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Trump, Kim all set for historic meet

Trump, Kim all set for historic meet

Reuters 2018-06-10 11:12:54

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to land in Singapore today (Sunday) within hours of each other in advance of a historic summit over the reclusive country&rsq...

China, India strike Brahmaputra deal

China, India strike Brahmaputra deal

-- 2018-06-09 23:24:53

China and India on Saturday settled a dispute over the flood-prone Brahmaputra river that flows from Tibet to Bangladesh in a sign of growing cooperation between them. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Putin my best, most intimate friend: Xi Jinping

Putin my best, most intimate friend: Xi Jinping

-- 2018-06-09 21:08:33

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is his best, most intimate friend. Xi Jinping awarded Putin China’s first ever friendship medal on Friday, on a large gold...

Pervez Musharraf to run for parliament

Pervez Musharraf to run for parliament

-- 2018-06-09 16:21:54

The party of Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf announced Saturday that he will run for a seat in parliament in July 25 national elections, reports AP. The move comes after the coun...

UK to publish Brexit plans after EU summit

UK to publish Brexit plans after EU summit

-- 2018-06-09 15:20:26

Detailed plans on the UK's post-Brexit future will not be published until after this month's EU summit. Theresa May will summon senior ministers to an away day at Chequers in July to settle details...

Iran seeks more talks with Russia over US exit from nuclear deal

Iran seeks more talks with Russia over US exit from nuclear deal

-- 2018-06-09 15:08:26

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he wanted more talks with Russia about what he called the ‘illegal’ US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.   Trump said last mont...

Manafort aide faces charges in Russia probe

Manafort aide faces charges in Russia probe

-- 2018-06-09 14:24:05

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has added more charges against Paul Manafort, the ex-chairman of the Trump 2016 campaign, and indicted a top aide. Russian citizen Konstantin Kilimnik - considered Mana...

UN Security Council elects five members for two-year term

UN Security Council elects five members for two-year term

-- 2018-06-09 12:54:53

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to elect Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term in the Security Council starting on January 1, 201...

Somalia militant attack kills US soldier

Somalia militant attack kills US soldier

-- 2018-06-09 10:52:36

A US special forces soldier has been killed in an attack by suspected al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, officials say. Four other US soldiers and a Somali soldier were wounded in what appears...

'China hacked US Navy undersea warfare plans'

'China hacked US Navy undersea warfare plans'

-- 2018-06-09 10:47:30

Chinese government hackers compromised the computers of a US Navy contractor and stole a large amount of highly sensitive data on undersea warfare, including plans for a supersonic anti-ship missile f...

Afghan Taliban declare three-day Eid ceasefire

Afghan Taliban declare three-day Eid ceasefire

-- 2018-06-09 10:35:12

The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday at the end of this week, their first offer of its kind, following a ceasefire announced by the government on Thursda...

Iran slams US for seeking  Saudi oil output hike

Iran slams US for seeking Saudi oil output hike

-- 2018-06-08 22:20:16

Iran criticized a US request that Saudi Arabia pump more oil to cover a drop in Iranian exports and predicted OPEC would not heed the appeal, setting the stage for a tough meeting of the producer grou...

Trump wants Russia at G7 meeting

Trump wants Russia at G7 meeting

-- 2018-06-08 20:44:09

US President Donald Trump said on Friday Russia should also be attending a Group of Seven nations summit, as he prepared to fly into a chilly reception at the meeting in Canada, where other G7 leaders...

US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain commits suicide: CNN

US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain commits suicide: CNN

-- 2018-06-08 19:25:55

US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused ‘Parts Unknown’ television series, has died at the age of 61, the network said on Friday. Bourdain hanged h...

Singapore police arrest two South Koreans

Singapore police arrest two South Koreans

-- 2018-06-08 17:35:03

Singapore police arrested two South Korean media staff for trespassing the home of the North Korean ambassador in the city-state. “Two South Korean men, aged 42 and 45, who were representing th...

Minivan crash kills six migrants in Greece

Minivan crash kills six migrants in Greece

-- 2018-06-08 17:29:37

Six people were killed and two critically injured on Friday when a minivan carrying Iraqi and Syrian migrants crashed into a wall and overturned on a northern Greek motorway, police said. Three child...

