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India inks Rs 2b anti-tank missile deal

India inks Rs 2b anti-tank missile deal

-- 2019-07-01 14:12:29

India has signed a Rs 2.0 billion deal with Russia to acquire 'Strum Ataka' anti-tank missile for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers. According to the government sources the deal was signed with Russ...

31 killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Kashmir

31 killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Kashmir

-- 2019-07-01 13:28:24

At least 31 people were killed and 15 others injured Monday after a bus carrying them skidded off the mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The accide...

Japan resumes commercial whale hunting

Japan resumes commercial whale hunting

-- 2019-07-01 10:58:03

Five Japanese whaling vessels have set sail for the country's first commercial hunt in decades, in defiance of international criticism. The whaling ships have a permit to catch 227 whales - minke, Br...

Upholding multilateral trade system serves the interests of ASEAN members

Upholding multilateral trade system serves the interests of ASEAN members

-- 2019-06-30 18:09:19

The 34th ASEAN summit, held in Bangkok, Thailand from June 20 to 23, focused on building a people-centric ASEAN community. Leaders of the ASEAN members shared a vision to advance partnership for susta...

Xi-Trump G20 meeting in line with global expectations

Xi-Trump G20 meeting in line with global expectations

Global Times 2019-06-30 18:02:35

The agreement reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the 14th G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, is in line with the best expectations of international public o...

Japan to tighten export rules for high-tech materials to South Korea

Japan to tighten export rules for high-tech materials to South Korea

-- 2019-06-30 16:40:45

Japan plans to tighten restrictions on the export of high-tech material used in smartphones and chips to South Korea from July 4 in connection with a dispute over a South Korean ruling on war-time for...

PNG volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

PNG volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

-- 2019-06-30 14:05:04

Volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forced 15,000 villagers in the country’s northeast to flee their homes, aid agencies said on Sunday. Mount Ulawun on PNG’s northeastern i...

End mobile data blackout: US to Myanmar

End mobile data blackout: US to Myanmar

-- 2019-06-30 12:23:37

The United States on Saturday urged an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says...

Taliban kill 26 pro-govt militia members in Afghanistan

Taliban kill 26 pro-govt militia members in Afghanistan

-- 2019-06-29 15:25:28

Taliban militants killed at least 26 members of a pro-government militia in north Afghanistan on Saturday, government officials said, the same day the militants and US government officials are due to...

Modi govt freezes ads placed in three Indian newspaper groups

Modi govt freezes ads placed in three Indian newspaper groups

Reuters 2019-06-29 10:42:29

India’s government has cut off advertisements to at least three major newspaper groups in a move that executives and an opposition leader said was likely retaliation for unfavourable reports. C...

At least 16 die as wall collapses on huts in India’s Pune

At least 16 die as wall collapses on huts in India’s Pune

-- 2019-06-29 10:24:36

A 23-metre (60-foot) high wall collapsed on a cluster of tin-roofed huts in western India early Saturday following heavy rains, killing at least 16 workers and their families living there. The wall d...

Media platform under BRI launched

Media platform under BRI launched

Jubair Hasan From Beijing, China 2019-06-28 12:45:04

A platform was formed on Thursday in Beijing with a view to sharing economic information and enhancing cooperation among the participating Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries for their mutual ben...

Iran on course to exceed nuclear pact limit within days: Diplomats

Iran on course to exceed nuclear pact limit within days: Diplomats

-- 2019-06-28 11:53:18

Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement within days by accumulating more enriched uranium than permitted, although it had not done so yet by a deadline it set for Thursday, di...

'Canada's attempt to pressure China at the G20 will be futile'

'Canada's attempt to pressure China at the G20 will be futile'

Global Times 2019-06-27 18:16:24

Chinese experts warned on Wednesday that if Canadian officials attempt to seek help from the US in exerting pressure on China at the upcoming G20 summit, it will be futile. And bilateral ties could fu...

China-Japan relations back on normal track

China-Japan relations back on normal track

Global Times 2019-06-26 18:22:12

Sino-Japanese relations are back on track since hitting their lowest point in 2012, with Japanese companies' investment in China moving away from "taking advantage of cheap resources" to responding to...

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

-- 2019-06-26 11:40:44

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It gave no further details and withheld the names of the service members unt...

Three children die in Australian house blaze

Three children die in Australian house blaze

-- 2019-06-26 11:07:04

Three children have died in a house fire in the Australian state of New South Wales, police say. Firefighters were called to the home in Singleton, 200km (120 miles) north-west of Sydney, at about 03...

North Korea says US extension of sanctions ‘a hostile act’

North Korea says US extension of sanctions ‘a hostile act’

-- 2019-06-26 10:55:09

The recent US extension of sanctions against North Korea was an act of hostility and an outright challenge to an historic summit between the two countries in Singapore last year, a spokesman for Pyong...

Iran president says White House is 'mentally retarded'

Iran president says White House is 'mentally retarded'

Reuters 2019-06-26 10:13:31

US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked “anything American,” in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh US sanctions on Tehran...

WB people raid politicians’ homes to get their bribe money back

WB people raid politicians’ homes to get their bribe money back

-- 2019-06-25 22:10:28

People in India's West Bengal (WB) state are up in arms against politicians for an unusual reason - they are demanding their representatives repay bribes, reports BBC. The state's chief minister, Mam...

Over 400 Malaysia schools shut after children fall sick

Over 400 Malaysia schools shut after children fall sick

-- 2019-06-25 12:49:41

More than 400 schools in the Malaysian state of Johor are closed after 75 students experienced breathing difficulties and vomiting. Schools in the industrial area of Pasir Gudang have been shut until...

Bus falls into gorge in Jharkhand, killing six

Bus falls into gorge in Jharkhand, killing six

-- 2019-06-25 12:22:57

At least six people were killed and 39 injured in India's eastern state of Jharkhand when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge on Tuesday, local police said. The mishap occurred in the...

Iran says US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy

Iran says US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy

-- 2019-06-25 11:31:35

Iran said on Tuesday that US sanctions imposed on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials in the country permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington....

Britain warns of accidental war between US and Iran

Britain warns of accidental war between US and Iran

Reuters 2019-06-24 15:12:41

Britain does not think either the United States or Iran want a war but is very concerned an accidental war could be triggered, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday. “We are very conce...

Magnitude 5.5 quake hits eastern Japan

Magnitude 5.5 quake hits eastern Japan

-- 2019-06-24 14:51:32

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit eastern Japan on Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Chiba prefecture, adj...

US cyber attacks were not successful: Iran minister

US cyber attacks were not successful: Iran minister

-- 2019-06-24 12:07:50

US cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran’s telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon had launched a long-planned cyber attack to d...

India tent collapse leaves 14 dead

India tent collapse leaves 14 dead

-- 2019-06-24 10:58:37

At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured when heavy rain and high winds caused a huge tent to collapse in the India’s western desert state of Rajasthan on Sunday, a senior government offi...

Earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits Indonesia

Earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits Indonesia

-- 2019-06-24 10:09:49

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck in a remote area of Indonesia in the Banda Sea on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no initial tsunami warnings. The quake hit at a de...

Saudi airline avoids Iran airspace by changing flight routes

Saudi airline avoids Iran airspace by changing flight routes

-- 2019-06-23 19:13:52

Saudi Arabia's state airline Saudia says it is rerouting flight paths to some Asian destinations in order to avoid Iranian airspace amid heightened tensions in the Arabian Gulf. The statement on Satu...

Kim received ‘excellent’ letter from Trump: N Korea

Kim received ‘excellent’ letter from Trump: N Korea

-- 2019-06-23 19:05:03

US President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would “serious...