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Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Iran again rebuffs US talk of Trump-Rouhani meeting

5:01 pm September 11, 2019

Tehran : Iran on Wednesday rejected the possibility of a meeting between President Hassan Rouhani and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the White House signalled it was open to such an encounter. Two of Trump’s top lieutenants on Tuesday indicated he was ready to meet the Iranian president without preconditions, after the US leader sacked […]

India rejects Pak’s demand for UNHRC probe on Kashmir, questions Islamabad’s ‘locus standi’

11:53 pm September 10, 2019

Geneva: India and Pakistan engaged in a war of words over the Kashmir issue on Tuesday at the UNHRC with New Delhi stoutly defending its “sovereign decision” to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, an issue on which Islamabad demanded an international investigation by the global rights body. Speaking at the 42nd session of the […]

Uneasy calm, uncertainty still prevail in Kashmir Valley

8:30 pm September 4, 2019

Srinagar: The unprecedented telecommunication blackout imposed from the midnight of August 4 may have been eased gradually and the situation in Jammu as well as Ladakh relatively better but an uneasy calm and uncertainty still prevail in Kashmir Valley. The communication curbs were imposed after the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution […]

Australia moves Tamil toddlers to remote island detention centre

7:14 pm August 31, 2019

Melbourne: A Tamil family of four — including two Australian-born toddlers — have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday. The family — who are fighting to remain in Australia because they fear persecution in Sri Lanka — were moved to […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

US penalizes shipping firms said to help N.Korea circumvent UN sanctions

10:51 pm August 30, 2019

Washington: The US Treasury on Friday announced penalties against Taiwanese and Hong Kong shipping firms it says are helping North Korea circumvent United Nations sanctions. The companies are helping North Korea with “illicit ship-to-ship (STS) transfers to circumvent United Nations (UN) sanctions that restrict the import of petroleum products,” Treasury said. Treasury’s Office of Foreign […]