled sexual abuse allegations that were brought to him. Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Mumbai is...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in China

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in China

-- 2019-02-21 13:25:48

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in China on Thursday, on the third leg of his Asia tour that started in Pakistan, according to Arab News. At the airport, the crown prince was greeted b...

'US should respect China's right to become prosperous'

'US should respect China's right to become prosperous'

-- 2019-02-20 17:55:28

The United States should respect China's right to develop and become prosperous, the Chinese government's top diplomat told a visiting US delegation, reiterating that the country's doors to the outsid...

Taiwan says no compromise on democracy

Taiwan says no compromise on democracy

-- 2019-02-20 15:03:51

Taiwan will not accept any deal that destroys its sovereignty and democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday after the island’s opposition KMT party said it could sign a peace deal with...

Modi breaks protocol to welcome Saudi crown prince

Modi breaks protocol to welcome Saudi crown prince

-- 2019-02-20 11:37:55

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke with government protocol to personally welcome Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to New Delhi on Tuesday. Ordinarily, the prime minister...

Imran Khan warns India against military action

Imran Khan warns India against military action

-- 2019-02-19 17:53:38

Pakistan has warned it will retaliate if India takes military action against it after a militant attack on Indian forces in Indian-administered Kashmir. Prime Minister Imran Khan went on television t...

Pakistan urges UN to intervene over Kashmir tension with India

Pakistan urges UN to intervene over Kashmir tension with India

-- 2019-02-19 13:42:35

Pakistan’s foreign minister appealed to the UN Secretary General on Tuesday to help ease tension with India that has escalated sharply following a suicide bomb attack in the Indian part of dispu...

Pakistan's ISI behind Kashmir bombing: Indian commander

Pakistan's ISI behind Kashmir bombing: Indian commander

Reuters 2019-02-19 13:01:51

India’s top military commander in the disputed Kashmir region said on Tuesday Pakistan’s main Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency was involved in an attack last week on a security...

Pakistan recalls envoy from India amid tensions

Pakistan recalls envoy from India amid tensions

-- 2019-02-18 14:13:16

Pakistan has recalled its ambassador in New Delhi for consultations amid escalating tensions with nuclear-armed neighbour India, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesman said on Monday. “We ha...

Militant attacks on Pakistan paramilitary kill six

Militant attacks on Pakistan paramilitary kill six

-- 2019-02-18 11:17:36

Pakistani police say militants in two attacks on security forces killed six paramilitary troops in the southwestern Baluchistan bordering Iran. Local police officer Hidayat Ullah said Monday that fou...

Four Indian soldiers among five die in Kashmir gunbattle: Police

Four Indian soldiers among five die in Kashmir gunbattle: Police

-- 2019-02-18 11:13:48

Four Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed in a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir on Monday, a police official said, as India launched a hunt for suspected members of an Islamist militant group that...

Saudi crown prince signs $20b in deals with Pakistan

Saudi crown prince signs $20b in deals with Pakistan

Reuters 2019-02-18 10:19:41

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday said Saudi Arabia has signed investment agreements worth $20 billion during his high-profile visit to Pakistan, where tensions were flaring up with nuclear-a...

Iran summons Pak envoy over suicide bomb attack

Iran summons Pak envoy over suicide bomb attack

-- 2019-02-17 18:30:04

Iran has summoned the Pakistani ambassador to protest about a suicide bombing that killed 27 of its elite Revolutionary Guards near the border earlier this week, the semi-official Tasnim news agency r...

UAE announces $1.1b of military deals with international companies

UAE announces $1.1b of military deals with international companies

-- 2019-02-17 18:18:51

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday it had signed military deals worth 3.87 billion UAE dirhams ($1.1 billion) with international companies. A spokesman for the IDEX defence conference said...

Saudi crown prince heads for Pakistan amid India tensions

Saudi crown prince heads for Pakistan amid India tensions

-- 2019-02-17 12:43:15

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit risks being overshadowed by escalating tens...

