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North Korea urges US to change 'hostile policy'

North Korea urges US to change 'hostile policy'

Reuters 2019-06-11 11:53:45

North Korean state media called on the United States on Tuesday to “withdraw its hostile policy” towards Pyongyang or agreements made at a landmark summit in Singapore a year ago might bec...

Heavy rain in China leaves five dead

Heavy rain in China leaves five dead

-- 2019-06-11 10:08:31

Thousands of people have been stranded and at least five killed amid torrential rain throughout central and southern China, with authorities bracing themselves for at least another four days of downpo...

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari arrested

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari arrested

-- 2019-06-10 19:09:05

Law enforcers of Pakistan have arrested Asif Ali Zardari, a former president of the country and co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), from his residence in Islamabad on Monday. A 15-member...

China blocks websites of Washington Post, Guardian

China blocks websites of Washington Post, Guardian

-- 2019-06-10 16:45:20

Websites of The Washington Post and the Guardian are now reportedly blocked in China, as Beijing tightens restrictions under its  'Great Firewall' censorship programme. Until this weekend, The W...

Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill

Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill

-- 2019-06-10 14:58:40

Riot police surrounded Hong Kong’s parliament on Monday after authorities said they would go ahead with a proposed extradition law, which would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China, despi...

Tokayev wins Kazakh presidential poll

Tokayev wins Kazakh presidential poll

-- 2019-06-10 14:22:36

Kazakhstan’s interim president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, won a snap presidential election with 70.76 per cent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data....

Normalise economic ties or face consequences: Iran to Europe

Normalise economic ties or face consequences: Iran to Europe

-- 2019-06-09 14:41:57

Iran said on Sunday that Europe was not in a position to criticise Tehran for its military capabilities, and called on European leaders to normalise economic ties with the Islamic Republic despite US...

Three die as Trinamool, BJP clash in West Bengal

Three die as Trinamool, BJP clash in West Bengal

-- 2019-06-09 13:43:41

At least three people were killed and several injured in violent clashes between supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party and the state's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ...

Tens of thousands take to streets in Hong Kong against extradition bill

Tens of thousands take to streets in Hong Kong against extradition bill

-- 2019-06-09 13:21:15

Tens of thousands of people took to Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday in a last bid to block a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, with police braci...

Hong Kong police arrest four in connection with bomb attacks

Hong Kong police arrest four in connection with bomb attacks

-- 2019-06-08 13:50:41

Hong Kong police announced Saturday they have arrested four men in connection with two apparent gasoline bomb attacks on law enforcement. The arson cases occurred Friday, first near a police vehicle...

Heavy fog blankets Sydney, causes flight delays

Heavy fog blankets Sydney, causes flight delays

-- 2019-06-08 11:37:50

Heavy fog blanketed Australia’s Sydney on Saturday morning, delaying flights, creating hazards for shipping and setting social media ablaze with moody photographs of disappearing landmarks. Shi...

Russian, US warships almost collide in East China Sea

Russian, US warships almost collide in East China Sea

-- 2019-06-07 17:34:46

A Russian warship and a US warship have come close to collision in the western Pacific Ocean on Friday, with each side blaming the other for the incident. Russia's Pacific Fleet said the cruiser USS...

Govt forces kill 18 militants in Afghanistan

Govt forces kill 18 militants in Afghanistan

-- 2019-06-07 15:16:32

Eighteen militants were killed and four others wounded following an anti-terrorism operation in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Friday, provincial government said. "The raid was launched by S...

Australia’s largest-ever meth haul seized at port

Australia’s largest-ever meth haul seized at port

-- 2019-06-07 12:43:25

Australian authorities say they have seized the nation's largest-ever haul of methamphetamine, an illicit drug known locally as ice. The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$1.2bn (£660m;...

UAE says ‘state actor’ behind oil tanker attacks

UAE says ‘state actor’ behind oil tanker attacks

-- 2019-06-07 10:35:30

The United Arab Emirates has told the UN Security Council that a "state actor" was most likely behind attacks on four tankers off its coast. The May 12 attacks bore the hallmarks of a "sophisticated...

17 die in Dubai bus accident

17 die in Dubai bus accident

-- 2019-06-07 09:51:49

At least seventeen people died and five others were critically injured when a bus full of holiday makers returning from Oman after the Eid holidays met with an accident near Rashidiya exit on Sheikh...

