US, Taliban move closer to peace deal
AFP | US and Taliban negotiators moved closer Tuesday to a deal, the insurgent group said, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced guarded hope...
Brazil farmers are burning the Amazon ‘to survive’
AFP | On his block of land deep in the Amazon rainforest, Aurelio Andrade says deforestation is the only way he and other farmers can...
Trump Reiterates Mediation offer, Modi Stresses Bilateral Dialogue
News Desk | US President Donald Trump, on Monday, reiterated his offer for mediation between Pakistan and India to resolve the Kashmir dispute, despite Indian...
China’s yuan sinks to weakest in 11 years amid trade tension
AFP | China's currency slid on Monday to its weakest point in more than 11 years as concerns over the US trade war and the...
US think-tank blacklisted by Iran
AFP | Iran has blacklisted US-based think-tank the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its chief Mark Dubowitz on accusations of being behind "economic...
Modi, You control nothing in Kashmir: Kashmiris stays firm against India
AFP | Stone-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir killed a driver of what they thought was a military truck, police said Monday, as a crippling security...
Iran foreign minister makes sudden appearance at G7 summit
AFP | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew into Biarritz in southwestern France for the G7 summit on Sunday in a surprise attempt...
Trump responds to China tariffs with more tariffs
AFP | The United States and China exchanged blows Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs on the other, intensifying a trade war that is...
Dwayne Johnson becomes the highest-paid actor of 2019
News Desk | American actor Dwayne Johnson is the highest-paid actor, reported by the Forbes annual list. The list further added that the actor has...
9th Round of Peace talks continue tonight – Taliban, US on cusp of deal
News Desk | Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said talks in Qatar to finalize a much-anticipated peace agreement to end the long Afghan civil war would...
China hits back at Trudeau for ‘irresponsible remarks’
AFP | Beijing on Thursday accused Ottawa of worsening bilateral relations after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to stand up to China amid deepening...
US State Department approves 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan
AFP | The US State Department on Tuesday approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan...