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Lanka police chief arrested over failure to prevent terror attackWorld
Lanka police chief arrested over failure to prevent terror attack

De Livera said that they failed to act on advance warnings of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, which were blamed on a...

2 July 2019 7:59 PM IST

Meeting at demilitarised zone ends hostility between USA and North Korea: TrumpWorld
Meeting at demilitarised zone ends hostility between USA and North...

This was the third time this year that the two leaders are coming face to face, the last meeting being in May at Hanoi.

2 July 2019 6:01 PM IST

Hong Kong: State controlled Chinese paper calls for \zero tolerance\ over protestsWorld
Hong Kong: State controlled Chinese paper calls for -'zero tolerance-'...

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of defiant protesters who had occupied the city-'s legislature.

2 July 2019 5:44 PM IST

China slams Trump\s \gross interference\ in Hong KongWorld
China slams Trump-'s -'gross interference-' in Hong Kong

US was warned -'to speak and act cautiously and stop interfering in Hong Kong-'s internal affairs in any form-'.

2 July 2019 5:38 PM IST

Watch: Whalers bring ashore 27 feet catch, fishermen say ‘worth waiting for 31 years’World
Watch: Whalers bring ashore 27 feet catch, fishermen say ‘worth...

The whale arrived on Monday in the northern Japanese town of Kushiro, where hours earlier five ships had set out on the...

2 July 2019 4:51 PM IST

Germany, Qatar to host intra-Afghan dialogue: US peace envoyWest Asia
Germany, Qatar to host intra-Afghan dialogue: US peace envoy

Last year, Trump vowed that the US will soon see its troops in Afghanistan halved to 8,000 soldiers.

2 July 2019 2:35 PM IST

Houthi attacks Saudi airport again, 1 Indian among 9 injuredWest Asia
Houthi attacks Saudi airport again, 1 Indian among 9 injured

Earlier, the Iran-backed Houthis said that they launched ‘launched a wide operation aimed at warplanes at Abha...

2 July 2019 1:51 PM IST

Iraq sets up \loophole\ in US sanctions to buy Iranian powerWest Asia
Iraq sets up -'loophole-' in US sanctions to buy Iranian power

Iraq has an outstanding bill of around 2 billion for previous gas and electricity purchases, according to Iranian Oil...

2 July 2019 1:10 PM IST

Germany, Qatar to host intra-Afghan dialogue: US peace envoy KhalilzadWest Asia
Germany, Qatar to host intra-Afghan dialogue: US peace envoy Khalilzad

‘This dialogue is an essential element of the four-part peace framework and an important step in the Afghan Peace...

2 July 2019 12:48 PM IST

Iran has not violated Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Foreign MinisterWest Asia
Iran has not violated Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Foreign...

Tehran had stopped complying with some elements of the agreement in May, a year after the US unilaterally withdrew from...

2 July 2019 11:29 AM IST

Turkey’s Erdogan says ‘some people’ paying ‘serious money’ to bury Khashoggi issueWest Asia
Turkey’s Erdogan says ‘some people’ paying ‘serious money’...

Erdogan, who was speaking to reporters after the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, did not elaborate.

1 July 2019 6:53 PM IST

Smoke and fire billow from the desert of al Alam, east of the southern port city of Aden during a controlled explosion by Yemeni security forces to destroy explosives and mines laid by the al Qaeda. (Photo: AFP)West Asia
US says it struck al Qaeda ‘safe haven’ in Syria

The US said it carried out a strike on Sunday against al Qaeda in northwest Syria, calling the area a ‘safe haven’...

1 July 2019 6:34 PM IST

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