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China, India should handle disputes constructively: President Xi Jinping

Modi congratulates Xi on re-election

Xi was re-elected as the country's President on Saturday during the ongoing session of the Chinese Parliament.

Mar 19, 2018

By Gaurav Sharma

Putin leads Russia presidential election with 76.65%

Putin thanked volunteers for their hard work during the election campaign and called the preliminary results "very decent".

Mar 19, 2018

By IANS

Erdogan announces takeover of Syria's Afrin city

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to take all the steps needed to make the entire region livable, improving both its infrastructure and superstructure.

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Voter turnout in Russian presidential race set to top 2012 figures

Critics of Putin have called for a boycott of the vote, saying the election would not be carried out fairly.

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Modi resorting to jumla-type statements over farm income, mismanaged J&K dispute: Manmohan

Manmohan Singh also said that India must warn it against this path and to instead sort out issues peacefully.

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Pakistan reiterates support for Afghan peace initiative

Janjua's office said he appreciated the long-awaited peace offer made by Ghani and termed it the "light on the other side of the tunnel in a war which had become rather perpetual".

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

VLADIVOSTOK, March 18, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Voters write ballots at a polling station in Vladivostok, east Russia, March 18, 2018. Russia held presidential election on Sunday. (Xinhua/Denis/IANS)

Voting underway in Russia's presidential election

The number of eligible voters in Russia equals 108.9 million people as of January 1, while more than 1.87 million people live abroad.

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Spy poisoning: Russia expels 23 British diplomats

The UK government said they were poisoned with a nerve agent of a type developed by Russia called Novichok and May said she believed Moscow was "culpable".

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Li Keqiang re-elected as China's Prime Minister

The annual meeting of the National People's Congress -- China's ceremonial parliament - is on during which a major reshuffle in the government was announced.

Mar 18, 2018

By Gaurav Sharma

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lankan President lifts nation-wide Emergency

The state of emergency was the first since the island ended a 30-year civil conflict between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Porn star violated confidentiality agreement 20 times: Trump's lawyers

Clifford has sued Trump to get out of an agreement that she had struck to be paid $130,000 to stay silent about the affair that started in 2006.

Mar 17, 2018

By IANS

Who is Jia Jia, Chinese columnist missing over letter asking President Xi to resign?

Xi Jinping re-elected China's President sans term limit

Xi, who became China's President in 2013, was also re-elected as the Chairman of China's Central Military Commission that controls the world's largest standing army.

Mar 17, 2018

By Gaurav Sharma

Donald Trump Jr. speaks to Senate investigators

Vanessa, Donald Trump Jr's wife, files for divorce

Vanessa filed for divorce as her 40-year-old husband, who heads his father's businesses after Trump de-linked himself from the organisation before the 2016 election, is too busy.

Mar 16, 2018

By IANS

Now UK, next it will be New York City, says Haley on Russia hand in chemical warfare

The US believes that Russia is responsible for the attack on two people in Salisbury, UK, using a military-grade nerve agent

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

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Duterte to withdraw Philippines from International Criminal Court

There has been growing international pressure on Duterte about his country's war on drugs, which caused the deaths of thousands.

Mar 14, 2018

By IANS

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