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Modi, Xi ready to improve bilateral ties

Modi, Xi ready to improve bilateral ties

-- 2018-03-21 10:24:49

India and China agreed to consult each other on regional and international issues, the Indian side said after a phone call on Tuesday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Nar...

India confirms killing of 39 workers kidnapped by IS in Iraq

India confirms killing of 39 workers kidnapped by IS in Iraq

-- 2018-03-20 18:48:22

India has confirmed the deaths of 39 construction workers kidnapped by Islamic State militants (IS) in Iraq. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the DNA of 38 workers matched with bodies found in a m...

'China must not be complacent'

'China must not be complacent'

-- 2018-03-20 12:50:06

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told the National People's Congress (NPC) that China must not become complacent about its development. Speaking at the closing session of the annual parliament, Mr Xi...

Maldives has no intension of extending emergency, says envoy

Maldives has no intension of extending emergency, says envoy

-- 2018-03-20 11:45:36

Maldives will not extend the state of emergency that is due to expire on Wednesday amid criticism of the government over the recent political turmoil, says an envoy.   Mohamed Hussain Shareef, a...

India forest fire death toll rises to 17

India forest fire death toll rises to 17

-- 2018-03-19 16:56:38

The death toll in last Sunday's forest fire in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has risen to 17, with three more critically injured trekkers succumbing to their burn injuries in the hospital in the pa...

China names former missile force commander as defence minister

China names former missile force commander as defence minister

-- 2018-03-19 11:40:17

China has appointed a former missile force commander as its new defence minister. Lt. Gen. Wei Fenghe's naming as the international face of China's rapid military modernisation was among a series of...

Bushfire wrecks dozens of homes in Australia

Bushfire wrecks dozens of homes in Australia

-- 2018-03-19 11:06:12

More than 70 homes and buildings are feared to have been destroyed in a bushfire in Australia, authorities say. The fast-moving fire engulfed the New South Wales (NSW) coastal town of Tathra late on...

Now North Korean diplomat heads to Finland

Now North Korean diplomat heads to Finland

-- 2018-03-18 15:03:31

A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former US and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U...

Duterte urges other nations to leave ICC

Duterte urges other nations to leave ICC

-- 2018-03-18 14:21:57

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked other countries to abandon the International Criminal Court because it is ‘rude.’ Duterte is facing a possible complaint before the world tr...

Manila hotel fire kills four, wounds 14

Manila hotel fire kills four, wounds 14

-- 2018-03-18 13:51:10

A fire swept through a casino at a hotel in Philippines’ Manila, killing at least four people and injuring 14 others on Sunday morning, said authorities. Johnny Yu of the Manila Disaster Risk R...

Pakistan shelling leaves five dead in Kashmir

Pakistan shelling leaves five dead in Kashmir

-- 2018-03-18 13:33:17

Five members of a family have been killed and two others injured in cross border shelling between Indian and Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, say officials. Indian police say a shel...

Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency

Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency

-- 2018-03-18 09:50:38

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Sunday he had lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes. “Upon assessing the public safety situati...

Australia against prosecuting Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity

Australia against prosecuting Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity

-- 2018-03-17 22:24:38

Australia's attorney general Saturday rejected a bid by activist lawyers to prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity over the country's treatment of minority Rohingya Muslims. The AG Ch...

India bus plunges into dry river bed, killing 12

India bus plunges into dry river bed, killing 12

-- 2018-03-17 21:47:46

A speeding bus plunged into a dry river bed in eastern India on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 35. Magistrate Raju Roshan said the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed th...

Bomb blast leaves three dead in Kabul

Bomb blast leaves three dead in Kabul

-- 2018-03-17 14:13:18

At least three people were killed and two others injured in an apparent attack on a foreign contractor company in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Dan...

Philippines plane crash claims seven lives

Philippines plane crash claims seven lives

-- 2018-03-17 13:13:54

At least seven people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a house in north of the Philippine capital on Saturday, said officials and media. The Piper 23 Apache twin-engine aircraft, ope...

