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United Nations: The United Nations Security Council is poised to back a US proposal aimed at removing some of the hurdles that tough sanctions on North Korea have thrown up in the

Washington :The human rights arm of the Organization of American States said that 317 people have been killed during violence surrounding anti-government protests in Nicaragua that began in April. The Inter-American Commission

Tehran :Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized the presence of American military forces in the Persian Gulf and has questioned why US forces are “in Iran’s backyard” some 7,000 miles

Washington: The United States Congress has passed the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19) which capped its security-related aid to Pakistan to $150 million, significantly below the historic level of more than $1

Michigan: The United States and Mexico are nearing a deal on the key issue of autos content rules at talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican and Canadian officials

Washington: The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed the USD 716 billion defence spending bill which ramps up military spending and among other provisions seeks to bolster America’s defence partnership with India. India

JAPAN: Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Tuesday Tokyo had asked Russia to reduce its military activity on a disputed island chain in the Pacific after Moscow beefed up its forces

Japan: The new boss of Takara Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest sake-supplier to overseas markets, wants to make the rice-based alcohol as popular as wine. Mutsumi Kimura, 55, who in June became the

Herat: A roadside bomb hit a Kabul-bound passenger bus in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding around 40, mostly women and children, officials said. “It was a

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he is willing to meet the Iranian leadership without any “pre-condition”, anytime they want to. The tension between Washington and Tehran increased a week