Ex-Afghan president Karzai urges Germany to mediate peace talksBONN: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged Germany to organise another conference on Afghanistan designing a win-win peace deal for all stake holders including Pakistan making sure that no p...
Trump’s N Korea summit falls short of Nixon-goes-to-China momentDonald Trump's dramatic meeting with North Korea's leader may have been choreographed to look like a Nixon-goes-to-China moment, but the summit appears to have failed to secure any concrete commitment...
India’s Gandhi vows to fight powerful Hindu group in courtIndia's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pleaded not guilty Tuesday to defaming a powerful Hindu supremacist group closely linked to the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi will fight c...
Romania’s president considers referendum on justice systemRomania's president says he is considering a referendum on the justice system amid a contentious overhaul of the country's laws and ongoing anti-corruption protests. President Klaus Iohannis spoke Tue...
For world, Trump-Kim summit raises cautious hope for peaceCheers in South Korea and a one-page "extra" edition of a Japanese newspaper greeted Tuesday's unprecedented summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. China's foreign minister said the meeting "is...
Trump, Kim sign agreement on denuclearisation, security of North KoreaUS President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarant...
Tensions then smiles as Kim and Trump reach hands across historySteadily, almost warily, the two leaders approached each other on a colonnaded verandah, their hands outstretched as a gaggle of media watched from a platform and the rest of the world looked on. Week...
Breaking down the body languageNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump met at their historic summit in Singapore. Reuters spoke with a body language expert to analyse Kim’s and Trump's movements during their i...
Trump and Kim’s joint statementJoint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit. President Donald J. Trump of...
Acquitted DRCongo leader Bemba edges closer to freedomJean-Pierre Bemba's lawyers are set to argue Tuesday for his immediate release after international judges acquitted him of war crimes, as the former Congolese vice president edged closer towards freed...
Merkel on tightrope over disputed migrant policyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting Tuesday to stamp out the first major row within her uneasy coalition, as disputes over her refugee policy returned to haunt her while she negotiates a broa...
Sessions excludes domestic, gang violence from asylum claimsImmigration judges generally cannot consider domestic and gang violence as grounds for asylum, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday in a ruling that could affect large numbers of Central Amer...
Vietnam MPs approve sweeping cyber security lawVietnamese lawmakers on Tuesday approved a sweeping cyber security law which could compel Facebook and Google to take down critical posts within 24 hours, as space for debate is crushed inside the Com...
Landslides kill 11 as monsoon batters Rohingya refugeesLandslides triggered by monsoon rains killed at least 11 people Tuesday in Bangladesh near camps housing one million Rohingya refugees, officials said. Aid agencies have been warning of the potential...
Japan PM Abe pledges zero tolerance on sexual harassmentJapan's prime minister on Tuesday pledged zero tolerance on sexual harassment, ordering senior officials to undergo training to prevent abuse after a scandal involving a top government bureaucrat. "Se...