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BEIJING: China took issue with a UN report that called on Beijing to release ethnic Uighurs detained “under the pretext” of counter-terrorism, saying its findings had “no factual basis”. Up to one

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will buy some of Russia’s highly-sophisticated air defence systems “in the shortest time” — a purchase that has alarmed Ankara’s Nato partners. “Turkey needs S-400s

Washington: US President Donald Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday to withdraw from the World Trade Organization if “they don’t shape up,” in his latest criticism of the

BANGKOK: Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned as Myanmar’s de facto leader over last year’s brutal army campaign against the Rohingya, the outgoing UN human rights chief has told

Tehran :Iran is sticking to the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed , despite ongoing uncertainty over its future. The report from the International

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said it had decided to extend by a year its ban on US citizens’ travel to North Korea, citing continued concerns about the threat of arrest and

United Nations: Conditions are still not suitable for the safe, voluntary and sustainable return of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said as he

Islamabad :Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who launched an austerity drive after assuming office, is now in the middle of a controversy of use of helicopters by him and Punjab Chief Minister

WASHINGTON: White House counsel Don McGahn, whose time serving President Donald Trump has been marked by tension related to the investigation of Russian election interference, will leave the job in the coming

BEIJING: China denied that it planned to build a military base in Afghanistan, after a Hong Kong newspaper said Beijing was constructing a training camp for Afghan troops to which it could