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Two Koreas start work on summit pledge

North and South Korea began dismantling loudspeakers that blared propaganda across their heavily fortified border on Tuesday, South Korea's defense ministry said, fulfilling a promise made at last week's historic summit, reports Reuters.The moves are the first practical, if small, steps toward reconciliation after Friday's meeting between South Korean President...

Armenians shut down capital in civil disobedience

YEREVAN, May 2 (AFP): Tens of thousands of Armenians on Wednesday converged on the capital, blocking key transport links and government buildings, as popular anger exploded over the ruling party's rejection of opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan's premiership bid.In an unprecedented show of defiance, protesters including many elderly people and housewives...

UN Myanmar envoy calls for halt to violence in Kachin state

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Tuesday at a sharply escalation in hostility in Kachin state, citing reports of the army using aerial bombings, heavy weapons and artillery fire on civilian areas near China, reports Reuters."Innocent civilians are being killed and injured, and hundreds...

Sanctions force Russia to cut defence spending

STOCKHOLM, May 2 (AFP): Russia's military spending fell sharply in 2017 for the first time since 1998 as a slew of Western economic sanctions hit government coffers hard, a closely followed review said Wednesday.Despite soaring tensions between Moscow and the West, Russia's military expense last year came in at $66.3...

Facebook offers online dating service soon

Facebook Inc is entering the dating game, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, planning a dating service to matchmake millions of people on the world's largest online social network and nudge them into spending more time there, reports Reuters.The service, which Facebook had considered offering for over a decade...

Iran denies Morocco accusation of Polisario arms delivery

TEHRAN, May 2 (AFP): Iran on Wednesday denied that it was involved in a weapons delivery to the Polisario Front movement seeking independence for Western Sahara after Morocco cut diplomatic ties with Tehran over the allegations."Remarks attributed to the foreign minister of Morocco about cooperation between an Iranian diplomat and...

News in Brief(3-5-2018)

China’s foreign minister arrives in N KoreaPYONGYANG (North Korea), May 2: China's foreign minister arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday, the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit North Korea in years as Beijing tries to mend fences with its nuclear-armed neighbour. The two-day visit by Wang Yi follows a landmark inter-Korean summit...