George W Bush says Russia meddled in 2016 US election
ABU DHABI: Former President George W Bush says "there's pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled" in the 2016 U.S....
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India, UK ink pacts on illegal migrants’ return, sharing intelligence
By H S RaonnLONDON:India and the UK have signed two agreements on return of Indians, who are living in Britain...
North Korea, South Korea begin first official talks in two years
SEOUL: North and South Korea began their first official talks in more than two years today, focussing on the forthcoming...
Israeli air strikes, rockets hit Syria
DAMASCUS: The Israeli army overnight carried out air strikes and fired rockets at targets in Syria, causing damage near a...
China denies plans to set up military base in Pakistan
By K J M VarmannBEIJING: China today denied as "unnecessary" speculation reports that it was planning to build a military...
US President Donald Trump postpones ‘fake news awards’,to be announced on January 17
By Lalit K JhannWASHINGTON (INDIA): US President Donald Trump today postponed the announcement until January 17 of his much- talked-about...
Why China never acknowledged existence of Arunachal Pradesh?
BEIJING: China on Wednesday said it had "never acknowledged" the existence of Arunachal Pradesh as it kept mum over a...
Buddhists protest to urge Myanmar not to repatriate Rohingya Muslims
SITTWE (MYANMMAR): Hundreds of hard-line Buddhists protested Sunday to urge Myanmar's government not to repatriate the nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya...
China Focus: CPC opens 19th National Congress, declaring “new era” of Chinese socialism
By Xinhua writers Li Zhihui, Zhang Zhengfu and Wang CongnnBEIJING:The Communist Party of China (CPC) has unveiled the "Thought on...
Barack Obama personally urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg over fake news
WASHINGTON: Former US President Barack Obama personally urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to counter the rise of fake news on...