IS 'caliphate' on brink of defeat in Syria

IS 'caliphate' on brink of defeat in Syria

-- 2019-02-16 19:49:01

US-backed fighters in Syria are poised to capture Islamic State’s last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of...

India, Pakistan to argue at World Court amid tensions

India, Pakistan to argue at World Court amid tensions

-- 2019-02-16 13:31:29

The World Court will hear arguments on Monday in a dispute between India and Pakistan about a former Indian navy commander sentenced to death by Islamabad for allegedly being an intelligence agency sp...

India to cut Pakistan off international community  

India to cut Pakistan off international community  

-- 2019-02-15 18:11:56

India has said it will ensure the "complete isolation" of Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed 46 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. Federal Minister Arun Jaitley said India would take "all p...

Chinese president meets top US trade officials

Chinese president meets top US trade officials

-- 2019-02-15 17:57:44

Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday. The meeting was held after high-level negotiations to striked a trade deal...

Hong Kong seizes rhino horns worth $1.0m

Hong Kong seizes rhino horns worth $1.0m

-- 2019-02-15 17:31:45

Hong Kong customs have seized a record 40kg of rhino horns worth around $1.0m that were on their way from South Africa to Vietnam, the latest bust for authorities trying to crack down on the illegal t...

Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack

Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack

-- 2019-02-15 16:18:23

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday to expect a strong response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy in Kashmir that killed 44 paramilitary policemen, ratcheting...

Indian soldiers death toll rises to 44 in Kashmir car bombing

Indian soldiers death toll rises to 44 in Kashmir car bombing

Reuters 2019-02-15 10:32:33

A suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Thursday, killing 44 of them in the deadliest attack in decades on security forces in the disputed region, ra...

18 killed in Kashmir suicide attack

18 killed in Kashmir suicide attack

-- 2019-02-14 20:46:37

At least 18 Indian paramilitary officers have been killed in a suicide attack on a vehicle convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir. Police told the BBC that a car filled with explosives rammed a bus ca...

Suicide bomber kills 27 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Suicide bomber kills 27 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

-- 2019-02-14 18:05:28

A suicide bomber killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, state media said, in a southeastern region where security forces are facing a rise in attacks by militants from th...

Philippines releases Rappler news site head on bail

Philippines releases Rappler news site head on bail

-- 2019-02-14 12:22:41

The head of a Philippine news website that has locked horns with President Rodrigo Duterte was freed on bail on Thursday, a day after her widely condemned arrest on libel charges that critics say is a...

Suicide attack on Iran's Revolutionary Guards kills 27

Suicide attack on Iran's Revolutionary Guards kills 27

Reuters 2019-02-14 10:32:32

A suicide bomber killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, state media said, in a southeastern region where security forces are facing a rise in attacks by militants f...

India protesters claim victory as citizenship bill stalls

India protesters claim victory as citizenship bill stalls

-- 2019-02-13 21:35:19

Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighbouring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified by parlia...

Australia ‘to reopen’ island detention centre

Australia ‘to reopen’ island detention centre

-- 2019-02-13 13:10:30

Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will reopen a controversial detention centre on Christmas Island, after a historic defeat in parliament. On Tuesday, non-government MPs secured enough votes to pa...

Thai princess apologises for causing ‘problems’ ahead of polls

Thai princess apologises for causing ‘problems’ ahead of polls

-- 2019-02-13 12:22:10

The Thai king’s sister, disqualified this week by the Election Commission from running for prime minister, apologized for causing “problems” for the Thai people ahead of next month&r...

N Korea may have made more nuclear bombs, study says

N Korea may have made more nuclear bombs, study says

-- 2019-02-12 14:33:49

North Korea has continued to produce bomb fuel while in denuclearisation talks with the United States and may have produced enough in the past year to add as many as seven nuclear weapons to its arsen...