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May 22, 2017 8:06 AM

Nepal: Vote count almost complete;90 percent results declared

In Nepal, counting of votes for the first phase of local elections is almost complete. More than 90 percent results have been declared, so far. Of 281 local bodies, results of Mayor and Chairperson in 270 have been declared. <br/><br/>Communist Party of Nepal (UML) has emerged as the lar...

May 22, 2017 7:36 AM

TPP trade deal will continue without Trump

Asia-Pacific Trade Ministers have agreed to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, despite abandoning it by US President Donald Trump. <br/><br/>Trade Ministers from the 11 remaining countries including Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei m...

May 22, 2017 7:09 AM

France's Macron hosts Italy's Gentiloni ahead of G7 meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Paris ahead of next week's G-7 meeting. The French President hosted the Italian Prime Minister for a working dinner at the Elysee Palace yesterday. <br/><br/>Both leaders discussed the fur...

May 22, 2017 7:07 AM

Euro zone, IMF to seek compromise on Greek debt deal Monday

Euro zone Finance Ministers and the International Monetary Fund will seek a deal today on Greek debt relief. Without the deal, no new loans can be disbursed to Athens, even though the bailout is now handled only by euro zone governments.<br/><br/>Greece needs new credit to repay some 7.3...

May 22, 2017 7:06 AM

UN urges Libya to release all refugees, asylum seekers

The United Nations has urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and refugees from its detention centres. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, <br/><br/>Filippo Grandi visited one of the detention centres in Libyan capital Tripoli yesterday and said he was shocked at the harsh co...

May 22, 2017 6:01 AM

UNSC to hold meeting tomorrow in response to North Korea's missile test

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow in response to yesterday&apos;s ballistic missile test by North Korea. <br/><br/>Uruguay's mission to the UN said, the meeting was requested by the United States, South Korea and Japan.<br/>&apos;<b...

May 22, 2017 5:53 AM

Iran criticises US for sealing an arms deal with Saudi Arabia

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif today criticised US President Donald Trump for sealing an arms deal and other investments worth hundreds of billions of dollars with Saudi Arabia. <br/><br/><br/>Zarif's comments came hours after Trump, who is visiting Saudi Arabia...

May 22, 2017 2:42 AM

Jerusalem will always be capital of Jewish state: Israel PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Jerusalem will always be the capital of the Jewish state. He was speaking ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump.<br/><br/>Speaking in front of thousands of concert-goers, Netanyahu said that he was saying to the whole worl...

May 22, 2017 2:41 AM

Brazilians stage demonstrations to call for their president to step down

Brazilians around the country staged demonstrations today to call for their president to step down after the supreme court opened an investigation into allegations he endorsed the payment of hush money to a jailed former lawmaker.<br/>&apos;<br/>The accusations against President Michel T...

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