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April 29, 2017 7:57 AM

Montenegro parliament ratifies country's accession to Nato

In Montenegro, parliament has ratified the country's accession to Nato, despite strong domestic opposition and Russian disapproval. The vote in favour - by 46 out of 81 MPs - paves the way for Montenegro to join Nato late next month. All but two of Nato's 28 members have ratified the accor...

April 29, 2017 7:57 AM

EU leaders will endorse stiff set of Brexit at summit today in Brussels

European Union leaders will endorse a stiff set of divorce terms for Britain at a summit today in Brussels, rejoicing in a rare show of unity in adversity. Meeting for the first time since British Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered a two-year countdown to Brexit in late March, the 27 othe...

April 29, 2017 7:56 AM

Violence erupts in Brazil at end country's 1st general strike in 20 years

Violence has erupted in Brazil at the end the country's first general strike in more than 20 years. Buses and cars have been set on fire in Rio de Janeiro's city centre. Road blocks set up by activists were also ablaze and shops were vandalised. <br/><br/>For most of the day th...

April 29, 2017 7:55 AM

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile, fails within seconds

North Korea today test-fired a ballistic missile, which failed within seconds after lift-off. <br/><br/>The South Korean military said, the missile was fired from a site in South Pyeongan province north of Pyongyang. US military's Pacific Command also said, Pyongyang fired the missi...

April 29, 2017 7:54 AM

Strong quake jolted North Sulawesi province of central Indonesia

A strong quake jolted North Sulawesi province of central Indonesia early today, an official of the meteorology and geophysics agency said. <br/><br/>The agency has revised the magnitude of the quake from 7.1 to 6.8 and a tsunami warning has been issued, Wahyu Kurniawan, official in charg...

April 29, 2017 5:32 AM

Italy keen to improve ties,eyes 8.5 bn euro bilateral trade

Italy&apos;s deputy minister for economic development Ivan Scalfarotto has said that his country is keen to support the 'Make in India' initiative and hopes to take bilateral trade to nearly 8.5 billion euros by 2018. <br/><br/>Addressing the India-Italy Investment Forum in Mum...

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