Day: March 1, 2020

Iran opposes Afghan pact it says US had ‘no right’ to sign

9:41 pm March 1, 2020

Tehran: Iran voiced its opposition on Sunday to an Afghanistan accord between the United States and the Taliban, saying Americans had no right to decide on the country’s future. “The United States has no legal right to sign a peace agreement or to decide the future of Afghanistan,” the foreign ministry said in a statement […]

There was no recent Modi-Trump contact: Govt sources

I may never be excited again about a crowd after going to India: Trump told supporters at rally

9:37 pm March 1, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he would “never be excited about a crowd again” after his visit to India where he addressed a rally of over 1,00,000 people. During his maiden visit to India on February 24-25, President Trump and First Lady Melania were given a rousing welcome in the presence of more […]

Turkish forces down Syrian planes over Idlib: monitor

9:34 pm March 1, 2020

Beirut: Turkish forces downed two Syrian war planes over northwest Syria Sunday, a war monitor said, after Ankara announced a cross-border military operation there. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the two Sukhoi jets fell in regime-held territory, likely after being targeted by Turkish F-16 planes. Syrian state news agency SANA […]

Russia’s Sputnik says Turkey editor-in-chief detained in Istanbul

9:30 pm March 1, 2020

Istanbul: Istanbul police on Sunday detained the editor-in-chief of the Turkish edition of Sputnik, the Russian news website said, amid growing tensions between Ankara and Moscow. “Sputnik Turkey’s editor-in-chief Mahir Boztepe has been detained. He is being taken to the Istanbul police headquarters,” the website said. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya which owns Sputnik, confirmed the […]

3 students drown in Odisha”s reservoir while taking

9:26 pm March 1, 2020

Koraput (Odisha): Three college students drowned in Upper Kolab reservoir in Odisha’s Koraput district after slipping into deep waters while taking photographs, police said on Sunday. Some second year students of computer science degree course of Koraput Government College had gone near the reservoir to celebrate the birthday of a friend on Saturday, a delayed […]