At least 16 dead as migrant boat sinks off Greek island
ATHENS, March 18 (TNS): Sixteen people, including at least five children, drowned on Saturday when the small boat they on capsized in the Aegean...
Xi gets second term with powerful ally as VP
Beijing, March 18 (TNS): China's rubber-stamp parliament unanimously handed President Xi Jinping a second term on Saturday and elevated his right-hand man to the...
Russia expels 23 British diplomats
MOSCOW March 17 (TNS): Russia expelled 23 British diplomats on Saturday in a carefully calibrated retaliatory move against London, which has accused the Kremlin...
Small plane crashes outside Philippine capital, killing seven
MANILA March 17 (TNS): Seven people died when a small plane crashed into a house north of the Philippine capital on Saturday, aviation and...
Intensifying assaults in Syria spark dual evacuations
Ghouta March 17 (TNS): Syrian civilians in the last rebel-held pockets of besieged Eastern Ghouta have been urged to flee as Russia-backed regime forces...
Geelani rebuffs talks offer with India sans Pakistan
Srinagar March 17 (TNS): All Parties Hurriyat Chairman Syed Ali Geelani has rejected talks offer with India by an IB official, his spokesperson said...
Xi Jinping reelected as president
BEIJING March 17 (TNS): China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president.
The vote was witnessed by journalists inside...
Three killed in Kabul blast
KABUL March 18 (TNS): An explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least three people and wounded two in an apparent...
European powers propose new Iran sanctions to meet Trump ultimatum
BRUSSELS/PARIS March 17 (TNS): Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria’s...
Ex-FBI deputy McCabe fired days before retirement
Washington March 17 (TNS): Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who has endured a year of withering attacks from President Donald Trump, was fired...
