Sweden reopens rape probe against Assange: Prosecutors
Stockholm | Swedish prosecutors said on Monday they were reopening a 2010 rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “I have today decided to reopen the...
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Pakistan reaches agreement with IMF, to get USD 6 billion over 3 yrs
Islamabad | Pakistan reached an agreement with the IMF on a bailout package under which the cash-strapped country will receive USD 6 billion over three years,...
China broke deal with US, dreaming Biden will win: Trump
Washington | Accusing China of breaking the negotiated trade deal draft with the United States, President Donald Trump on Sunday said Beijing was now “dreaming” that...
Pakistan PM Imran Khan condemns Gwadar hotel attack as bid to ‘sabotage’ economic projects
Islamabad | Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday condemned a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in the port city of Gwadar in the troubled...
Trump to China: Trade deal now or it will be ‘far worse’ after 2020
Washington | President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should strike a trade deal with the United States now, otherwise an agreement would be...
Armed militants storm 5-star hotel in Pakistan’s port city Gwadar: Police
Karachi | Some armed militants on Saturday stormed a five-star hotel in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province, police said. The firing...
Afghan journalist shot dead in Kabul in daylight
Kabul | An Afghan journalist, named Mena Mangal was shot dead in broad daylight by a few unidentified gunmen, an official has said. Mena Mangal...
Trump orders raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China
In a series of tweets, Trump described the talks as candid and constructive but indicated taking a tough approach against the massive imbalance of trade...
70 countries urge North Korea to scrap nuclear, ballistic weapons
According to a diplomatic source, about 15 countries asked to sign on to the request for North Korea disarmament after the new missile firings. ...
Don’t allow mosques to promote hatred; Submit recordings of sermons: Lanka govt
The ISIS terror group claimed the attacks, but the government blamed the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) for the bombings. Colombo| The...