TEHRAN: Iran’s president said Wednesday that it will stop exporting excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear programme as
Author: admin
Pompeo visits Brexit Britain as Iran warns over nuclear deal
LONDON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Britain on Wednesday to pitch a post-Brexit ‘special relationship’ as Iran said
10 killed in suicide blast outside Sufi shrine in Lahore
LAHORE: A suicide bomber targeting Pakistani security personnel blew himself up outside a revered Sufi shrine here in Punjab province
Loud explosion rattles Kabul, casualties feared
KABUL: A large blast rocked central Kabul Wednesday, officials confirmed, sending a plume of black smoke over the city in
Trump taxes show losses of $1.7 billion over decade: Report
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s taxes show that he lost $1.7 billion over a decade starting in the mid-1980s, The New
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo makes unannounced trip to Iraq amid Iran tensions
BAGHDAD: US secretary of state Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday and met with Iraq’s prime
US House panel moving ahead with contempt vote for William Barr
WASHINGTON: A House committee is poised to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress – the opening salvo
Vice premier of China to visit Washington for trade talks
WASHINGTON: Chinese vice-premier Liu He will visit the US this week for trade talks, Beijing said on Tuesday, playing down
1 dead, 7 injured in Colorado school shooting, two suspects in custody
DENVER: One student is reported dead after gunfire erupted at a Denver-area science and technology school. The incident also left
Trial opens in sex-trafficking case against self-help guru
NEW YORK: A federal prosecutor says a self-help guru used threats, “shame and humiliation” while grooming women for sex.Assistant US
China using BRI to achieve its national security objectives: Pompeo
WASHINGTON: China is using its government power through the Belt and Road Initiative to achieve its national security objective, US
Pompeo meeting with Merkel cancelled over ‘pressing issues’
BERLIN: The US State Department says a planned meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chancellor Angela Merkel
Cyclone Fani weakens after killing at least 12 in India
DHAKA/BHUBANESWAR (India) • The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha
Brexit compromise urged after Tories’ losses in local polls
LONDON • Britain’s governing Conservatives need to be open to compromise with the opposition Labour Party in order to deliver
May 4th movement needs to return to its roots
The Chinese are celebrating the centenary of the May 4, 1919 student protests in a big way – a ceremony
US says China putting minority Muslims in ‘concentration camps’
WASHINGTON • The US has accused China of putting well over more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps”,
Trump, Putin discuss ‘Russian Hoax’
WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump has discussed the “Russian Hoax” with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in their first
North Korea fires short-range projectiles, rattling South
North Korea fired several “short-range projectiles” from its eastern coast yesterday, in what was seen as a sign of growing
Thousands march in KL to defend ‘sovereignty of Islam’
KUALA LUMPUR • • Thousands of Malaysian Muslims marched at a rally yesterday in Kuala Lumpur to defend the “sovereignty
Philippines taps fake news busters for elections
MANILA • In the Philippines, where 76 million Internet users stay online the longest in the world, only a handful
Japan salutes Naruhito with cheers
Their 15-month-old boy will be too young to remember, or appreciate, the momentous occasion. But this did not stop the
Eye on India: Last-mile issues could trip Modi in India’s heartland
ALLAHABAD • Thirty years ago this month, I stood on the sports grounds of a college in this Gangetic town,
3 believed dead, 4 hurt in Illinois silicone plant explosion
WAUKEGAN: Three people missing after an overnight explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone plant are believed dead, authorities said
Sri Lanka president vows to ‘eradicate terrorism’
COLOMBO: SriLankaPresidentMaithripala Sirisena said the security forces would “eradicate terrorism” and restore stability before a presidential election due for year-end,
Donald Trump: Kim “will do nothing to … end” North Korea’s potential
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Saturday in a Twitter posting that he believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un