China said on Thursday the recent visit by Premier Li Keqiang to India had prompted both countries to adopt a “fresh perspective” on relations by having more candid engagement on outstanding problems such as the border issue and transboundary rivers.Revie
Top Russian officials have blasted the United States defence and security policies even as Russia’s security chief was in Washington discussing ways to improve relations between the two countries. “Lack of trust remains a holdover of the Cold War… the m
A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. In its ruling on Thursday, the court accepted a claim by prosecutors, that Maria Alekhina had systematically disobeyed prison authorities and failed to repent for her crime, Rus
Authorities detain three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hun
A Lebanese security official says five people have been killed in overnight gun battles between opponents and supporters of the Syrian regime in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. The death toll is now 16 in Tripoli fighting since clashes erupted there Sunday.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court on Thursday over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French Finance Minister. The 2008 arbitrage deal handed about €400 million ($520 million
The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to “extremely poor quality” construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the
Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people. Paris-based nuclear gian
British government’s emergency committee meets to discuss the Woolwich attack; police say a property in eastern England was being searched The British government’s emergency committee met on Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a
