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April 11, 2017 7:12 AM

UN chief urges new bid to end Western Sahara dispute

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western Sahara, possibly by holding a referendum on Morocco's rule over the territory. Guterres said in the report to the United Nations Security Council that he wants a new dynamic and ...

April 11, 2017 7:12 AM

Colson Whitehead's "Underground Railroad" wins Pulitzer '

Colson Whitehead's celebrated novel The Underground Railroad has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The novel had last year received the National Book Award of the US. This is for the first time in more than 20 years that the same work won the Pulitzer and National Book Award for fiction. The ...

April 11, 2017 7:12 AM

India keen on boosting ties with UAE to meet global challenges

Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar has said that India is keen on bolstering its strong ties with the UAE to meet global challenges. Addressing the 11th forum of UAE ambassadors and heads of representative missions in Abu Dhabi yesterday, Mr Akbar asserted that increased bilateral coord...

April 11, 2017 7:11 AM

G7 energy ministers fail to agree on statement on climate change

G7 Energy Ministers have failed to reach agreement on a joint statement on climate change after the United States expressed reservations. Italian Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, who chaired the meeting in Rome, said, the United States reserved its position on the text about commitm...

April 11, 2017 7:10 AM

Egypt police kill 7 suspected IS followers

In Egypt, security forces have killed seven suspected Islamic State terror group sympathisers planning attacks against Coptic Christians. Interior ministry said the group was hiding in the southern province to prepare explosive devices in preparation for carrying out a series of terrorist attacks. T...

April 11, 2017 7:10 AM

G-7 ministers seek unity in bid to press Russia over Assad

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations met yesterday to forge a response to the deadly chemical attack in Syria. G-7 diplomats gathering in Lucca, Italy, hope to use outrage over the attack and wide international support for the United States' retaliatory missile strik...

April 11, 2017 7:06 AM

Triple talaq impedes social democracy, makes women financially insecure: Govt

The Centre has sought scrapping of triple talaq and polygamy among Muslims, saying these practices are not protected by fundamental right to practice religion. In a fresh submission before the Supreme Court yesterday, the Centre also said that triple talaq made women socially and financially insecur...

April 11, 2017 7:04 AM

G-7 ministers seek unity in bid to press Russia over Assad

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations met yesterday to forge a response to the deadly chemical attack in Syria. G-7 diplomats gathering in Lucca, Italy, hope to use outrage over the attack and wide international support for the United States' retaliatory missile strik...

April 11, 2017 7:03 AM

Egypt police kill 7 suspected IS followers

In Egypt, security forces have killed seven suspected Islamic State terror group sympathisers planning attacks against Coptic Christians. Interior ministry said the group was hiding in the southern province to prepare explosive devices in preparation for carrying out a series of terrorist attacks. T...

April 11, 2017 7:02 AM

G7 energy ministers fail to agree on statement on climate change

G7 Energy Ministers have failed to reach agreement on a joint statement on climate change after the United States expressed reservations. Italian Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, who chaired the meeting in Rome, said, the United States reserved its position on the text about commitm...

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