Airstrike kills five militants in Afghanistan

Airstrike kills five militants in Afghanistan

-- 2018-03-17 13:06:28

At least five armed militants were killed and 14 others injured as Afghan government forces aircrafts targeted Taliban positions in Dawlatabad district of Afghanistan's northern Farybab province. The...

China re-elects Xi Jinping as president

China re-elects Xi Jinping as president

-- 2018-03-17 10:41:26

China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president. The vote was witnessed by journalists inside central Beijing’s Grea...

Dozens die in air strikes, shelling, thousands flee twin offensives

Dozens die in air strikes, shelling, thousands flee twin offensives

-- 2018-03-16 21:48:02

Russian air strikes and Turkish shelling killed at least 49 in Syria on Friday, report agencies. As many as 50,000 people have fled separate offensives against rebel forces in northern and southern S...

Tibet can exist with China like EU: Dalai Lama

Tibet can exist with China like EU: Dalai Lama

-- 2018-03-16 18:06:16

Tibet can exist in China within a structure similar to the European Union, the territory’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said. The Dalai Lama, considered a dangerous separatist by Beiji...

Saudi Arabia threatens to develop nuclear bombs

Saudi Arabia threatens to develop nuclear bombs

-- 2018-03-16 14:49:18

Saudi Arabia has warned that it will develop its own nuclear weapon if regional rival Iran acquires one. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told US network CBS News his country did not want to acquire...

Pakistani lawmakers seek ban on school dance

Pakistani lawmakers seek ban on school dance

-- 2018-03-16 12:18:43

Pakistani lawmakers in a provincial assembly have voted in favour of a ban on dance parties at schools and other educational institutions, saying they promote Western culture, officials said. The law...

Seven die in blast near Nawaz Sharif residence

Seven die in blast near Nawaz Sharif residence

-- 2018-03-15 11:25:43

At least seven people, including three policemen have been killed in a powerful explosion that occurred near the residence of Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday night. T...

Five die as Turkish airstrikes hit pro-govt forces in Syria

Five die as Turkish airstrikes hit pro-govt forces in Syria

-- 2018-03-14 15:24:00

Three Turkish air strikes hit a checkpoint held by pro-Syrian-government Shi’ite militiamen on the road to Afrin in north-western Syria on Wednesday, killing five fighters, said a pro-government...

Philippines to withdraw from ICC over drugs inquiry

Philippines to withdraw from ICC over drugs inquiry

-- 2018-03-14 15:07:28

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he plans to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it began examining the country’s drugs war. A statement said th...

Insurgents attack Afghan security checkpoint, killing 10

Insurgents attack Afghan security checkpoint, killing 10

-- 2018-03-14 12:47:14

At least 10 security personnel have been killed after militants attacked a security checkpoint in western Afghanistan early Wednesday, officials said. Abdul Samad Salehi, a member of the Farah provin...

‘Assassination’ attempt on Palestinian PM’s convoy in Gaza

‘Assassination’ attempt on Palestinian PM’s convoy in Gaza

-- 2018-03-13 18:51:17

An explosion struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah on Tuesday while making a rare visit to Gaza. The prime minister’s Fatah party said it was an assassination attem...

Car bomb hits Yemen military kitchen, killing four

Car bomb hits Yemen military kitchen, killing four

-- 2018-03-13 15:11:46

A car bomb ripped through a military kitchen in Aden used to prepare meals for Yemeni forces trained and backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), killing at least four people on Tuesday. According t...

South India road crash claims five lives

South India road crash claims five lives

-- 2018-03-13 13:10:47

At least five people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu after a car in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a state-run bus the state's Krishnagiri district, a senior po...

Myanmar builds military bases on Rohingya’s land: Amnesty

Myanmar builds military bases on Rohingya’s land: Amnesty

-- 2018-03-12 19:19:55

Myanmar's military is building bases in land where Rohingyas used to live, Amnesty International said on Monday, citing new evidence from satellite imagery. An Amnesty report published on Monday echo...