Search for survivors at Guatemala volcano called off, death toll hits 100

Search for survivors at Guatemala volcano called off, death toll hits 100

-- 2018-06-08 17:15:23

The search for survivors from deadly eruptions of Guatemala's Fuego volcano was temporarily suspended on Thursday due to dangerous conditions for rescue workers, as the death toll from the disaster re...

US Returns Stolen Copy Of Christopher Columbus Letter To Spain

US Returns Stolen Copy Of Christopher Columbus Letter To Spain

-- 2018-06-08 17:02:44

A 500-year-old copy of a letter in which Christopher Columbus describes his voyage to the Americas has been returned to Spain after US authorities tracked down the document, which had been stolen and...

US sending 1,600 immigration detainees to federal prisons

US sending 1,600 immigration detainees to federal prisons

-- 2018-06-08 16:09:15

The Trump administration has for the first time begun transferring suspected illegal immigrants to federal prisons, following additional demand for beds. The transfer of 1,600 detainees underscores t...

Airstrike kills 35 in Syrian village

Airstrike kills 35 in Syrian village

-- 2018-06-08 14:39:25

At least thirty five people were killed and dozens injured in an airstrike on a rebel-held northwestern village of Syria, a war monitor and paramedics said. The opposition's Syrian Civil Defence, als...

Austria to shut seven mosques, expel dozens of imams

Austria to shut seven mosques, expel dozens of imams

-- 2018-06-08 14:32:58

Austria’s right-wing government plans to shut down seven mosques and expel up to 40 imams in what it said was “just the beginning” of a push against Islamist ideology and foreign f...

Trump may invite Kim to US

Trump may invite Kim to US

-- 2018-06-08 13:59:54

US President Donald Trump said he would consider inviting North Korea's Kim Jong-un to the White House if their summit in Singapore goes well. Mr Trump made the comment after meeting Japan's PM Shinz...

Burundi President rules out 2020 run

Burundi President rules out 2020 run

-- 2018-06-08 12:32:17

Burundi’s long-serving President Pierre Nkurunziza has promised to step down when his term ends in 2020, easing fears of fresh violence in the impoverished country. Nkurunziza had been widely...

Stockholm attacker lands in jail for life

Stockholm attacker lands in jail for life

-- 2018-06-07 22:06:55

An Uzbek man who carried out a lorry attack which killed five people in Sweden last year has been sentenced to life for terrorist crimes. Rakhmat Akilov, 40, had expressed sympathy for the Islamic St...

Putin welcomes Trump's  decision to meet with Kim

Putin welcomes Trump's decision to meet with Kim

-- 2018-06-07 22:04:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the June 12 meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un would produce positive results, reports Agencies. US President Donald Trump made a courageous an...

Top court rejects Northern Ireland abortion law case

Top court rejects Northern Ireland abortion law case

-- 2018-06-07 16:59:48

Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law. The court dismissed an appeal brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (...

Egypt’s Sisi pardons 712 prisoners

Egypt’s Sisi pardons 712 prisoners

-- 2018-06-07 12:46:08

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 712 prisoners, the state news agency MENA said on Wednesday, and security sources said many of those freed were youth jailed for anti-government pr...

Putin to solve Russians’ everyday problems on live TV

Putin to solve Russians’ everyday problems on live TV

-- 2018-06-07 11:26:54

Vladimir Putin, on a living standards drive at the start of a new presidential term, is expected to try to fix Russians’ everyday problems on live TV later on Thursday, handing out real-time ord...

Baghdad explosion leaves 18 dead

Baghdad explosion leaves 18 dead

-- 2018-06-07 11:04:51

An explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district killed at least 18 people and wounded over 90 on Wednesday, an Iraqi police source said. Photos from the scene showed a destroyed car and building a...

Restriction on Singapore airspace during US-North Korea summit

Restriction on Singapore airspace during US-North Korea summit

-- 2018-06-06 20:30:32

Singapore airspace will be restricted during the planned US-North Korea summit next week, according to a notice to airmen posted by aviation authorities on Wednesday, reports Reuters. The Southeast...