TEHRAN: Iran’s president said Wednesday that it will stop exporting excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear programme as
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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
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”,
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Trump, Putin discuss ‘Russian Hoax’
WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump has discussed the “Russian Hoax” with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in their first
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