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August 2, 2019 1:12 PM

Landmark US-Russia arms control treaty is dead

<span style="color: #222222;">The United States and Russia both walked away from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty today putting an end to a landmark arms control treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed three decades a...

August 2, 2019 12:24 PM

800 asylum seekers returned to wait in Mexican border city

<span style="color: #222222;">The United States government has sent back about 800 migrants, mostly Central American and Cuban, to northern Mexico border city since expanding its controversial "remain in Mexico" program.<br />&a...

August 2, 2019 12:23 PM

Bombs rattle Bangkok, 2 injured

<span style="color: #222222;">In Thailand, at least two small bombs explosion rattled the capital Bangkok today, leaving two people wounded. It is hoisting number of conferences, including the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting. <br />'&ap...

August 2, 2019 10:20 AM

Trump has 'no problem' with latest North Korean missile tests

<span style="color: #222222;">US President Donald Trump has said he has "no problem" with North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests amid an outcry from Washington's allies and growing fears that Pyongyang is developing long-range...

August 2, 2019 8:40 AM

Four killed at Sudan protest

In Sudan, four people were killed at a demonstration in Omdurman, the twin city of Sudan's capital Khartoum and elsewhere across the country.<br />''<br />''The marches were held to demand justice for the killing of at least six people - including...

August 2, 2019 8:23 AM

Netherlands bans face-covering clothing

<span style="color: #222222;">The Netherlands banned face-covering clothing, such as a burqa or niqab, in public buildings and on transport as a contentious law on the garment came into force. <br />''<br />'&apo...

August 2, 2019 7:53 AM

US announces fresh 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports

<span style="color: #222222;">President Donald Trump has announced that the US will impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on 300 billion US Dollars in Chinese imports. <br />''<br />''The US President accu...

August 2, 2019 7:41 AM

Saudi women can now travel without male guardian's approval

Saudi Arabia will allow women to obtain passports and travel abroad without approval from a male "guardian", the government said yesterday, ending a longstanding restriction.<br />''<br />''A passport will be granted to any Sa...

August 1, 2019 10:20 PM

Indian-American appointed to key counterterrorism position in White House

In US, prominent Indian-American lawyer Kashyap Pramod Patel, an ardent supporter of US President Donald Trump, has been appointed to a key counterterrorism position in the White House. <br />'' <br />'' The Daily Beast reported that Patel, 38, who pre...

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