Chinese President meets Bangladeshi PM

Beijing (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

Calling China and Bangladesh traditionally friendly neighbours, Xi said that "consolidating…

Imran Khan to meet Trump on July 22

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet US President Donald Trump on July 22, Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said on Thursday.

Khan will be visiting Washington on the invitation of Trump, Faisal said…

2020 census won't have citizenship question: Trump administration

Washington (IANS) The US Department of Justice has said that the Trump administration will not add the controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census, days after the Supreme Court blocked the question's inclusion for the time being.

AU condemns deadly attack on Libya migrant centre

Nairobi (IANS) The African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday strongly condemned the deadly attack on a refugee and migrant centre in the Libyan capital which killed 40 people.

An airstrike allegedly launched by forces…

TikTok refutes Tharoor's claim on sharing data with China

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese short video-making app TikTok on Tuesday refuted Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's claim that it was illegally collecting data and sending it to China.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour on Monday, Tharoor…

China 'regrets' Iran breaching uranium limits

Beijing (IANS) China on Tuesday said it "regrets" Iran's decision to breach the limit of amassing enriched uranium, but blamed the US for the worsening crisis in West Asia.

Tensions between Iran and the US have risen even since…

10 killed in US plane crash

Houston (IANS) At least ten people have died after a small aircraft crashed at an airport in Dallas, Texas.

All ten people on board were killed after it crashed at Addison Airport at 9:10 a.m local time on Sunday, Mary Rosenbleeth, spokeswoman…

Erdogan: S-400 dispute with US to be solved without sanctions

Ankara (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the dispute between Ankara and Washington on the issue of Russian-made S-400 defence systems would be resolved "without any problem", the media reported on Monday.

"Our…

Japan withdraws from commission to resume commercial whale hunting

Tokyo (IANS) Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission on Sunday after more than 60 years of membership, as it plans to resume commercial whaling amid criticism from anti-whaling states and conservation groups.

Japan exited the…

Trump briefly steps into N.Korea, meets Kim

Seoul (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting American leader to step foot into North Korea after he briefly entered the country before holding a bilateral meeting with Pyongyang's Kim Jong-un at the Demilitarized Zone…