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Placards with slogans at Rheinaue park during the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: AFP)World
Climate CrisesParis to Marrakesh to Bonn

With the US threatening to chuck Paris Agreement, the two countries that would have to scale up their commitments are...

8 Nov 2017 1:30 AM IST

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels on November 7, 2017. (Photo: AFP)World
Nato to increase troop presence in Afghanistan by 3,000

Around half the new troops will come from the United States.

7 Nov 2017 6:39 PM IST

China is the source of around 90 per cent of the Norths commerce, and under Trump, Washington has consistently urged it to do more. (Photo: AFP)World
US President Trump says China's Xi very helpful' on North Korea

We hope that Russia likewise will be helpful,' Donald Trump said.

7 Nov 2017 6:26 PM IST

Xi Jinping will roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump on Wednesday during his five-nation Asia tour. (Photo: AP File)World
Who's great again? Donald Trump faces 'King of China' Xi Jinping

The two leaders profess to have struck up a friendship since their first meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida...

7 Nov 2017 5:43 PM IST

Such a purchase would redraw the balance of power in northeast Asia, and could trigger a regional arms race. (Representational Image | AFP)World
South Korea 'in talks to buy nuclear submarine' from US: reports

While Moon did not give specific details of the purchases, he described them as essential for national defence.

7 Nov 2017 5:30 PM IST

The operations were part of an investigation opened in July focused on suspicious activity by a person in Switzerland using the Telegram network, according to a French judicial official. (Representational Image | AP)World
Multiple arrests in French, Swiss raids over suspected attack plot

Searches are still underway in the Paris suburbs and in southeastern France.

7 Nov 2017 4:43 PM IST

We cannot allow North Korea to threaten all that we have built, Trump said on the first day of a two-day visit to South Korea. (Photo: AP File)World
Donald Trump at North Korea doorstep, warns use of military force

Speaking in S Korea, Trump said he was prepared to do whatever was necessary to prevent the North Korean dictator from...

7 Nov 2017 4:18 PM IST

Afghan policemen keep vigil outside Shamshad TV which was attacked by gunmen in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)World
At least 2 killed in ISIS-claimed attack on Kabul TV station, several...

The station reported that one attacker blew himself up at the gate. Another attacker went inside and shot at staff.

7 Nov 2017 3:43 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)World
Panama Papers: Nawaz Sharif appears before court in corruption cases

Sharif appeared before the Accountability Court Islamabad along with his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retd)...

7 Nov 2017 2:05 PM IST

The exercise helped improve fighting skills and deepened cooperation with India, Japans Maritime Self Defence Force said in a press release. (Photo: AFP)World
US Navy carrier drills with Japanese, Indian navy in Sea of Japan;...

The exercise involving 5 ships, which ended Monday, came amid heightened tension in region over N Korea's ballistic...

7 Nov 2017 1:57 PM IST

Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States held Myanmars military leadership responsible for its crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority. (Photo: AFP)World
UN strongly condemns violence in Myanmar forcing Rohingyas to flee

The presidential statement calls on Myanmar's govt to ensure no further excessive use of military force in Rakhine...

7 Nov 2017 1:36 PM IST

Ambulances and medics arrived to a scene of carnage at the Sydney school. (Photo: AFP)World
Car ploughs into Australia classroom; 2 children dead, few injured

The tragedy occurred at the Banksia Road Public School when the car collided with a wooden classroom building.

7 Nov 2017 1:15 PM IST

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