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September 2, 2017 9:20 PM

US, South Korea agree to revise missile treaty

US President Donald Trump has agreed with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to revise a joint treaty capping the development of the South's ballistic missiles, amid a standoff over North Korea's missile and nuclear tests. <br/><br/>The White House said, Mr Trump also gave &quo...

September 2, 2017 9:10 PM

Seven killed as suicide bombers attack Iraq power plant

In Iraq, suicide bombers killed seven people and wounded 12 others in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad. <br/><br/>An Iraqi security official said, three attackers, armed with grenades and wearing explosives belts, entered the facility in Samarra, about 100 kilometres north of ...

September 2, 2017 8:30 PM

2 dead in crash at Moscow airshow

In Russia, two crew members were killed today after their Soviet-era biplane plunged into the ground at an airshow near Moscow. According to police, the vintage An-2 aircraft crashed as it was performing an aerial acrobatics routine in front of a crowd at an airfield near the satellite town of Balas...

September 2, 2017 8:30 PM

IS convoy stranded in Syria desert after US bombing

The US-led coalition says it will keep blocking a convoy of evacuated Islamic State militants in Syria from reaching IS-held territory on the Iraq border. The hundreds of fighters recently surrendered an enclave on Syria's border with Lebanon. <br/><br/>They agreed with Hezbollah an...

September 2, 2017 8:29 PM

Don't impose sanctions unilaterally on North Korea: China to Japan

China's foreign minister has asked Japan not to impose sanctions unilaterally on North Korea after it launched a test missile that flew over Japan before falling into the Pacific Ocean. <br/><br/>The test-firing on Tuesday has intensified fear and reignited a debate in Japan about r...

September 2, 2017 8:27 PM

Trump seeks nearly $8 billion from Congress for initial Harvey relief

A day before President Donald Trump planned to visit the flood-devastated Houston area, he sent a letter to Congress, seeking nearly 8 billion dollar in aid for relief and recovery efforts in Texas and Louisiana. <br/><br/>The request, considered just an initial Harvey relief package. Tr...

September 2, 2017 6:09 PM

Zardari says will appeal against Benazir murder case verdict

Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari said today he will appeal against the judgment in the 2007 Benazir Bhutto murder case. Zardari was quoted as saying by Pak news channels in Nawabshah in Sindh Province after offering Eid prayers. <br/><br/>He said that he was not satisfie...

September 2, 2017 6:08 PM

Thousands more Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar by land, sea

Tens of thousands more Rohingya people have crossed by boat and on foot into Bangladesh in the last 24 hours as they flee violence in western Myanmar. <br/><br/>The UNHCR Refugee Agency spokeswoman Vivian Tan said today that roughly 60,000 have arrived in Bangladesh since the violence er...

September 2, 2017 2:32 PM

China: Preparedness for 9th BRICS summit at Xiamen in final stage

Preparedness for ninth BRICS summit at Xiamen in China is in final leg. Xiamen BRICS summit is scheduled from tomorrow to September 5 at a coastal and commercial town in China. Security has been tightened at and around the summit venue. It is second time when BRICS summit is being held at China.<...

September 2, 2017 2:28 PM

US President Trump names James Bridenstine to head NASA

US President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to appoint James Bridenstine, a former navy pilot and Republican congressman, to head the US space agency NASA. Bridenstine, who backed Trump during the US presidential campaign, had long been considered the favorite for the job of NASA administr...

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