S Arabia to adopt new moon sighting system for Ramazan, Eid

S Arabia to adopt new moon sighting system for Ramazan, Eid

Khaleez Times 2019-06-06 22:46:01

Saudi Arabia has decided to adopt a new system starting from next year for Ramazan and Shawwal moon sighting, Khaleej Times reported while citing a Saudi media organisation. “As of next Ramazan...

Lanka readies laws to curb hate speech, false news

Lanka readies laws to curb hate speech, false news

-- 2019-06-06 21:42:30

    COLOMBO, June 06: Sri Lanka's government will introduce laws to curb hate speech and false news that threaten ethnic reconciliation and national security, in the aftermath of Easter bo...

No Imran-Modi meeting on the cards at SCO moot

No Imran-Modi meeting on the cards at SCO moot

Reuters 2019-06-06 21:29:37

There is no bilateral meeting planned between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan at a regional summit next week, India’s foreign ministry spokesman Rajeev Kumar said on Thursday. Imran K...

Lanka travel: UK relaxes advice after Easter attacks

Lanka travel: UK relaxes advice after Easter attacks

-- 2019-06-06 20:44:07

The UK has relaxed its travel advice for people going to Sri Lanka, reports BBC. After a series of bomb attacks killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday, the Foreign Office warned people agains...

Thailand's junta chief elected as country's next PM

Thailand's junta chief elected as country's next PM

-- 2019-06-06 18:03:05

The former head of Thailand's military junta has been formally elected as the country's next prime minister by members of the lower and upper houses of Parliament, consolidating the military's grip on...

Dubai-based Indian builds water hand pumps in Pakistan

Dubai-based Indian builds water hand pumps in Pakistan

Khaleez Times 2019-06-06 16:14:23

Touched at the plight of starving children in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, Dubai-based Indian businessman and social entrepreneur Joginder Singh Salaria decided to cross a 'controversial' border an...

Amid new cases, Pakistan changes polio vaccination strategy

Amid new cases, Pakistan changes polio vaccination strategy

Gulf News 2019-06-06 16:05:10

After serious setbacks in April led to a cluster of new polio cases, Pakistan is revamping its vaccination strategy in a renewed effort to wipe out the virus. The country is one of just three —...

Modi to visit Sri Lanka on June 9

Modi to visit Sri Lanka on June 9

Daily News 2019-06-06 15:54:31

Recently re-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka on June 9 after making the first foreign visit of his second term to the Maldives during June 8-9, according to government...

17 injured as car rams into people offering Eid prayers in Delhi

17 injured as car rams into people offering Eid prayers in Delhi

India Today 2019-06-05 19:29:21

An incident of ramming car into people offering Eid prayers has been happened in India on Wednesday. At least 17 devotees were injured in the car attack. According to media reports, a motorist rammed...

Three IS militants killed in airstrike in western Iraq

Three IS militants killed in airstrike in western Iraq

-- 2019-06-05 19:27:49

Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Wednesday in an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said, according to Xinhua. Acti...

Heatwave continues in part of India

Heatwave continues in part of India

-- 2019-06-05 19:21:01

CHURU, India: Hospitals across the desert state of Rajasthan reported a surge in heatstroke cases Tuesday as fierce temperatures kept up for a fourth day across northern India, report agencies. In th...

10 killed in armed clash in Multan after Eid prayers

10 killed in armed clash in Multan after Eid prayers

The News International 2019-06-05 18:11:30

MULTAN: At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an armed clash between two groups in Jalalpur Pirwala Tehsil of Multan District after Eid prayers. According to details, two groups resorted to...

Bengal always in forefront of India’s communal harmony, says Mamata in Eid greetings

Bengal always in forefront of India’s communal harmony, says Mamata in Eid greetings

Agencies 2019-06-05 16:32:33

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday greeted everyone on the occasion of Eid -ul-Fitr. “We extend our greetings on the happy occasion of Eid. Eid Mubarak. May the Almighty&rs...

India launches mission to recover bodies of mountaineers

India launches mission to recover bodies of mountaineers

-- 2019-06-05 16:05:16

NEW DELHI: Indian officials say they will airdrop mountaineers at a site on a Himalayan mountain where pilots spotted five bodies while searching for a missing team of foreign climbers, reports AP. I...