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Manila, Nov 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Manila today on a three-day visit to attend the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits where he is likely to reassert India's push for crafting a global approach to deal with growing challenge of terrorism and radicalisation besides pitching for steps to boost regional trade. The thorny issue of China's aggressive military maneuver in the disputed

Dhaka, Nov 11: A mob of protesters has set on fire at least 30 houses of Hindus in Bangladesh following rumours that a youth from the minority community published an offensive Facebook status, media reports said today. One person was killed when police opened fire to disperse the crowd that launched the arson attack on the houses of Hindus yesterday, Dhaka Tribune reported. The incident took place

Seoul, Nov 11: North Korea said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia showed he was a "destroyer" and he had begged for war on the Korean peninsula. "Trump, during his visit, laid bare his true nature as destroyer of world peace and stability and begged for a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula," the foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by the state news

Seoul, Nov 11: South Korean warships joined three US aircraft carriers Saturday in an unusually strong display of naval force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions have been a focus of US President Donald Trump's ongoing tour of Asia. The four-day joint exercise in the western Pacific involves three flattops -- USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt -- and seven South

London, Nov 9: Britain's senior-most Indian-origin minister Priti Patel resigned from her Cabinet post over her unauthorised secret meetings with Israeli politicians, after a meeting at Downing Street with Prime Minister Theresa May. Patel's position as international development minister had become increasingly untenable after it emerged that she had two further meetings with Israeli officials

Jakarta, Nov 7: Indonesian authorities say they will block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it doesn't remove sexually explicit content. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said today it has already asked internet companies to block domain names used by Tenor, which provides animated image files known as GIFs through WhatsApp. Ministry official Semuel

Washington, Nov 7: The recent decision by China to block a bid at the United Nations to list Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group, as a global terrorist, is doing "material harm" to its ties with India, top American experts said today. Last week, China had blocked a bid at the United Nations by the US, France, and Britain to list Azhar as a global

Sutherland Springs, Nov 6: A gunman shot and killed more than two dozen people and injured many others Sunday inside a small community church here in South Texas, and he was found dead several miles away from the scene after fleeing, authorities said. The mass shooting happened during morning services at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town in the countryside more than 30

New York, Nov 5: A Sikh mayoral candidate in the US has been labelled a terrorist in slanderous flyers left on car windshields only days before the election, according to a media report. The flyers targeting Ravinder Bhalla, the first Sikh to hold elected office in New Jersey, were placed on car windshields on Friday night, New York Daily News reported. They have a photo of New Jersey Councilman

Washington, Nov 3: President Donald Trump tapped Jerome Powell on Thursday to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair when her term ends in February, choosing a moderate member of the Fed’s board who has backed Yellen’s cautious approach to interest rate hikes. Mr. Powell, 64, is seen as a safe pick whose selection will likely assure investors hoping for continuity at the Central Bank. Some analysts see