Duterte threatens Beijing over South China Sea

Manila (IANS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a "suicide mission" if Beijing doesn't "lay off" a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea, the media reported on Friday.

Duterte's…

UAE awards Modi highest civilian honour

Abu Dhabi (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has conferred its highest civilian honour, the Zayed Medal, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi was honoured by President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in appreciation of…

Mike Pompeo to miss G7 foreign minister talks

Washington (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not attend a ministerial-level meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) later this week in France, the State Department has said.

US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will instead…

US plays down criticism of India's A-SAT test

New York (IANS) A day after NASA sharply crticised India's anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test as a "terrible thing", the US State Department has played it down saying Washington has noted New Delhi's assertion that it took into…

China says 'working hard' on Masood Azhar's listing

Beijing (IANS) China on Wednesday said it was working hard on the issue of blacklisting Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and again warned the US against pushing its own draft resolution at the UN Security Council.

UK Cabinet to meet as MPs reject Brexit options

London (IANS) UK Prime Minister Theresa May will summon her warring Cabinet to Downing Street for a five-hour showdown on Tuesday after Parliament once again failed to agree on any alternative to her rejected Brexit deal.

Three options -- a…

New Zealand's new gun law passes first hurdle

Wellington (IANS) A new legislation on gun restrictions following the Christchurch shootings passed its first hurdle in New Zealand's Parliament on Tuesday.

Lawmakers voted 119-1 in favour of the bill which bans military-style semi-automatic…

Pakistan HC to probe Hindu girls 'forced' conversion

Islamabad (IANS) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday constituted a five-member commission to probe the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of two Hindu sisters in Sindh province that led to protests by the minority community…

Comedian leads Ukraine presidential election 1st round

Kiev (IANS) Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has no prior political experience, is leading the first round of Ukraine's presidential election, putting incumbent leader Peter Poroshenko in the second place, according to exit polls.

On Sunday…

'Positive progress' on Azhar's listing: China

Beijing (IANS) China on Monday said it has made "positive progress" with other parties on the issue of declaring Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist but warned that a US-proposed draft resolution…